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News and announcements about the Carmelite Order, our Region, and our Community


There’s Nothing Ordinary About Ordinary Time

Ordinary Time vestments
“Ordinary Time Vestments with Chi Rho” by Catherine Weeks (own work)

Following Jesus around through the first week of Ordinary time has taught me that no matter how ordinary — or extraordinary — life is, when I take time to pray, I can do anything he asks me to do. Jesus changed the world for everyone who came in contact with him. In fact, he changed everything in the life of every man, woman, and child throughout history. He even changed me.

A Letter to Mark the First Anniversary of the Beatification of Our Martyrs

On the occasion of the first anniversary of the beatification of the ten martyrs of the Bética Province (Carmelo Moyano and companions) and the nine martyrs of the Province of Castile (Alberto María Marco y Alemán and companions), the Prior General, Fernando Millán Romeral, O.Carm. has written a letter to the whole Carmelite family, with the title, “Thank you for the martyrs that you have given to the church”.

All Carmelite Saints (Feast)

"Like the prophet Elijah, all the Saints of Carmel have been shaped through a school of spiritual fire. They also intimated the example of Mary and made their truest expression in the experience of love and that love makes the history of the Order. They became a hymn of praise to offer to our God."

The Celebration of the 150 Years of the Life of the PCM Province

Province of the Most Pure Heart of Mary
Photo by Catherine Weeks | PCM Logo, Public Domain

This last 22nd to the 25th of October 2014, in Leavenworth (Kansas, U.S.A.) a commemoration of the arrival 150 years ago of the first German Carmelites (Cyril Knoll and Xavier Huber) in North America was celebrated. This was the first step in what would lead to the establishment of the Province of the Most Pure Heart of Mary (PCM).

Celebrations of the Opening of the 5th Centenary of St. Teresa

With great joy and hope we present the first electronic newsletter for the Lay Carmelites. This initiative is the result of our first meeting with the new General Commission for the Carmelite Laity and Youth of our Order. Reflection on this international group has led to the desire to strengthen two aspects during this sexennium: spiritual formation and communications.