Ash Wednesday, we begin our Lenten journey, a 40-day journey towards Easter, towards the heart of the liturgical year and of faith.
We are coming to Easter this year with discreet joy, carrying in the heart the suffering and death of so many people caused by the pandemic; but, going deep, this is precisely what opens a door for us to cross the threshold of Holy Easter night, night of light, night of liberation and life.
Letter from the Father General on the first centenary of the death of St. Teresa of the Andes (12th April, 2020)
The life of Blessed Teresa cries out continually from within her cloister: “God alone suffices!”
Haifa 1919-2019
“Spes nostra, salve”, these words of the Salve Regina that we sing every Saturday in Carmel, repeat to the Blessed Virgin that she is our hope.
This quotation from the preface of the Solemnity of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, explicitly expresses the meaning of the Carmelite habit. The hermits of Mount Carmel, from the very beginning of their life in Palestine,…
The little Arab, our holy Carmelite of Bethlehem, never ceased to radiate prayerful fervor, especially since her canonization on the 17 May 2015. The pilgrimage of her relics was an occasion embracing a message of prayer…
Participating and contributing with the nuns were Father Abdo (Assistant for the Association of the Carmelites in the Holy Land), Msg. Jean Sleiman (Latin Archbishop of Baghdad), Fr. Enrique (Delegate for Israel), Fr. Patrizio (Delegate for Egypt),…
The saints of Carmel have down the ages contemplated the grandeur of Jesus both in his passion and in the mystery of his resurrection. Saint Therese of the Child Jesus – and of the Holy Face…
From a very young age, she demonstrated a great inclination to help the needs of the poorest and helpless. Her mother says that she was in charge of caring for people with limited resources who…