Celebration of World Day of Consecrated Life by the Carmelite Nuns of Camaná, Perú

On February 2, the Church looks to those who have consecrated their lives to God and to the service of men and women throughout the world. On the feast of the Presentation of the Child Jesus in the Temple, the Monastery of Carmelite Nuns of the Ancient Observance in the city of Camaná, in the department of Arequipa, Peru, was chosen. We pray especially for those who most need the message of the Gospel as we celebrate the 30th World Day of Consecrated Life.

For this reason, the Prelature of Chuquibamba joins all forms of CONSECRATED LIFE in praying for new vocations to religious life so that they may follow Christ and be living witnesses of the Lord's disciples.

Under the slogan “Who Are You For?”, all Christian communities were invited to join in prayer for these men and women who are always and at all times a help on the journey and a healing for those wounds that we all carry within us.

Both active and contemplative religious women are an outpouring of the Holy Spirit in all times and places of the world. Our Carmelite nuns are called “Missionaries of Contemplation,” since they, without renouncing their beloved contemplative life, exercise their service in their Carmelite convent, welcoming children from 0 to 10 years of age so that their parents can work, and also providing daily meals to 300 people, thus giving not only food but also evangelizing through the prayerful service of the Carmelites.

This foundation of Carmelite nuns of the Holy Trinity was established by Carmelite nuns from Onteniente, in Valencia, Spain, and inspired by our beloved Father Fray Rafael María Melus, O. Carm., of the Province of Aragon, Castile, and Valencia, Spain.