Date of Review Report: January 2024 Date of Review: November & December 2023   The National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland (NBSCCCI) has completed the Second Review of Child Safeguarding in the Irish Province of Carmelites.   The purpose of this second round of reviews is to assess child-safeguarding practice against the Catholic Church in Ireland’s current standards as detailed in Safeguarding Children – Policy and Standards for the Catholic Church in Ireland 2016.   All seven standards have been met and I note that “the reviewers are s ..read more

The Irish Province of Carmelites has invited the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland (National Board) to conduct a review of safeguarding practice. If you have any views about Safeguarding in the Irish Province of Carmelites, we invite you to come forward to us at (01) 298 4014, or to the National Board at (01) 505 3124. The case management element of this review will focus on abuse allegations made against members of the Irish Province of Carmelites only (current, former or deceased). If you wish to report a child safeguarding concern, please contact J ..read more

All are welcome to join us for this occasion. The schedule is as follows:   2.30 pm   Anointing of the Sick 3.00 pm   The Eucharist Rosary Procession (follows the Eucharist)   There are coaches leaving from various Carmelite communities in Ireland. For more information contact your local Carmelite church, click here for contact information. We look forward to seeing you there. Previous Next The post Annual Joint Carmelite Pilgrimage to Knock appeared first on Carmelites ..read more

John Mc Clean was a serial abuser who wreaked havoc on the lives of the students that he abused in Terenure College.  It was a grave failure that he was not stopped, and for this, we are truly sorry.   Our public apologies seem paltry in the wake of the harrowing accounts of abuse and its devastating consequences that former students have given in their statements to Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.  Once again, we are humbled by the courage shown by victims and survivors in their pursuit of justice.    The Carmelite Order is committed to supporting all those abused i ..read more

Titus Brandsma, a Dutch Carmelite priest and theologian, killed “in hatred of the faith” in the Dachau concentration camp in 1942 was proclaimed a canonized saint by Pope Francis in 2022. Described as a journalist-martyr of the 20th Century Fr Brandsma, O. Carm., refused to publish Nazi propaganda, was outspoken and was opposed to anti-Jewish laws being promulgated by the Nazis. The Irish Province of Carmelites, together with the Loyola Institute, are delighted to welcome Fernando Millán Romeral, O.Carm. (Comillas Pontifical University, Madrid) to give a public lecture, titled Titus Brandsma ..read more

Fifty-six people have made allegations of historical abuse against twenty-one members of the Carmelite Order. This includes twelve deceased members, six living members and three former members of the Order. All allegations of abuse have been reported to An Garda Síochána and the relevant authorities. Members of the Order who have had sexual abuse allegations made against them and are still alive are subject to a monitoring process within our safeguarding structures. This information is also shared with An Garda Síochána and, with regard to children, Tusla, Child & Family Agency. Forty-o ..read more

All are welcome to join us for this occasion. The schedule is as follows:   2.30 pm   Anointing of the Sick 3.00 pm   The Eucharist Rosary Procession (follows the Eucharist)   There are coaches leaving from various Carmelite communities in Ireland. For more information contact your local Carmelite church, click here for contact information. We look forward to seeing you there. Previous Next The post Annual Joint Carmelite Pilgrimage to Knock appeared first on Carmelites ..read more

The canonisation of Titus Brandsma took place at St Peter’s, Rome, on Sunday, May 15th. This is a great moment of joy for the Carmelite Order, as St Titus has been an inspirational figure to all who walk the Carmelite path for many years. To mark this great event, the Irish Province of Carmelites will celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving at Whitefriar Street Church on Sunday, May 22nd at 4.00 pm. The Most Rev. Dermot Farrell, Archbishop of Dublin, will be the Principal Celebrant and the Most Rev. Fernando Millán Romeral, O.Carm., former Prior General, will be the homilist. The music will be lea ..read more

The Irish Province of Carmelites are organising a pilgrimage to attend the canonisation of Titus Brandsma in Rome from 12th – 17th May, 2022. The canonisation will take place at St Peter’s Square on Sunday 15th May at 10.00 am, and the Carmelite Order have organised a programme of events around the event, including:   · Catechesis · International Mass and Vigil in preparation Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls · Gathering in St Albert’s International Centre (CISA) · Mass of Thanksgiving at the Altar of the Choir of St Peter’s Basilica   The pilgrimage will be led by Fr Michael ..read more

Members of the Carmelite Family in Ireland, the Netherlands and around the world have greeted with great joy the announcement by Pope Francis that he will declare the Carmelite friar, Titus Brandsma, a saint on Sunday, May 15th at St Peter’s in Rome. Irish Carmelites feel a special closeness to this new saint as he spent time in Ireland during 1935. Titus Brandsma stayed with his Irish brothers at Whitefriar Street, Dublin, and Kinsale, Co. Cork, as he improved his command of the English language ahead of a lecture tour in the United States. He wrote with warmth about his time in Ireland whe ..read more