As the French Revolution entered its worst days, sixteen Discalced Carmelites from the Monastery of the Incarnation in Compiegne (France) offered their lives as a sacrifice to God, making reparation to him and imploring peace for the Church. On June 24th, 1794, they were arrested and thrown into prison. Their happiness and resignation were so evident that those around them were also encouraged to draw...
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.
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“She Is No Fool Who Gives What she Cannot Keep, To Gain That Which she Cannot Lose” Mhiex belha dik li tati dak li ma tistax iżżomm, biex tikseb dak li ma tistax titlef” (Edith Stein). Meta qrajt dan il-kliem mnaqqax fuq il-ħajt tal-entrata tal-monasteru tas-Sorijiet Tereżjani ġewwa Morristown New Jersey mill-ewwel indunajt li dan hu s-sigriet għaref tal-ħajja klawstrali. Nisa li huma...
Her name is Sister Maria Felicia. Her smile is captivating. Obviously she has found the secret of happiness. She died a Carmelite cloistered nun at the age of 34; the good die young. On June 23 she will be beatified at the Estadio General Pablo Rojas in her native land – Paraguay. She sill be the first ever Paraguayan to be beatified.
Maria Felicia Guggiari Echeverria was born on January 12th...
Do not be afraid of holiness, Pope Francis just told us in his latest Exhortation.
Carmel is a fertile land for anyone to become a saint!
Here is the brief synopsis of five Discalced Carmelite friars who were brutally murdered in Spain after serving time in the USA
Martyrdom of Fr. Lucas Fr. Lucas of St Joseph Pujol was born Dec. 14, 1872 in Spain and worked as a Discalced Carmelite...
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...