Celebrating at Home: Love Poured Out in ServiceHoly ThursdayOn this night we recall Jesus’ commandment to love one another, his washing of the disciples’ feet and the breaking of the bread of his own life, not just at table, but also on the altar of the Cross, for the healing and nourishment of the world. The liturgy on Holy Thursday is a meditation on the essential connection between the Eucharist and Christian love expressed in serving one another.           &nbs ...Continue Reading

= +     +     ++ Welcome to the latest issue of CITOC News!  We invite you to read the 4 articles below + + Bienvenido al nuevo número de CITOC Noticias.  Le invitamos a leer los 4 artículos que aparecen a continuación + + Benvenuti al nuovo numero di CITOC Notizie!  Vi invitiamo a leggere i 4 articoli qui sotto ++     +     +   Carmelites Around the World Participate in Consecration of Russia and Ukraine ...Continue Reading

  Celebrating at Home: Love RevealedPalm SundayThe elders of the people and the chief priests and scribes rose, and they brought Jesus before Pilate. They began their accusation. Pilate was anxious to set Jesus free and addressed them again, but they shouted back, ‘Crucify him! Crucify him!’ ‘But why? What harm has this man done? I have found no case against him that deserves death, so I shall have him punished and then let him go.’ But they kept on shouting at the top of their voices, demanding that he should ...Continue Reading

Course for OSM and OCARM ArchivistsThe Historical Institute of the Order of Servants of Mary and the Institutum Carmelitanum are promoting a course for archivists of the Servite and Carmelite families: friars, nuns, sisters, and lay people. The course has been organized by the respective general archives:. It will be held in Italian and will focus mainly on the organization and management of the current archives. The course will be held in Rome, in the new Aula Magna of the Pontifical Theological Faculty “Marianum," ...Continue Reading

  Chapter of the Provincial Commissariats of Sumatra, IndonesiaDuring the Chapter of the Provincial Commissariat of Sumatra, Indonesia, held on March 5-10, the following were elected: .     .      . Capítulo del Comisariado provincial de Sumatra, IndonesiaDurante el Capítulo del Comisariado provincial de Sumatra, Indonesia, realizado del 5 al 10 de marzo, fueron elegidos:.     .      . Capitolo del Commissariato provinciale di Sumatra, I ...Continue Reading

  Celebrating at Home: Freedom and ForegivenessV Sunday of LentWe know the story of the woman caught in the act of adultery so well that we usually miss the fact that it is not only the woman who experiences God’s forgiveness through Jesus in this story.  When the scribes and Pharisees persist with their question, Jesus simply says, ‘Let the one without sin be the first to throw a stone at her’, and goes back to his writing.Like the woman, they are not condemned by Jesus but restored to right relationship ...Continue Reading

  Chapter of the Provincial Commissariats of Eastern IndonesiaDuring the Chapter of the Provincial Commissariat of Eastern Indonesia, held on March 17-18, 2022, the following were elected: .     .      . Capítulo del Comisariado provincial de Indonesia orientalDurante el Capítulo del Comisariado provincial de Indonesia oriental, realizado del 17 al 18 de marzo de 2022, fueron elegidos:.     .      . Capitolo del Commissariato provinciale ...Continue Reading

  VITAM COELO REDDIDERUNT   12-02-22Bishop Fransiskus Xaverius Sudartanto Hadisumarta, O. Carm. (Indo)*Ortus* 13-12-32*P. Temp.* 16-07-53*P. Soll.* 16-07-56*Ord.* 12-07-5911-03-22Fr. (Damianus) Fransiskus Xaverius Christanto Parngadi (Indo) 12-04-42 16-08-65 15-08-70 18-12-197324-02-22Sr. Elizabeth della SS. Trinità Ciliberti  (MNT) 11-09-25 08-10-52 09-06-56     www.ocarm.orghttp://www.facebook.com/ocarm.orghttps://twitter.com/ocarm_org    ...Continue Reading

  Elective Chapter of the Monastery of Ss.ma Trinità in Jesi, ItalyThe Elective Chapter of the Carmelite community of the Monastery of the Ss.ma Trinità in Jesi (Ancona) Italy, took place on March 29, 2022. The results of the elective chapter were as follows: Capítulo electivo del Monasterio Ss.ma Trinità en Jesi, ItaliaEl Capítulo Electivo de la comunidad carmelita del Monasterio de las Ss.ma Trinità in Jesi (Ancona) Italia, tuvo lugar el 29 de marzo de 2022.Los ...Continue Reading

  Elective Chapter of the Monastery of Ss.ma Trinità in Jesi, ItalyThe Elective Chapter of the Carmelite community of the Monastery of the Ss.ma Trinità in Jesi (Ancona) Italy, took place on March 29, 2022. The results of the elective chapter were as follows: Capítulo electivo del Monasterio Ss.ma Trinità en Jesi, ItaliaEl Capítulo Electivo de la comunidad carmelita del Monasterio de las Ss.ma Trinità in Jesi (Ancona) Italia, tuvo lugar el 29 de marzo de 2022.Los ...Continue Reading