“Today holiness needs to overflow, it needs to reach everyone, permeate all walks and states of Life. This is a necessity… We have to be saints. Mediocrity is no longer an option.” These words coming from the mouth of a Discalced Carmelite Father, Blessed Marie Eugene, are highly significant.
Here in Malta the figure of this momentous Discalced Carmelite French Father is hardly known but Father...
We Carmelites, trace our roots and our name to the coastal mountain range in northern Israel overlooking the Mediterranean Sea known as Mount Carmel. There, in the 13th century, a band of pilgrims gathered together to live a simple life of prayer. Their first chapel was dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. They called themselves the Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel.
A number...
Tuesday November 28th was a historical day for the Discalced Carmelite Fathers in Malta.
Father Martin Borg, prior in our convent in Cospicua, had the honor of being the first ever friar in Malta to be made a CANON in the Collegiate Chapter of Cospicua.
Bormla saret parroċċa fis-sena 1586 u l-knisja, iddedikata lit-Tnissil bla Tebgħa tal-Verġni Marija, hi knisja kolleġġjata mis-sena...
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...
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...
Għadu kemm intemm ġewwa Fatima, Kungress Marjan Internazzjonali organizzat miż-żewġ Ordnijiet Karmelitani, l-O.C. u l-O.C.D. Dan sar fl-okkażjoni tal-ewwel ċentinarju tad-dehriet tal-Madonna ġewwa Fatima.
Wieħed mill-kelliema ewlenin kien ir-Reverendu Dr. Adrian Attard, Patri Tereżjan Malti li hu meqjus bħala espert internazzjonali fil-qasam tal-Marjologija. Huwa professur fil-Fakultá...
During the centenary celebrations to honor Saint John of the Cross in 1991, the official Philatelic Bureau in Malta issued a stamp in honor of the Saint.
A limited number of First Day covers and separable postage stamps, most of them stamped on their first day of issue are available.
Though their monetary value is negligible (less than 10Euros), some Carmelites might be interested in acquiring...
