Our Discalced Carmelite province in Malta was always missionary by nature. Born out of an ambitious missionary project of the whole Carmelite Order in 1622 – in fact our first House in Cospicua was an international Missionary College for the Middle East – our Fathers were always imbued by a missionary spirit and they have evangelized among other places in Iran, Iraq, Israel, Egypt, Taiwan, Canada,...
This year, the Carmelite Fathers who run the popular Sanctuary of Saint Therese, B’kara invited Mons. Joe Galea Curmi, the Auxiliary Bishop of Malta to lead the concelebration of the feast of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus. Mons. Galea Curmi lives in the shadows of this Sanctuary because his residence is just two blocks away. He is well known in our Carmelite family. He gave an excellent...
Monday September 28th will be acknowledged as a meaningful date in the history of Carmel. On this day Teretia Ioteba, a 35 year old lady from the atolls of Kiribati in the middle of the Pacific, made her simple profession in the Monastery of Most Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel, in Morristown, New Jersey. This is the first time that a girl from Kiribati formally entered the family of Carmel.
The...
After 50 years, our Discalced Carmelite General Curia in Rome has published an English translation of St. Paul VI's Apostolic Letter, Multiformis Sapientia Dei, the proclamation of Saint Teresa of Jesus, Doctor of the Universal Church on 27 September 1970 at St. Peter's Basilica.
Here is the link to read the English translation at the Generalate website, with the option to download the apostolic...
In a simple but touching celebration, Ronald Knight became Brother Ronald of Saint Teresa. Brother Ronald is the new novice in our small Teresian family. He will be doing his first year of novitiate in our community at Saint Teresa, Cospicua.
Half a century ago... on this day in 1970, Pope St. Paul VI declared St. Teresa of Ávila the very first female Doctor of the Church. Saint Teresa...
Exactly fifty years ago, on 27th September 1970, Pope Paul VI proclaimed the Spanish Saint Teresa of Jesus (Teresa of Avila) the first female Doctor of the Church. This was quite a gigantic step forward.
Only 36 saints have been declared ‘doctors’ throughout Church’s history and Teresa was the first female to make it in this select group. The title ‘Doctor of the Church’ is conferred...
Ħamsin sena ilu, l-Papa Pawlu VI ddikjara lil Santa Tereża ta’ Ġesu bħala l-ewwel Duttur tal- Knisja. Duttur huwa qaddis li ta kontribut siewi u fondamentali għall-Maġisteru) tal-Knisja.
B’kollox hemm 36 Dutturi tal-Knisja, u sa’ ħamsin sena ilu kienu kollha rġiel! Fis-27 ta’ Settembru 1970, l-affarijiet bdew jinbidlu...
Qalb il-poplu ta’ Alla, ħafna kienu ġa għarfu...
The power of a charism is unbelievable. Notwithstanding everything, it spreads and spreads, overcoming all obstacles, reaching even far away places.
What Saint Teresa of Jesus started in 1562 in Avila at San Jose, when she founded the first ever community of Discalced Carmeites, has now reached a girl from Kiribati in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
Kiribati is a number of atolls, 32 in all,...
Thursday October 1st is the feast of our beloved Saint Therese. She can give us hope in this moment of coronavirus crisis. Enjoy this article that I found on the net...
SAINTLY EXAMPLES FOR A TIME OF PANDEMIC
By Louise Carroll Keeley
| July-August 2020
Louise Carroll Keeley, Ph.D., retired in 2019 from Assumption University in Worcester, Massachusetts, as Professor of Philosophy and Provost...
