Letter to the Carmelite Family*On the Occasion of the Celebration of the Memorial of Blessed Titus Brandsma, O. Carm., on July 27*  July 19, 2021 Prot No. 156/2021 To the Carmelite Family Dear Sisters and Brothers in the Carmelite Family, On behalf of the Steering Committee for the Canonisation of Blessed Titus Brandsma we are pleased to send you these resources for celebrating the (optional) Memorial of Blessed Titus on 27th July. Recently we had the very good news from the Postulator General ...Continue Reading

  Celebration of Blessed Titus Brandsma (July 27)Carmelite and MartyrOn 27th July, we celebrate our annual memorial of a famous Carmelite martyr. Anno Sjoerd Brandsma was born at Bolsward, The Netherlands, in 1881, and joined the Carmelite Order in 1898 taking the name ‘Titus,’ being ordained priest in 1905. In time he became a professor and then Rector Magnificus at the Catholic University of Nijmegen. He was also a journalist. During the 1930s he gave a famous ser ...Continue Reading

 Celebration of Sts. Anne and Joachim (July 26)*Protectors of the Carmelite Order*The Order holds those saints who offered support and protection to Mary in special reverence: Saint Joseph, her spouse, as principal Protector of the Order and Saints Anne and Joachim, Mary’s parents as secondary Protectors of the Order. Medieval Carmelite legend told that Anne and Joachim took the infant Mary to visit the hermits who allegedly were living on Mount Carmel. While lacking and historical basis, such legends ind ...Continue Reading

  *Bl. John Soreth on the 450th Anniversary of His Death - July 24*Reformer - Spiritual Writer - Founder of the Carmelite nuns and the Lay Carmelite Third Order - Priest  “So let the love of Christ kindle your enthusiasm; let His knowledge be your teacher, and His constancy your strength. May your enthusiasm be fervent, balanced in judgement and invincible, and neither lukewarm nor lacking in discretion. Love the Lord your God with all the affection of which your heart is capable; love Him with all t ...Continue Reading

  IN SOLLEMNITATE B.V. MARIAE DE MONTE CARMELO/Flos Carmeli, vitis florigera,//splendor caeli, Virgo puerpera singularis. Mater mitis, sed viri nescia, Carmelitis esto propitia, stella maris./ Míceál, Prior Generalis*Domusque Generalis Communitas16. VII. 2021*.     .      .Celebrate Our Lady of Mount CarmelCelebramos a la Virgen del CarmenCelebriamo Nostra Signora del Monte Carmelo.     .      .Image: St. Jude's Church, Boca Raton, Flori ...Continue Reading

  Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel -- July 16, 2021As we celebrate the solemnity of Our Lady of Mt Carmel and that of the Prophet Elijah, and recall our origins on Mt Carmel in the Holy Land, we are invited to commit ourselves to live in a renewed way the propositum of our founding community.  A blessed and joyful Solemnity of Our Lady of Mount Carmel to all!  A Video Message of the Prior General to the Carmelite Family   Fr. Míċeál O'Neill, O. Carm.    Prior Genera ...Continue Reading

  Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel -- July 16, 2021As we celebrate the solemnity of Our Lady of Mt Carmel and that of the Prophet Elijah, and recall our origins on Mt Carmel in the Holy Land, we are invited to commit ourselves to live in a renewed way the propositum of our founding community.  A blessed and joyful Solemnity of Our Lady of Mount Carmel to all!  A Video Message of the Prior General to the Carmelite Family   Fr. Míċeál O'Neill, O. Carm.    Prior Genera ...Continue Reading

 VITAM COELO REDDIDERUNT6-21*P. Laurentius Wüst *(Ger) 22-06-34 08-09-60 08-09-63 07-03-6518-06-21P. Janusz Dychto (POL) 27-11-66 16-10-86 19-03-91 30-05-9230-06-21Hna. María Lourdes de Pasión de Jesús, Guirand (LAV) 20-08-37 14-09-63 16-05-84 02-07-21Fray Guillermo Rendón Jimenez (CAT) 15-03-37 15-09-64 29-10-67    www.ocarm.orghttp://www.facebook.com/ocarm.orghttps://twitter.com/ocarm_org    ...Continue Reading

 CAUSA NOSTRAE LAETITIA*Initium Novitiatus* 02-07-21 Tatenda Fanuel Gumbero (Hib-Zim) Rusape, Zimbabwe 02-07-21 Abel Matamisa (Hib-Zim) Rusape, Zimbabwe 02-07-21 Tadiwanashe Caleb Zangirai (Hib-Zim) Rusape, Zimbabwe 13-06-21 José Carlos Gordillo Garcia (PCM), Middletown, New York, USA 13-06-21 Luís Felipe Ventura Medina (PCM), Middletown, New York, USA 13-06-21 José Guadalupe Ayala Garcia (PCM), Middletown, New York, USA 13-06-21 Victor Hugo Andrade Aguilar (PCM), Middletown ...Continue Reading

 Celebrations of the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel[*]The Rio de Janeiro province of Carmelites will celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in solidarity with those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil.  Read more   [*]Connect to One of the Oldest Devotions General Delegation of Kenya Novena in English P. Denis Omae, O. Carm.To participate   [*]Behold Your Mother Carmelite Institute of North America (CINA) Novena in English Fr. Christopher LaRocca, OCDTo participate   [*]9 Day ...Continue Reading