Through the initative of Father Martin Borg, prior of St Teresa’s Church Cospicua, two new ceiling paintings has just been mounted in the Church, complementing two other ceiling paintings that have been mounted just a few months ago.
These paintings portray two polish Discalced Carmelite fathers – Saint Raphael Kalinowski and Blessed Alphonse Mazurek. Both were very close to the heart of Pope...
It is not easy to be a priest these days.
Our Carmelite Bishop, Bishop Silvio José Báez, O.C.D. was attacked today in the Basilica of St Sebastian in the town of Diriamba, along with the Apostolic Nuncio, Archbishop Waldemar Sommertag, and the Archbishop of Managua, Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes. Journalists who were present for the pastoral visit by the bishops also were attacked by pro-Ortega mobsters...
Our superiors have just refurbished our summer residence in M’scala. It is a small
place but the view from the balcony is breathtaking…. The blue sea beckons us.
It has become a custom for our general superiors to meet with their counterparts of the Calced Carmelites in Rome. This year the meeting was held at the General Curia of the Calced Carmelites, near the Vatican. In a cordial atmosphere our superiors exchanged information on topics of common interest. One item that did stick out was the preparation of the international meeting of the young Carmelites,...
The Paraguay postal service will offer a special issue series of stamps to celebrate the beatification of Sr. Maria Felicia of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, better known as "Chiquitunga", who will be beatified 23 June in Asunción, Paraguay. The sheet of stamps features a photo of Chiquitunga; her signature; it is framed by jasmine flowers, which were María Felicia's favorites; and besides the logo...
Fr Johannes Gorantla, the Third Definitor of the Discalced Carmelite Order, who hails from India, carried out recently a fraternal visit to the Manjummel province where he was able to visit 17 of the 37 communities that the province has in India (as well as 11 in other countries). At present, the province has 269 members. Recently, the growth in numbers of the friars enabled the creation of various...
Beginning in the 13th century, popes began pointing out specific saints who were exemplary teachers in various theological or spiritual topics. These holy men and women were given the official title of “Doctor,” which stems from the Latin root word docere, meaning “to teach.” The list is relatively small compared to the number of saints in the Church. Only 36 saints have been declared “Doctor,”...
Why do Discalced Carmelites exist? Why did a Spanish woman, inspired by God, decide to go for all the pain and complications of founding a new style of religious life that today is known as the Discalced Carmelites or more fittingly “It-Tereżjani”? WHY?
She herself describes her inner travails in her book "The Way of Perfection". (Italics are mine)
“At the start, when I began to found...
Recently there was a discussion on the web whether Saint John Pal II was affiliated to the Discalced Carmelites.
On March 25th, 2001, he wrote in a message to the Carmelite family, "I too have worn the Scapular of Carmel over my heart for a long time! Out of my love for our common heavenly Mother, whose protection I constantly experience..."
When this question concerning the pope's affiliation...
During the months of January and February, our first Definitor, Father Agustí Borrell, from Spain carried out a pastoral visit to the Province of Central Italy. Created in 2014 by the union of the old Roman and Tuscan provinces, it has at the moment 50 solemnly professed members spread in 11 communities. The medium age is 76 years. They have five students in formation, two of which come from Albania.
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