+     +     ++ 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 artículos de 4 que aparecen a continuación. + Benvenuti al nuovo numero di CITOC Notizie! Vi invitiamo a leggere gli articoli di 4 qui sotto.+     +     +   Diocesan Process Completed for Servant of God Maria Crist ...Continue Reading

  *Celebrating at Home: The Great Commandment**31th Sunday in Ordinary Time*When a scribe asks Jesus, “Which is the first of all the commandments?” Jesus replies by quoting the Shema and then adds a quotation from the Book of Leviticus (19:18), “You must love your neighbour as yourself.” According to Jesus, there is no commandment greater than these.               Read more[*]  Celebrating At Home - 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time [PDF] [*] &nb ...Continue Reading

  *Celebrating at Home: **What do you want me to do for you?**30th Sunday in Ordinary Time*There are all kinds of blindness - physical, lack of insight or perception, an unwillingness to see a confronting reality, and so on. For many weeks now we have travelled with Jesus and the disciples as they head towards Jerusalem. Many times, the disciples have seemed almost wilfully blind to understanding the mission of Jesus. Time and again, their own egos seem to get in the way – arguments about which is th ...Continue Reading

 CAUSA NOSTRAE LAETITIA*Initium Novitiatus* 24-06-21 Adorn Ansel (STSA) Lisieux Bhavan Chala, India 15-08-21 Patrick Mingard (Gal) Nante, France*Professio Temporanea* 31-08-21 Giovanna D'Aniello (SAR) Sogliano al Rubicone, Italia*Professio Solemnis* 16-07-21 Matteo Antonllini (Ita) Castellina, Italia 04-09-21 Maria Sabrina Fubelli (CAR) Carpineto Romano, Italia 08-09-21 Mary Jackline Bochaberi of the Cross (MAC) Machakos, Kenya 08-09-21 Mary Veronica Muthini of Christ the King (MAC) Machakos, Kenya 1 ...Continue Reading

  *Celebrating at Home: Servants, Not Masters**29th Sunday in Ordinary Time*They’re at it again! One might be forgiven for wondering at just how slow the disciples are in getting Jesus’ message. For weeks he has been instructing them about the Kingdom of God and the conversion of heart needed to be his followers. This Sunday’s Gospel episode shows that, yet again, they just don’t get it. This time it is James and John, who together with Peter form the ‘inner circle’, the group of disciples closest to Jesus. Ja ...Continue Reading

Resources for the Feast of St. Teresa of Jesus -- October 15Known to her family as Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada, she became the reformer of Carmel, mother of the Discalced Carmelite nuns and friars, "spiritual mother" (as is engraved under her statue in the Vatican Basilica), patron of Catholic writers (from 1965) and Doctor of the Church (1970), the first woman with Saint Catherine of Siena to ever receive this last title. She was born at Avila in Castile, Spain, on 28th March 1515 and died in Alba de Torm ...Continue Reading

Feast of St. Teresa of Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church -- October 15On October 15th we celebrate the feast of St. Therea of Jesus (or of Avila). Saint Teresa is among the most important figures of all time for Catholic spirituality. Her works-- especially the four best known (The Life, The Way of Perfection, The Interior Castle and The Foundations)-- together with her more historical works, contain a doctrine which encompasses the whole of the spiritual life, from the first steps right up ...Continue Reading

 +     +     ++ Welcome to the latest issue of CITOC News! We invite you to read the 3 articles below. + Bienvenido al nuevo número de CITOC Noticias. Le invitamos a leer los artículos de 3 que aparecen a continuación. + Benvenuti al nuovo numero di CITOC Notizie! Vi invitiamo a leggere gli articoli di 3 qui sotto.+     +     +    Carmelite Studies Program at CISA in Rome* *From Se ...Continue Reading

  *Celebrating at Home: Nothing is Impossible for God**28th Sunday in Ordinary Time*When the man first approaches Jesus he asks what more he must do to inherit eternal life while still maintaining the present direction of his life. What Jesus is inviting him into is the total transformation of his life – to go in a new direction. Jesus is inviting him to an even more radical fulfilment of his obligations to neighbour by selling all he has, giving the proceeds to the poor, and then becoming a follower of Jesus. ...Continue Reading

  *New Research on Sant'Angelo at Conference in Licata **September 25*On September 25, the second conference of scholars on St. Angelo, was held. The conference was sponsored by the General Archives and the General Postulation of the Order. This is the 800th anniversary of the death of the saint. The conference was financed by the Banca Sant'Angelo who hosted the first conference in November 2019 at their offices. This conference was held at the Liceo Clásico Vincenzo Linares with a representa ...Continue Reading