Homecoming (Luke 1:1-4, 4:14-21) Homecomings can turn out to be very mixed events. Initial warmth and welcome can turn, surprisingly quickly, to doubt, antagonism and rejection. In the Gospels for this Sunday and next, Luke tells the story of Jesus’ visit to his hometown of Nazareth. Before that story begins, however, the Church has included the very first lines of Luke’s Gospel in today’s reading. Here Luke explains, in classical literary fashion, what the purpose of his writings is: to offer an authentic and ordered account of the Christian movement, designed to give Theophilus firm reassur ..read more

Angelo was born on September 1, 1642. His life can be divided into two periods: the years spent in his religious province of Tuscany, and those spent in Rome. Wherever he had worked during the first period of his religious life, he had given a fine impression as a religious steeped in silence, prayer and mortification, but, above all, given to the works of charity, both spiritual and corporal, in favor of the sick and the poor. In Rome he had the care of the two hospitals (for men and for women) of St. John and established the hospice for the convalescent poor on the street that led from the ..read more

Initium Novitiatus 04-01-22 Kevin Alexander Flores Landaverde (PCM- ES) Lurin, Perú 04-01-22 Noé Marcelo Girón López (PCM-ES) Lurin, Perú 04-01-22 Richard Janson Lachira Alcas (PCM-Peru) Lurin, Perú 04-01-22 Joyser Nestor Laureate Pereyra (PCM-Peru) Lurin, Perú 04-01-22 Juan Carlos Meléndez Landaverde (PCM-ES) Lurin, Perú 04-01-22 Augusto Isaías Padilla Paredes (PCM-Peru) Lurin, Perú 04-01-22 Luis Alberto Valeriano Meza (PCM-ES) Lurin, Perú 04-01-22 Eloy Willian Vasquez Becerra (PCM-Peru) Lurin, Perú 04-01-22 Kevin Eduardo Vega Paniagua (PCM-ES) Lurin, Perú 04-01-22 Irvin Omar Zometa Samayoa ..read more

Initium Novitiatus 14-11-21 Mary Karen Wambura of St. John of the Cross (MAC) Machakos, Kenya 14-11-21 Mary Margaret of Christ the King (MAC) Machakos, Kenya 14-12-21 Constantino Barreto Amaral (Aust-TO) Middle Park, Victoria, Australia 14-12-21 Moises Soares (Aust-TO) Middle Park, Victoria, Australia 14-21-21 MAnuel Xavier Gonzaga (Aust-TO) Middle Park, Victoria, Australia Professio Temporanea 21-11-21 Teresa Rosa del Sacro Cuore di Gesù (CAR) Carpineto Romano, Italia Professio Solemnis 06-11-21 Maria Grazia Panlilo (CAE) Camerino, Italia Ordinatio Diaconalis 20-11-21 Albino Dos Santos (Aus ..read more

The 450th anniversary of Ven. John of Saint-Samson’s birth was celebrated at the Mdina Carmelite Priory, the seat of the Carmelite Institute Malta, with a series of events. On December 23, Fr. Charlò Camilleri preached the Christmas retreat to the Augustinian Sister Servants of Jesus and Mary on the meditation by John of Saint Samson entitled “Of the Ineffable Incarnation of God made Man.” The accompanying text for personal reflection and communal prayer for the day was John’s Song of the Most Deep Love of God. On December 28, a talk on Aspirative Prayer according to John of St. Samson was d ..read more

On Sunday, January 9th, the deadliest fire in New York City (USA) in three decades took place in a building 500 feet (154 meters) from the Carmelite parish in the Bronx, New York. Only one apartment had fire. However, smoke traveled throughout the building, especially the stairwells. Seventeen residents of the 19-story building were killed, including 9 children, the youngest being a 2-year-old who was visiting an apartment with his aunt and cousin, both of whom were also killed. Some 60 others were hospitalized with dozens in critical condition. The St. Simon Stock – St. Joseph parish is pro ..read more

The second volume of Blessed Titus Brandsma’s writings has been published by Edizioni Carmelitane in Rome. The volume is entitled Titus Brandsma: Letters to the Family. The book contains over 500 pages and includes any writings still extant of the many cards and letters that Blessed Titus Brandsma wrote to his family. Included are the text of 292 letters and postcards. The correspondence are presented in chronological order and placed in their context. There are reproductions of the many postcards sent by Brandsma, which he sent primarily when he traveled. Included is the final letter he sen ..read more

The true bridegroom (John 2: 1-11) Weddings are usually wonderful occasions. Family and friends come together to witness to and celebrate a couples’ love and commitment. The ritual is crowned with singing, dancing, eating and drinking. It has been so for centuries. In Jewish tradition a wedding could last for days, not hours. It’s interesting that, in John’s Gospel, Jesus begins his ministry in the warm and homely setting of a village wedding in the same region in which Jesus had grown up. Mary, Jesus and his disciples have been invited. Disaster strikes when the wine runs out. It’s not hard ..read more

Fr. Carmel Anthony Ferrante (Mel) 18-12-21 Ortus: 26-04-38 P. Temp.: 09-10-55 P. Soll.: 07-05-59 Ord.: 27-05-61 Fr. Augustine Carter (PCM) 23-12-21 Ortus: 21-07-24 P. Temp.: 08-09-47 P. Soll.: 10-10-50 Ord.: 08-07-51 ..read more

The Vatican has approved a new liturgical calendar for the Order. The Order was notified on November 18, 2021, by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. The calendar was approved and signed by officials at the congregation on November 6, 2021, the Feast of Saint Nuno Álvares Pereira. Fr. Michael Farrugia, the procurator general of the Order, has written a letter to the Order explaining the changes. This letter and the new calendar as well as some accompanying documents are now posted on the Order’s website. Some modifications were made to the 1972 Proper C ..read more