While here in Europe, we are suffering a vocation dearth, in other parts of the Word, the Discalced Carmelite Order is witnessing a flowering of vocations. One of these places is India, which with over 1.2 billion inhabitants is the second most populous country in the world.
Towards the beginning of October, an intensive course was held for formators of the Teresian Carmelite circumscriptions...
It-Tlieta 21 ta’Novembru, Mons. Arcisqof żar is-Sorijiet Tereżjani fil-Monasteru tagħhom ta’ Santa Margerita ġewwa Bormla.
Dawn il-ħdax il-soru taw ħajjithom għal Ġesú Kristu u l-Knisja tiegħu. Kienet laqgħa mimlija ferħ.
Bħal ma jgħid is-Salmista, sa fi xjuħithom il-frott jagħmlu, kollhom ħajja u ħdura, biex ixandru li ġust hu l-Mulej, blata tiegħi.
Here they...
Details are emerging of an incident which took place in Verdun, north east of France, last Friday, November 10th during which two men entered a Carmelite monastery, asked to see the chapel and proceeded to disrupt evening prayers by praying aloud in Arabic, warning the nuns present that they must convert to Islam.
Verdun is famous in European history because the largest and longest battle of the First...
VOKAZZJONIJIET
Patri Karm jikteb :
“Aħna t-Tereżjani kważi ta’ kull sena jkollna magħna xi studenti li jkunu jistudjaw Ruma matul is-sena akkademika u li fil-vaganzi tas-sajf jintbagħtu Malta sabiex jistudjaw l-Ingliż.
Ospitajna dawn l-aħħar snin fil-kunventi tagħna studenti minn diversi pajjiżi –mill-Italja, mill-Polonja, mill-Kroazja, mill-Burundi [fl-Afrika]. Kellna...
1 - Fra BONAVENTURA
A -Jekk jogħġbok introduċi ftit lilek innifsek:
Jien Fra Bonaventura mill-Indoneżja. L-Indoneżja hi attwalment l-aktar pajjiż popolat mill- Musulmani fid-dinja…. Fil-fatt 80% tal-Indoneżjani jħaddnu t-twemmin Musulman. Hemm ukoll però diversi entitajiet – għax l-Indoneżja hija maghmula minn ħafna gżejjer - bil-kulturi u t-tradizzjonijiet tagħhom.
Missieri...
Carmel is still young!
A Carmelite Youth meeting was held from August 4th through 6th in Ica, Peru, in which 130 young people participated. They were called together by Saint John of the Cross under the slogan “Reveal your presence.”
Rediscovering the person of the Holy Father was a rich grace. The young people learned about his life and his message and broached his poetry and spirituality....
Ten months from the arrival of our Discalced Carmelite sisters in Panama, we share a brief account of their first steps in this Central American country. This is highly significant because even here in Malta we are working towards a new foundation of our cloistered sisters in Rabat.
“We arrived enthusiastically in Panama on January 23, 2017. The foundation was inaugurated on the 25th with the participation...
The Discalced Carmelite Fathers held an Extraordinary Definitory in Ariccia, Rome, from August 29th to September 6th in the Pauline family’s “Divin Maestro” retreat house.
Our provincial, Father Juan De Bono participated in this meeting.
The Definitory was divided into three parts: first, the Father General reported on the state of the Order to the major superiors; then the Vicar General...
Waqt Definitorju Straordinarju li ġie ċċellebrat ġewwa Ariccia bejn id-29 ta’ Awissu u s-6 ta’ Settembru, il-Provinċjal tat-Tereżjani f’Malta P. Juan De Bono ocd, ġie maħtur għat-tliet snin li ġejjin bħala l-President il-ġdid tal-Kumitat tal-Provinċjali Ewropej.
Dan il-Kumitat jorganiżża programmi ta’ Formazjoni għal-Furmaturi Ewropej, kif ukoll laqgħa għall-istudenti Ewropej....
Għall-festa tat-titular, ġew imwaħħla mas-saqaf tal-Knisja ta’ Santa Tereża ġewwa Bormla, l-ewwel fost sensiela ta’ pitturi li qed jitpittru fuq tila u jitqiegħdu mas-saqaf tal-erba’ navetti tal-knisja tal-Patrijiet Tereżjani ta’ Bormla.
Dawn il-pitturi se jirrappreżentaw erba’ qaddisin irġiel u erba’ nisa wlied Santa Tereża.
Din il-Knisja hija l-ewwel knisja fid-dinja...