Council Members 2012-2015

Community Council 2012-2015 Elsa R. Pineda, OCDS Council President (for Postulation) Carolina E. Enciso, OCDS Director of Formation Jov Mark B. Felarca, OCDS First councillor In charge of Spiritual Growth Rosa M. Levi, OCDS Second Councillor In charge of Community Apostolate Mercedez...

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Guide for reading The Mansions published

Rome - Italy (01-10-2012).- The Commission for the Preparation of the V Centenary of the birth of Saint Teresa of Jesus has published the doctrinal guide for reading the Book of the Mansions (the Interior Castle). Since the 2009 General Chapter, when the Order initiated the program for ...

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Inquiry phase of the miracle attributed to Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity closes

DIJON - FRANCE (03-09-2012).- In the first days of the month of September, the results of the study of the miracle attributed to Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity was forwarded to the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints.The closing of the “Super Miro” process for the canonization of Blessed...

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“Parish ministry and the Carmelite charism”

Bali-Indonesia (20-08-2012).- Major Superiors from the Philippines, Australia, South Korea, Singapore, Japan and Indonesia reflected upon parish ministry and the Carmelite charism during the annual meeting of the circumscriptions of East Asia and Oceania, which was celebrated in the Indonesian...

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Message of the Superior General for the 450th Anniversary of the Teresian Reform

ROMA-ITALIA (19-08-2012).- This year we celebrate an anniversary of particular significance: the 24th of August will see the completion of 450 years since the foundation of St. Joseph’s in Avila, and therefore too, since the beginning of Teresa’s reform. The Holy Father himself has expressed...

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In Memoriam

We Remember our Faitfully Departed Members Eternal Rest Grant to their souls oh Lord Let Your perpetual light shine upon them May they rest in peace. Amen Veronica B. Delgado Sacred Heart of Jesus August 19, 202 Leoncia T. Fordan Queen Beauty of Carmel January 9, 2012 Cleotilda...

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Bishop Braulio Sáez: “Saint Teresa pioneered new directions in the life of the Church”

Santa Cruz de la Sierra-Bolivia (20-07-2012).- “Saint Teresa pioneered new directions in the life of the Church five hundred years ago, and today, with the same vigor, she still pushes us on to new challenges,” noted Discalced Carmelite Bishop Braulio Sáez García in his letter published...

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PAPAL MESSAGE FOR THE 450TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CARMELITE REFORM

Vatican City, 16 July 2012 (VIS) - Benedict XVI has sent a message to Bishop Jesus Garcia Burillo of Avila, Spain, to mark the 450th anniversary of the foundation of the Monastery of St. Joseph and the beginning of the Carmelite reform by St. Teresa of Avila. The message, ample extracts of which...

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New Technology for Formation in Portuguese Carmels

Portugal (21-06-2012).- “Prayer and the Life of Prayer” was the theme for a course of Formation given to the Association of Discalced Carmelites of Our Lady of Fatima by Fr. Gabriel Castro OCD from the Burgos Province. Perhaps the most important novelty of the course was in the method used. ...

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Carmelite saints among the patrons of World Youth Day 2013

Rio de Janeiro-Brazil (01-06-2012).- Next year’s World Youth Day, to be celebrated in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will have among its patrons and intercessors two Carmelite Saints, according to Bishop Orani João Tempesta’s public announcement in the Shrine of Our Lady of the Rock located in...

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“Saint Teresa, a mystic for our time”

Rome-Italy (25-05-2012).- Just a few months before the third anniversary of the web page for the V Centenary of the birth of St Teresa of Jesus, www.paravosnaci.com, the number of weekly letters published exceeds one hundred. Visiting this Internet site have been Discalced Carmelite friars...

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Father Alzinir Debastiani, new General Delegate for the Secular Carmel

Rome-Italy (25-04-2012).- The Father General and the Definitory have appointed Father Alzinir Debastiani of the Province of Saint Joseph in southeast Brazil as the new General Delegate of the Secular Carmel. Father Alzinir was born in 1962 in Abdon Batista, in the Brazilian state of Santa...

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“By living as he did, in the service of Christ Jesus”

Rome-Italy (19-03-2012).- Fr Saverio Cannistrà, the Superior General of the Discalced Carmelite, today addressed a letter to all the members of the Order on the recent death of Fr Camilo Maccise. Throughout his letter, Fr Saverio mentioned the qualities of Fr Camilo who had been Superior...

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“Camilo was a beacon of radiant light”

Mexico (18-03-2012).- Funeral rites for Father Camilo Maccise were celebrated yesterday at the parish of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, La Sabatina, Mexico City. Father Enrique Castro, Provincial Superior of Mexico, presided over the Eucharist. Those present included the family of Father Camilo;...

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“The death of Father Camilo is a great loss for all the Carmelite family”

Rome-Italy (17-03-2012).- The Prior General of the Order of Mount Carmel, Father Fernando Millán, expressed his condolences yesterday on the death of who for 12 years was the Superior General of the Discalced Carmelites, Father Camilo Maccise. In a heartfelt message addressed to Father Saverio...

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Father Camilo Maccise dies at age 75

Mexico (16-03-2012).- Father Camilo Maccise, Superior General of the Order of Discalced Carmelites from 1991 through 1997 and 1997 through 2003, died today, March 16, at 75 years of age in the provincial house of the Mexican province of Saint Albert. The cause of death was colon cancer,...

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Fr. General encourages expansion of Order’s presence on all fronts

Nairobi-Kenya (09-02-2012).- During the week’s celebration of this Congress for Africa and Madagascar in Nairobi, Fr. General spoke of the need to project the Order’s presence throughout Africa. Provincials, Delegates and Representatives of each of the African regions in which the Order...

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A website allows virtual access to the manuscripts of Saint Therese

Lisieux-France (23-01-2012).- It is now possible to quickly and comfortably access documents about Saint Therese from the archives of the Carmel of Lisieux. Thanks to the website http://www.archives-carmel-lisieux.fr, any researcher, fan, or devotee of the Carmelite saint will be able to...

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Fr Tomás Álvarez: "Saint Teresa is a loud and clear prophet for modern times”

Rome-Italy (15-01-2012).- "Never has Saint Teresa been read with such topicality as today. Saint Teresa is God’s witness, a loud and clear prophet for modern times”, pointed out the Discalced Carmelite, Tomás Álvarez, in referring to present day reception of the work and message of Saint...

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