Habemus Papam! With profound thanksgiving we welcome Pope Leo XIV as Pastor of our Church. Our Carmelite communities have accompanied intensely with prayer the conclave of this month of May 2025 and, as Daughters of the Church,…
« Old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. » (2 Cor 5:17). In this Holy Year, hope springs forth powerfully in the Easter feast: Christ is risen, Christ is victorious over evil and…
This new year 2025 is a Holy Year, and Pope Francis wrote the bull of convocation to prepare us for its opening: “Spes non confundit” “Hope does not disappoint”. For us, Discalced Carmelites of the Federation of…
The Holy Father has announced that 2025 will be a Jubilee Year, which occurs every 25 years. Hope is the focus of the Jubilee called by the Pope, which will begin on December 24, 2024, and end…
If we allow Jesus to take us by the hand, no experience of failure or sorrow, however painful, will have the last word on the meaning and destiny of our lives. HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS…
Discalced Carmelite of the Holy Land Chronological data: 1846, January 5: birth in Abellin (Upper Galilee in the Holy Land) End of 1848 – beginning of 1849: death of her parents 1858, September: martyrdom, miraculous healing…
Peace is a fruit of the Holy Spirit Carmel of Fayoum “The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace…”.[1] In these troubled times, with the sounds of weapons and threats to humanity, we all desire to…
Carmel of Aleppo. April 22 “Death has been swallowed up in victory” Christ is risen! He is truly risen! How, in truth, could we meditate on the mystery of Resurrection, where everything took place in the…
In the Teresian Year As we celebrate this year the 400th anniversary of the canonization of our mother St. Teresa (Teresian Year in Avila), let us not forget the central role of St. Joseph in the life…
“Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening” 1 Samuel 3, 9 Lent, a time of listening in the desert The young boy Samuel lay down in the temple of the Lord. Eli, his master, now old, was…