ACTIVITIES OF THE MEMBERS
OF THE GENERAL COUNCIL

Fr. Joseph Chalmers, Prior General

• Various news

According to the Constitutions, the Prior General must send his report to the General Chapter six months before the Chapter begins and so in early March this was duly sent out. It was sent to the delegates of the General Chapter but I hope that Provincials will share the contents with all the friars. It was rather long but it included the work of the whole General Council for the past six years as well as some challenges that I think the Order is facing over the next few years. At the beginning of the Chapter itself, I will assume that everyone will have read my report and so I can give a shorter talk.

I then paid a short visit to our newest foundation in Mexico City. This is the second foundation of the PCM Province in Mexico and gives the opportunity for studies in philosophy and theology. We have been blessed with some vocations in Mexico and the house may soon be too small for the community. I then went to New Jersey in the U.S.A. to receive the vows of the community of female hermits (Hermits of Our Lady of Mount Carmel - Chester) who were incorporated into the Order with the consent of the Sacred Congregation for Institutes of the Consecrated Life. Two communities of male hermits in Christoval and Lake Elmo (U.S.A.) are seeking incorporation into the Order also.

In the middle of March, the General Council met for one week, during which we reviewed the work of the various International Commissions and prepared for forthcoming meetings. I visited the Biblicum where a small celebration was held for the publication of a book by Fr. Craig Morrison (PCM), who is one of the lecturers there.

On 25 May I was delighted to receive the letter from the Pope to mark the Carmelite Marian Year. I hope that you have managed to read this letter by now. Fr. Camilo Maccise, the Superior General of the Discalced Carmelites, and I wrote to His Holiness to thank him. We hope to thank him personally during the audience which the Carmelite Family will have with the Pope on 12 September.

In early April I took off for Australia where I visited the communities in Perth, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne and presided at the Provincial Chapter in early May. After a gap of some years there is now a simply professed friar in the Province, from Papua New Guinea.

With Fr. Anthony Scerri, I left Australia for England. From 14 to 21 May we held at Aylesford a joint General Council meeting with the Discalced Carmelites. We had intended visiting Hulne where there are some well-preserved ruins of an ancient Carmelite foundation. Hulne was founded the same year as Aylesford (1242). Unfortunately we could not go there as some areas were still cut off because of the foot and mouth disease among animals. However, we managed to visit other places of Carmelite interest. One fruit of this meeting is another joint letter of the two Generals to mark the Marian year. It is entitled, "With Mary the Mother of Jesus" (Acts 1,14) and is dated 16^th May, feast of St. Simon Stock. I hope that this letter will be published very soon.

When we returned to Rome, the General Council held two days of our own meetings and then I attended the meeting of Superiors General. The theme of the meeting of the Superiors General was the forthcoming synod on the figure of the bishop. I write these lines before the Episcopal consecration of Fr. Filippo Iannone (Brun). I plan to be present in Naples for this great occasion on 26 May.
 

Fr. Anthony Scerri, General Councillor

• Visit to Burkina Faso

We had community meetings with the brothers in Bobo Dioulasso. The community now includes three pre-novices. There is an excellent spirit in the community and each member is doing excellent work both at home and in the diocese. Bishop Anselme Sanon invited all to lunch one day and expressed his satisfaction with the Carmelites in his diocese. We also visited the priests at the Cathedral where our brothers lend a hand regularly and are made welcome.

There are a number of aspirants waiting to join the Order both in Ouagadougou and in Bobo Dioulasso. The urgent need of the community is that of beginning to build a pre-noviciate and a noviciate. There is a plot of land of about 4 hectares which is about to be acquired by the Province of Baetica. At present the brothers are accommodated in a house generously made available to us by our FMDD sisters.

• Visit to Cameroon

Because of the political difficulties in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, we felt it necessary to make foundation in Cameroon as soon as possible:

1. for the three Cameroonese brothers now doing their noviciate in the Congo,
2. for three Cameroonese pre-novices who were not able to enter the Congo and who are ready to start their noviciate, and
3. for three Congolese pre-novices from Kinshasa who are not able to go to the eastern part of the Congo to start their noviciate.

Please keep this our latest foundation in Africa in your prayers and generosity.

• Australian Provincial Chapter

The Chapter itself went smoothly in a fraternal and prayerful atmosphere. Each day began with a lectio divina and each session began with a time of silence helped by either a short talk by the Prior General or texts prepared by the preparatory commission. The overall theme of the Chapter was "Choose life" with sub-themes on Spirituality, Community, Stewardship and Leadership. The mood of the Chapter was optimistic and looking to the future in a positive way. The following were elected: Fr. Wayne Stanhope, Provincial, and Frs. Paul Chandler, Laurie Timms, Jim Des Lauriers and David Hofman, Councillors.

A very important decision was taken at this Chapter, that the Province take responsibility for the mission in Timor Loro Sae (East Timor). This will be done in collaboration with the Indonesian Province. Also the Province will take an interest in vocations in the Oceania area.
 

A LETTER FROM THE POPE
TO THE CARMELITES

In a letter of 25 March 2001, addressed to Fr. Joseph Chalmers, Prior General of the Carmelites, as well as to Fr. Camilo Maccise, Superior General of the Discalced Carmelites, John Paul II expressed the importance of the devotion to the Virgin Mary, through the use of the Scapular, revealing that he himself wore this same sign of veneration and particular faithfulness to the Virgin Mary.

The message praises the decision of the Order "in its two ancient and reformed branches", to dedicate the year 2001 to Mary, to coincide with the 750^th anniversary of the giving of the Scapular, defined as the "venerable tradition of the Order itself". The Marian patrimony of Carmel has become, over time, "through the spread of the devotion of the holy Scapular, a treasure for the whole Church. For its simplicity, for its anthropological value and for the relationship with Mary as regards the Church and humanity, this devotion has been profoundly and widely grasped by the people of God, so much so as to find expression in the commemoration of July 16th, which is present in the Liturgical Calendar of the Universal Church".

Especially concerning the Scapular, John Paul II, emphasized that it is worn not only by him but also by many simple faithful as a devotion to Mary, who in this way find themselves associated with the great Carmelite Family. (For the complete text of the letter see: http://www.ocarm.org/eng/gp2eng.htm)
 

THE CARMELITE FAMILY
GATHERS AROUND THE HOLY FATHER

The Prior General, Fr. Joseph Chalmers, and the Superior General, Fr. Camilo Maccise, invite all the members of Carmel: friars, cloistered nuns, sisters, tertiaries, members of the Confraternities of the Scapular and devotees of Our Lady of Mount Carmel to take part in the gathering of the Carmelite Family in St. Peter’s Square on 12 September 2001, to manifest joy and gratitude to Mary for the gift of the Scapular and to the Holy Father for his recent Letter on devotion to Our Lady of Mount Carmel.

The programme will begin on 11 September at 5.00 p.m. with a catechesis and a prayer meeting in linguistic groups. A Marian Vigil will then follow at 8.00 p.m. On Wednesday 12 September, at 8.00 a.m. the Carmelite Confraternities and the faithful will enter St. Peter’s Square for the audience with the Holy Father, John Paul II, the coronation of the statue of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and the Papal blessing.

For information, bookings and registration for this international gathering, please contact "Opera Romana Pellegrinaggi" Piazza Pio XII, 9 – 00193 Città del Vaticano, Tel: 06.69885800, Fax: 06.69885673, E-mail: info@orpnet.org. Firm registration together with the registration fee, which includes some other services, must be in before 9 July 2001. For further information, please consult the official website for the meeting: http://digilander.iol.it/materdecorcarmeli.
 

APPOINTED . . . . . .

• AUXILIARY BISHOP

Fr. Filippo Iannone, 43, was born in Naples and after completing high school, entered the Carmelite Order and took simple vows in 1977. In 1982 he was ordained to the priesthood. He took his Bachelor's degree in Theology and then went to Rome where he graduated in Utroque Iure at the Pontifical University of the Lateran. He also attended specialization courses run by the Congregations for the Sacraments and for Religious. In 1987 he obtained the diploma of Advocate of the Rota at the Apostolic Tribunal of the Holy Roman Rota. Fr. Iannone has held several positions in the Archdiocese of Naples and in the Carmelite Order, among others, lecturer in Canon Law at the Pontifical Theological Faculty of Southern Italy, Judicial Vicar at the Diocesan Tribunal of Naples, Episcopal Pro-Vicar General, legal representative, Provincial bursar and Councillor of La Vergine Bruna Commissariat and member of the Commission for the revision of the Constitutions of our Order.

The episcopal ordination of Mgr. Filippo Iannone, titular bishop of Nebbi, was presided by Cardinal Giordano in the cathedral church of Naples on Saturday 26 May 2001.

• VICAR GENERAL

Fr. Brincat was born on 18 January 1942. In 1957 he joined the Carmelite Order and the following year he made his simple Profession. After completing his philosophical studies in Malta he was sent at St. Albert's International College in Rome to continue his theological studies. On 3 April 1965 Fr. Albert was ordained priest. He pursued his studies obtaining a licentiate in theology from the Pontifical University of the Lateran. From 1967 to 1969 he continued his studies at the Pontifical Biblical Institute.

Fr. Albert Brincat is Vicar General together with Fr. Edward Vella, the first member of the Maltese Carmelite Province who arrived in Bolivia in 1956.
 

FROM
THE GENERAL POSTULATOR

Fr. Felip Amenós, O.Carm.

• Blessed Titus Brandsma

• Blessed Françoise d’Amboise

• The Servant of God Elisea Oliver Molina

• Venerable John of St. Samson

INTERNATIONAL MEETING
OF CARMELITES LIBRARIANS

Carmelite librarians from many parts of the world gathered together recently in Whitefriars Hall, Washington, DC, U.S.A., to discuss common projects and the provision of Carmelite resources in the different Provinces of the Order. The meeting was called by the General Delegate for Culture, Fr. Richard Copsey (Brit), and took place from 4 to 6 April 2001. There were representatives from Italy, USA, England, Holland, Australia, India and Zimbabwe, and among the fourteen participants, there were two lay librarians who care for our Carmelite Collections in Aylesford (England) and Washington.

During the three days, apart from the sharing of information on the various Carmelite Collections and Institutes, there were short presentations by invited experts on computer systems for the provision of library catalogues, the care and preservation of our collections and some guidelines on networking our existing computer systems. The morning of the second day was spent visiting the National Gallery in Washington where there was presentations on their extensive slide collection and rare books collection.

Among the projects discussed during the three days were:

1. The computerisation of the catalogues of our Carmelite Collections throughout the world. The catalogue of the Carmelite Collection in Washington has now been keyed-in and will be in operation shortly. The next stage will be to enter the catalogue of our major Carmelite Collection in Rome into a compatible system and a small group has been established to study the appropriate system to be adopted.
2. Fr. Patrick McMahon (PCM) and Ms. Patricia O’Callaghan, who care for the Washington Collection, have started a project to digitally photograph a number of their older Carmelite books and record them on CD-Rom. Many of our older books are now very rare and, even when second-hand copies become available, they command prohibitively high prices. An early 17^th century edition of the life of St. Teresa of Avila is now available on CD-Rom and the digital photographing of the four volumes of the Speculum Carmelitanum (1680) was completed just before the meeting and is contained on 2 CD-Rom. The intention is that by transferring such works onto CD-Rom they can be made available to our newer Carmelite libraries and also sold commercially to the major academic libraries throughout the world. Even our longer established Carmelite libraries will benefit as they will be able to restrict access to the older and rarer volumes in their collections as visiting researchers will be able consult the works using a CD-Rom copy.
3. A second similar project was presented whereby many early Carmelite texts are being transferred to CD-Rom. Fr. Richard Copsey distributed a disk containing a collection of over 100 original texts, together with about 50 English translations which had been prepared in a provisional version for the meeting. Fr. Antonio Ruiz (Baet) reported on similar work that he was doing in Rome, transferring early official documents such as the Acts of the General Chapters, Constitutions and the Bullarium onto disk.
4. A group of Carmelites in Washington is currently looking at the best way to transfer the annual Carmelite bibliography into a computer database for distribution on CD-Rom. The annual bibliography has been published for over 50 years and having the accumulated results available in a easily searchable form would be a great advantage. It is hoped that the work of transferring the contents of past volumes into the computer will go ahead soon.

A follow-up meeting is planned for the 2^nd week of Easter 2003.
 

MEETING OF CARMELITE SUPERIORS
OF THE IBERIAN REGION

On 3 April 2001, a meeting was held at the General Curia of the Sisters of the Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel (HVMMC) in Madrid (Spain) of the Co-ordinating Mixed Group and the Conference of Provincials of the Iberian Region. Those who took part were: two Superiors General, Sr. Encarnación Flórez González (HCSCJ), President of the Co-ordinating Mixed Group, and Sr. Maria del Carmen Aparicio Personal (HVMMC), and the Provincials, Fr. Luis Gallardo Ganuza (Arag), President of the Conference of Provincials, Fr. Rafael Leiva Sánchez (Baet), Secretary of the Iberian Region, Fr. Manuel Bonilla Gutiérrez (Cat), Fr. Juan de Dios Sanz (Cast) and Fr. Henrique Martins (Lus). Three nuns from the three federations were absent, namely, Sr. Mª de Cristo Rey Mora Pérez (Mater et Decor Carmeli), Sr. Elena Maria Samper Samper (Mater Unitatis) and Sr. Josepa Francesca Castells i Camins (Verge Flos del Carmel).

Order of the day:
1. Reports of the various commissions

• Justice and Peace: Activities of the Provinces and Congregations, meeting of the International Commission in Recife (Brazil) in August 2001, International meeting in Aylesford (England) from 23 July to 10 August 2001, conscientisation of the Carmelite Family in this field, date for the Day of Justice and Peace for 2000 and 2001, activities of the NGO Kerit.
• Formation and Spirituality: Programme of formation, criteria for admission of candidates, solemn profession, meetings of young religious, on-going formation and materials, inter-community retreat, participation in the celebrations for 750^th anniversary of the Scapular.
• Lay Carmel: Bringing up to date the list of groups within the Carmelite Family in the Region, clarifying of concept, encouraging formation, and the participation of lay people in our commissions, especially the Commission for Lay Carmelites.
• Youth and Vocational Pastoral: A vocational pastoral plan, JUCAR (Carmelite Youth), a broad experience of the Carmelite Family and the various experiences of the Provinces, greater unity in the projects of the Kerit NGO.
• Finance: The question of quotas to establish the sum of the common fund of the Region as expressed in the Global Project was discussed. Because of a surplus in the approved sum, contributions to the Commissions of Formation and Vocations were approved. Commissions that wish to request help must present their petition before the meeting in November 2001.

On 9 May 2001, John Paul II, before a crowd of 150 thousand (almost half the population of Malta), raised to the honours of the altar three witnesses to the faith. These are the Carmelite tertiary, George Preca, great apostle of the laity, the Benedictine religious, Maria Adeodata Pisani, model of prayer and contemplation, and the cleric Ignazio Falzon, catechist and pioneer of ecumenical dialogue. At first, there was to be only one beatification, but on 24 April the Pope signed the decrees of the heroic virtues of 52 Servants of God and Blessed, among whom were the two Maltese, Sr. Adeodata and the cleric Ignazio Falzon. Representing the Curia at the beatification were Fr. Tarsicio Gotay Figaredo, Delegate of the Prior General, Alexander Vella, General Councillor, Felip Amenós, Postulator General, and Anthony Cilia, Director of CITOC.

"There is no member of the Church who does not owe something to Carmel" says the Trappist monk, Thomas Merton. This is true not only of Blessed George Preca (of whom we wrote in previous editions of CITOC), but in some way also Blessed Adeodata and Blessed Ignazio.

Blessed Maria Adeodata Pisani was born in Naples (Italy) on 29 December 1806. Her father was the Maltese Baron Pisani. She was brought up and educated by her paternal grandmother and, when she was 10, the time her grandmother died, she was placed in a college where she received a good Christian education. At the age of 19 she went to Malta, where, after three years, on 16 July, Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, she entered the monastery of the Benedictine nuns in Mdina. She dedicated her religious life to Mary. One year after her noviciate, on 8 March 1830, she took her solemn vows. As a permanent member of the community, she continued to lead a life of humility and sacrifice. Even though she never sought positions of authority, during the next 25 years she held the offices of sacristan, nurse, mistress of novices and abbess. She suffered bad health and on 25 February 1855 she died.

Blessed Ignazio Falzon was born in Valletta on 1 July 1813. At the age of 15 he took the clerical habit and at 20 he became Doctor of civil and canon law. He felt himself unworthy and never exercised his legal profession nor would he accept priestly ordination. His spiritual food and the support for his apostolate were adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and meditation. Blessed Ignazio Falzon is well known for the special area in which he carried out his apostolate and gave witness, namely, among the large British garrison stationed in Valletta (during the years of the Crimean War, 1853-1856, there were about 20.000 British soldiers in Malta). He started organising prayer meetings and lessons in catechism for the Catholics. He also became friend with their non-Catholic and even non-Christian fellow soldiers and drew many of these to the Catholic faith. The documents speak of more than 600 conversions. It is for this reason that he is considered the pioneer and champion of ecumenical dialogue. He died at the age of 52, on his birthday, 1 July 1865.

Because of the late insertion in the programme of beatification, the devotion of these two new Blessed to Our Lady of Mount Carmel has not yet been well defined. However, some documents show that Blessed Ignazio Falzon associated many of the converted with Carmel through the Scapular. We still do not know where and when Blessed Ignazio Falzon was enrolled in the Scapular, but the fact that he wore the Scapular and urged others to do the same and that he greatly loved the Mother of Carmel, is beyond doubt. According to Mgr. Philip Calleja, postulator of the cause, one of the relics of the Blessed through which many faithful obtain inexplicable wonders is precisely the Carmelite Scapular that Blessed Ignazio Falzon held in his hands after his death. It seems that this relic is now among Maltese migrants in the United States and is passed from family to family with great faith and veneration.
 

CARMELITE MARIAN YEAR
IN AUSTRALIA

The Australian Province has organised the following program of celebrations for the Carmelite Marian Year:

On 23 March 2001, the Neapolitan Province, which operates the Carmelite Hermitage in the town of Capaccio (Salerno), recalled the 10^th anniversary of the hermitage’s foundation. The hermitage is built near the monastery on the side of Mount Calpazio, adjacent to the ancient Cathedral of the 10^th century and at present known as the Diocesan Marian Sanctuary with the title of Our Lady of Granato.

The anniversary was celebrated with a day of prayer together with many religious, priests and lay people. Those who took part in the celebrations were: Fr. Nicola M. Barbarello, Provincial, about ten other Carmelites and some parish priests from the surrounding area. After the Eucharistic celebration a meal was served in the refectory. In the afternoon, a large group of faithful and devotees of Our Lady of Granato joined the Carmelite hermit, Fr. Domenico Fiore (Neap) in fervent prayer of thanksgiving to the Lord for all the graces and blessings received throughout this period.

The Carmelite hermitage of Capaccio was started after a meeting between the bishop of Vallo della Lucania (SA), Mgr. Giuseppe Rocco Favale, and the then Provincial, Fr. Lucio M. Renna, now bishop of Avezzano (AQ). At this meeting the two superiors agreed to entrust the direction of the Marian Sanctuary and the hermitage to Fr. Domenico. Since then, over the past ten years, the hermit has welcomed for day retreats many parish groups from various parts, and for a few days, priests and seminarians for a "desert" experience, or young people discerning their vocation. Fr. Domenico wishes to make contact with other Carmelites who have the same style of life. His website and electronic address are: http://www.ocarm.org/madonnadelgranato , madonnadelgranato@libero.it.
 

CARMELITE CLOISTERED NUNS

• Dumaguete City, Philippines

On 6 March 2001, Mgr. Julito B. Cortes, Diocesan Administrator of Dumaguete, sent a letter (#157/22/01) to all priests and religious of the diocese concern-ing the 750^th anniversary of the Carmelite Scapular. In his letter, Mgr. Cortes recalled the event and expressed the wish of the diocese to unite itself joyfully to the International Carmelite Family in celebrating the Marian Year. Before presenting a brief catechesis on the Scapular, the Diocesan Administrator announced the decision to dedicate the chapel of the Carmelite monastery of "Nuestra Señora de los Maravillas y san José" as a place of pilgrimage for this year and asked that the content of the letter be passed on in homilies and conferences so that the faithful of the diocese may know and obtain the benefits which accrue from devotion to the Scapular of Carmel. On 25 March 2001, the day that John Paul II published his letter on the Scapular, Mgr. Cortes inaugurated the Marian Year with a solemn Mass in the chapel of the Carmelite nuns.

• Roccagloriosa, Italy

CARMELITE MISSIONARY SISTERS OF
ST. THERESE OF THE CHILD JESUS

• Casa Famiglia "Maria Andriani Aprosio"

• 50 years of presence in Naples

CARMELITE SISTERS OF
MOTHER CANDELARIA

The first of various celebrations to commemorate the first centenary of the foundation of the Congregation of the Hermanas Carmelitas de Madre Candelaria in 1903, was a Holy Mass celebrated on 25 March 2001. The inspiration of the Congregation came from Mother Candelaria of St. Joseph and Mgr. Sixto Sosa. They imprinted on their followers the Carmelite charism, that is, to live in the presence of God in an attitude of prayer, to give witness to fraternal charity, to faith and hope and to be open to the service of the most needy. At present the Congregation has about eighty religious in thirteen houses in Venezuela and one house in Puerto Rico.

The celebrations, which will be spread over three years, will involve both the sisters and people outside the Congregation. The plan for the sisters is to have meetings, study days and courses on the charism of the founders together with a renewed commitment to the spiritual, pastoral and vocational life. For the faithful among whom the sisters of Mother Candelaria work, the plan is for these to propagate publications, talks and presentations on the life and virtues of the founders.
 

INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF
THE CARMELITE THIRD ORDER

From 1 to 5 May 2001, an International Congress of the Carmelite Third Order was held at Il Carmelo centre in Sassone (Rome). About 100 tertiaries gathered to get to know each other to exchange ideas on their way of life and apostolic activities. Those present represented tens of thousands of tertiary brothers and sisters and an even greater number of lay people associated in various ways with the Carmelite Family. A few chaplains, friars and sisters were also present.

Dr. Pinharanda Gomes (Portugal) began the reflection with a talk on "Laity and Secularity". He reviewed what has been affirmed recently by the documents of the magisterium and by ecclesial experience. Mr. Tom Zeitvogel (United States) followed with a presentation of the main challenges to be met by the Carmelite Third Order in the years ahead. The assembly then listened to a presentation by Fr. Felip Amenós, Postulator General, on the example of many Carmelites, including lay Carmelites, who stand out for the sanctity of their lives. Finally, Fr. Tarsicio M. Gotay, Delegate General for the Laity, explained the process undergone for the revision of the Rule of the Carmelite Third Order

Lay Carmelites came from a wide geographic area. The five continents were represented and it was interesting to see that the areas which, from the ecclesial point of view, are developing, are maturing through very rich experiences and have great potentiality. The meeting gave the participants an increased sense of belonging to the great Family of Carmel and of confidence that they participate actively in shaping its spiritual wealth.
 

MEETINGS OF
LAY CARMELITES

• The Province of Baetica

• The Province of Arago-Valentina

• The PCM and SEL American Provinces

CARMELITE PUBLICATIONS

Books:

1° Convegno di Studio per Laici,
"Madre Crocifissa e il Carmelo: una proposta per il nuovo millennio", Suore Carmelitane Missionarie di S. Teresa del Bambino Gesù, Santa Marinella, 2001, pp. 70. (E-mail: carm.miss.stbg@mclink.it)

AA.VV.,
"Search and you will find" - Prayers, Reflections & Readings, (with collaboration of Fr. Michael Brundell, O.Carm.), Catholic Adult Education, Brisbane, 1998, pp. 112

A Time to Rejoice - Lent 2000,
(with collaboration of Fr. Michael Brundell, O.Carm.), Catholic Adult Education, Brisbane, 2000, pp. 48. (E-mail: ocarmprov@ie.net.au)

Ausbildung im Karmel - Ein Weg der Umformung,
(Ratio Institutionis Vitae Carmelitanae), Deutsche Ausgabe herausgegeben von den Provinzialaten der Oberdeutschen und der Niederdeutschen Provinz der Karmeliten, Bamberg/Essen, 2001, pp. 166. (E-mail: ba3531@bnv-bamberg.de)

BLOMMESTIJN, Hein; HULS, Jos; WAAIJMAN, Kees,
The Footprints of love - John of the Cross as Guide in the Wilderness, (translated by John Vriend), Peeters, 2000, pp. 211. (E-mail: Hein.Blommestijn@tbi.kun.nl / Jos.Huls@tbi.kun.nl / K.Waaijman@theo.kun.nl). Listening to the stories of the struggles of countless people in his day, John of the Cross became an experienced mystical teacher who introduces the Carmelite spirituality as a "school of love". This book contains a set of explorations of the logic of this divine love, a love which transforms us into true lovers. In taking these explorations the authors have followed the four great commentaries of John of the Cross and one of his poems.

Direttorju tal-Provincja Karmelitana Maltija,
Segreterija Provincjali, Fgura, 2001, pp. 48 (E-mail: carmmlt@mail.global.net.mt)

GUITERAS VILANOVA, Joan,
María Cristina de la Eucaristía Alonso Alonso, Monasterio de la Encarnación, Barcelona, 2000, pp. 112. (E-mail: mabonillagu@airtel.net)

In preghiera con Maria, madre e bellezza del Carmelo - Sussidio liturgico-celebrativo in onore della Beata Vergine Maria del Monte Carmelo, Centro Stampa Carmelitana, Roma, 2001, pp. 176. (E-mail: carmel@mclink.it)

JOANNES PAULUS II,
Letter of His Holiness Pope John Paul II on the Occasion of the Carmelite Marian Year;
Carta de Su Santidad Juan Pablo II con ocasión del Año Mariano Carmelita;
Lettera di Sua Santità Giovanni Paolo II in occasione dell'Anno Mariano Carmelitano;
Brief des Heiligen Vaters Johannes Paulus II zum Marianischen Jahr des Karmel;
Carta de Sua Santidade João Paulo II por ocasião Ano Mariano Carmelita;
Vatican, 25 Marzo 2001, pp. 7. (E-mail: edizioni@ocarm.org)
Carta del Papa Joan Pau II als Carmelites, amb motiu del 750è Aniversari de l'Escapulari del Carme. (E-mail: mabonillagu@airtel.net)

JOANNES PAULUS II,
. . . con la Vergine Maria dinanzi agli occhi del cuore - Lettera del Santo Padre Giovanni Paolo II in occasione dell'Anno Mariano Carmelitano, Centro Stampa Carmelitana, Roma, 2001, pp. 24. (E-mail: carmel@mclink.it)

KOSASIH, Franciscus, O.Carm.,
The Prophetic Dimension of the Carmelite Charism, (Vacare Deo 15), Edizioni Carmelitane, Roma, 2001, pp. 260. (E-mail: edizioni@ocarm.org)

LÓPEZ-MELÚS, Rafael María, carmelita,
El Escapulario del Carmen, Vol. I, AMACAR, Onda, 2001, pp. 248. (E-mail: vcarmeno@planalfa.es). In 17 chapters the author presents: (a) the theology of the Scapular, that is, the basic doctrine of the Church on which it rests; (b) the story of the Marian gift: origin and evolution even to becoming, in the words of Cardinal Gomá, "the most widespread Marian devotion"; (c) the devotion given by Christians (popes, saints, learned persons, etc.) to the Mother and Beauty of Carmel.

LÓPEZ-MELÚS, Rafael María, carmelita,
Santos que amaron a la Virgen del Carmen, Vol. II, AMACAR, Onda, 2001, pp. 304. (E-mail: vcarmeno@planalfa.es). In four volumes the author deals with the teaching and devotion of many saints and blessed to Our Lady of Mount Carmel and the Scapular: Vol. II – The life of 30 men; Vol. III – The life of 30 women; Vol. IV – The life of 42 Popes from Innocent III (+1216) to the present Pope (giving importance to the message of the Popes of the twentieth century); Vol. V – In the first part the author presents the life of 8 bishop saints or blessed, and in the second part he presents the teachings of many bishops throughout the world who in 1950-1951 commented on the Apostolic Letter of Pius XII, Neminem profecto latet, on the Carmelite Scapular.

LÓPEZ-MELÚS, Rafael María, carmelita,
Santos que amaron a la Virgen del Carmen, Vol. III, AMACAR, Onda, 2001, pp. 271. (E-mail: vcarmeno@planalfa.es)

LÓPEZ-MELÚS, Rafael María, carmelita,
Papas que amaron a la Virgen del Carmen, Vol. IV, AMACAR, Onda, 2001, pp. 246. (E-mail: vcarmeno@planalfa.es)

LÓPEZ-MELÚS, Rafael María, carmelita,
¡Vestid el Escapulario!, dicen los obispos, Vol. V, AMACAR, Onda, 2001, pp. 286. (E-mail: vcarmeno@planalfa.es)

LÓPEZ-MELÚS, Rafael María, carmelita,
La Virgen del Carmen, la devoción popular, Vol. VI, AMACAR, Onda, 2001, pp. 224. (E-mail: vcarmeno@planalfa.es). The last volume of the series deals with five points: 1) A panoramic vision, in journalistic style, of the meaning of the devotion to the Scapular for Christians of yesterday and today. 2) The story and explanation of the Flos Carmeli, the prayer traditionally said to have been recited by St. Simon Stock when he received the Scapular from Our Lady in 1251. 3) A panoramic view of the origin and evolution of this devotion until our times. 4) Written testimonies by saints, popes, bishops, learned persons and Christian authors on Mary’s habit. 5) A recollection of Our Lady of Mount Carmel as Stella Maris and Patroness of seafarers.

MESTERS, Carlos, carmelita,
Ao Redor da Fonte - Círculos de oração e de meditação em torno da Regra do Carmo, Brasil, 2001, pp. 280. (E-mail: mesters@visualnet.com.br)

PRECA, Dun Gorg,
Is-Sena tas-Sinjur - Riflessjoni ghal kull jum tas-sena, Societas Doctrinae Christianae, Malta, 2001, pp. 144. (E-mail: sdc@waldonet.net.mt)

Semana Santa 2001 - Junto a la Cruz estaba María,
Fraternidad Carmelitana, Medellín, 2001, pp. 63. (E-mail: karmel@epm.net.co)

Posters:

El vestido de María,
750 aniversario de la visión y promesa del Escapulario del Carmen 1251-2001, Temas:
- Hna. Ma. Montserrat Xirinachs, Carmelita Contemplativa de Valls (Tarragona, España)
- P. Ortín Lorente, colegio HH. Carmelitas - Elda (Alicante, España)
- Sta. María in Traspontina (siglo XVII, Roma, Italia)
- Monjas Carmelitas (Ravenna, Italia)
AMACAR, Onda, 2001, size 50x70 cm. (E-mail: vcarmeno@planalfa.es)

Año Mariano Carmelita 2001,
750 Aniversario de la Entrega del Escapulario del Carmen (1251-2001),Sevilla, 2001, size 50x70 cm. (E-mail: vcarmeno@planalfa.es). The poster produced by the two Carmelite Orders of the Iberian Region, represents Our Lady giving the Scapular to St. Simon Stock, based on the work of the sculptor Gregorio Fernández (ski) which was in our ancient convent in Valladolid (Spain) and is at present in the National Museum of Sculpture in the same city.

Compact Disks:

Iconographia Carmelitana - 1,
Centrum Informationis Totius Ordinis Carmeli-tarum (Roma) - Editrice Pisani sas (Isola del Liri), 2001. (E-mail: citoc@ocarm.org). This first CD-Rom published by CITOC for both the Windows and Macintosh systems, offers more than 1600 pictures of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Prophet Elijah, Blessed Titus Brandsma, the Carmelite coat of arms and many other Carmelite subjects. This collection is rich in information and pictures gathered from around the globe. The CD-Rom is also an index which is very important, not just for its content, but especially because it reveals how the people of God throughout the centuries has expressed its devotion and love for the Mother of Carmel.

Missa em honra de N. Sra. do Carmo - 750 Anos do Escapulário do Carmo,
Monastero Flos Carmeli, Jaboticabal, 2001. (E-mail: convento@netsite.com.br)

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N.B. For inclusion of publications and other information in this list, CITOC requests that a copy of the new publication and a short notice about its content be sent to: CITOC, Curia Generalizia dei Carmelitani, Via Giovanni Lanza 138, 00184 - Rome, Italy.
 

NEWS IN BRIEF

• Pastoral convention on devotion to Our Lady of Mount Carmel

• Carmelite Press Centre

• Carmelite Forum in Ireland

UPDATE OF ADDRESSES
AND TELEPHONE NUMBERS

Changed phone / fax numbers

Upper German Province
Karmelitenkloster, Friedrich-Ebert-Strasse, 5, 90766 Fürth / Bay, Germany. Tel: (+49) 911-7230360, Fax: (+49) 911-72303630

Baetica Province

• Padres Carmelitas, Parroquia N. Sra. del Carmen, Calle Colón 96, Urb. Bolívar, 2121 La Victoria, Aragua, Venezuela. Tel: 00.58.244.321.00.08, Fax: 00.58.244.321.00.08
• Padres Carmelitas, Barrio Sucre, C/ Cumanacoa - Pasaje, 1, Mérida, Venezuela. Tel: 00.58.274.244.64.17
• Padres Carmelitas, Parroquia N. Sra del Carmen, Apdo. 76088 - El Marqués, Petare, Caracas - 1070-A, Venezuela. Tel: 00.58.212.271.45.36, Fax: 00.58.212.27.27.776

Compartimos Carmelus
www.pagina.de/carmelus / www.mundofree.com/ficha/

Saint Simon Stock School-Church (NY)
www.stsimonstockschool.org

Hermanas Carmelitas de la Madre Candelaria
http://ve.net/carmelitasmc/

Mater Decor Carmeli
http://digilander.ior.it/materdecorcarmeli

Santuario del Carmine: San Felice del Benaco
http://www.santuariodelcarmine-sanfelice.it

New e-mail addresses

Castilian Province

Fraile Herrera, Eloy Residencia Universitaria, Salamanca

<efcarm@terra.es> <rcarmelitas@infonegocio.com>

Dutch Province

Gulik, Antonius van der  Ruijter, Joop

<Gulikocarm@zonnet.nl> <joopruijter@hetnet.nl>

Maltese Province

Camilleri, Charlo' Cilia, Joseph Cucciardi, Jurgen Duncan, Hermann Enriquez, Mario Lofreda, Renald Scerri, Alexander Scicluna, Ivan

<charlocarm@hotmail.com> <nscarminmir@tsi.com.pe> <jurgenmjocarm@hotmail.com> <hduncan@global.net.mt> <menriquez@global.net.mt> <renaldjm@hotmail.com> <alexsc@global.net.mt> <ivansciclunadeb@hotmail.com>

Lower Germany Province

Droste, Klemens-August

<kadroste@comundo.de>

Catalonian Province

Bonilla, Manuel

<mabonillagu@airtel.net>

Italian Province

Gelli, Augustin

<p.agogelli@mclink.it>

Carmelite Cloistered Nuns

Sogliano al Rubicone, Italia

<s.mariavita@ciaoweb.it>

Neapolitan Province

Di Sarno, Antonio

<antondis.tiscali.it>

Betica Province

Comunidad Carmelita, Petare (Venezuela) Provincial, Sevilla Secretaría Provincial, Sevilla

<comcarm@tutopia.com> <ocarmse@alcavia.net> <seprovin@terra.es>

Carmelite Missionary Sisters of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus

Comunità, Cerveteri (Roma), Italia Comunità, Samminiatello (FI), Italia Scuola, Montelupo (FI), Italia

<cerveterisuore.carmelitane@tiscalinet.it> <istitutos.teresadelbambi@tin.it> <linazacc@tin.it>

Polish Province

Bebnik, Janusz

<jasiek@karmel.krakow.pl>

N.B. For an update list of all Carmelite e-mail addresses see page
http://www.ocarm.org/citoc.news/emailadd.htm
 

CARMELITE MILESTONES

Novices

16 February 2001
Taurai Saunyama (Hib-Zim)
Mathew Musonza (Hib-Zim)
Chikomborero Maramwidze (Hib-Zim)

Simple Professions

17 February 2001
Michael Mwale (Hib-Zim)
Christopher Chifamba (Hib-Zim)
Munyaradzi Tairowodza (Hib-Zim)
18 March 2001
Thomas Feiten (GerS)

25 Years Simple Profession

22 July 2001
Marian Kawinski (Pol)
1 August 2001
Carmen García Collado (SLC)
15 August 2001
Michael Kwiecien (PCM)
27 August 2001
Joseph Chalmers (Brit)

50 Years Simple Profession

1 July 2001
Hilaria Miltenburg (ECH)
26 July 2001
Mª Saturnina López Rodríguez (SLC)
15 August 2001
Enrique Oria Castañer (Arag)
25 August 2001
Anna Habermann (ERL)

Solemn Professions

18 March 2001
Andrés Gamboa Pardo (Ita)
22 April 2001
M. Rita Gurgliara (VET)
25 April 2001
M. Francesca Gargano (CAR)
29 May 2001
Thomas Johnston (Brit)

Diaconate Ordinations

2 May 2001
Artemio Jusayan (Neer-Phi)

Priestly Ordinations

2 May 2001
Marlon Lacal (Neer-Phi)
Max Zapanta (Neer-Phi)
Gilbert Sabado (Neer-Phi)
29 May 2001
Kevin Alban (Brit)

25 Years Priestly Ordination

4 July 2001
Gianfranco Tuveri (Ita)
18 July 2001
Denis Lynch (Brit)

50 Years Priestly Ordination

8 July 2001
John Larkin (PCM)
Leo (Joel) Moelter (PCM)
Walter (Augustine) Carter (PCM)
Silvio (Giuliano) De Angeli (Ita)
Juan Bautista Ferre Perez (Arag)
Roberto Barreneche Alzuguren (Arag)
Elías Pascual Tudela (Arag)
15 July 2001
Hermanus van Langen (Neer)
Franciscus Bos (Neer)
Theodorus Meijerink (Neer)
Antonio (Alfonso) Cerasoli (Ita)
Henricus Kortink (Indo)
Johannes (Floribert) Schwering (GerI)
Johannes (Kleophas) Londeman (GerI)
John Fitzgerald (Brit)

Necrology

7 February 2001
Margaretha Ten Oever (ZEN)
20 March 2001
Anton Lugtenberg (Neer)
24 March 2001
Daniel M. de Araujo (Pern)
27 March 2001
Joesph Kotschner (GerS)
28 March 2001
Vitus Bijvank (Neer)
5 April 2001
Timoty E. Moore (PCM)
6 April 2001
Petra Claessens (BOX)
8 April 2001
Hendricus Demmer (Indo)
17 April 2001
Margherita Celeste Liuti (SGP)
6 May 2001
Angela Cervone (ALL)

 

750th Anniversary of the Carmelite Scapular     1251-2001

"Mary is the Mother of all the chosen. It is, therefore, right that we should manifest our filial and tender love for her in whatever we do and in whatever we avoid doing." – Ven. Michael of St. Augustine "Mary is the door that introduces us to the heavenly homeland and through which God came down to earth." – St. Mary Magdalene de’ Pazzi "I should like to have lips the purest to pronounce the name of Mary, and a pen of gold to write it." - Bl. Mary of Jesus Crucified "In Carmel no one can become pious and holy without fostering special devotion to Mary." – Ven. Michael of St. Augustine