Read this issue of CITOC Magazine for information about the Prior General and Carmelites around the world. There are also several beautiful articles about St. Teresa of Avila, including one by Fr. Welch entitled “Hallmarks of Holiness According to St. Teresa of Avila,” “Teresa of Avila: A Woman of Prayer” by Fr. Desiderio García Martínez, O.Carm. and “V Centenary of Saint Teresa of Jesus” by Fr. Emiel Abalahin, O.Carm. You will find all of these articles inspirational.

On the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in 1976, 1977 and 1978, Archbishop Oscar Romero praised devotion to the Blessed Virgin of Mount Carmel and asked that it might become a platform for evangelization and liberation.

As a tall, lanky redhead born and raised in Colorado, 34 year-old Brother David Johnson definitely sticks out in Syria, the Middle Eastern country where he serves with the St. James the Persian Carmelite Monastery in Qara.

With great joy The Order of Carmelites presents the new edition of the electronic bulletin for the Carmelite Laity. In this third publication we want to share a major event that gathered large crowds: the Congress of the Third Order of Carmelites of Asia and Australia held in the Philippines.