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- Prioress: Sr. Miriam Tamiano, O.Carm.
- 1st Councilor: Sr. M. Joseph Lumicisi, O.Carm.
- 2nd Councilor: Sr. M. Alberta Diana, O.Carm.
- Director of Novices: Sr. M. Joseph Lumicisi, O.Carm.
- Treasurer: Sr. M. Ludovica Benedetti, O.Carm.
- Sacristan: Sr. M. Alberta Diana, O.Carm.
During the Provincial Chapter of the Province of Rio de Janeiro held on 24-28 January 2011 were elected:
- Prior Provincial: Fr. Geraldo D´Abadia Pires Maciel, O.Carm.
- First Councilor: Fr. Rothmans Darles de Campos, O.Carm.
- Second Councilor: Fr. Marcelo Frezarini, O.Carm.
- Third Councilor: Fr. Evaldo Xavier Gomes, O.Carm.
- Fourth Councilor: Fr. Carlos Mesters, O.Carm.
Lay Carmelites build two Tertiary Houses in the Philippines
Written byAfter a period of ten years of planning and praying, the Lay Carmelites of the Philippines have acquired two properties in order to build its tertiary house. The first property (2,412 sq.m.) was acquired through deed of sale amounting to USD$24,000, and is located at Sampaloc, San Rafael, Bulacan, PH. Inspired by the Domus Carmelitana in Rome, the National Council for the TOC named its future building “Domus Carmelitana de San Jose.” It will serve as a retreat house for the TOC and will be open to other religious organizations and the Carmelite family who are seeking silence and solitude. It will also house the Oratory of St. Elijah where the relics of saints in the custody of the TOC will be placed for veneration. The second property (2,772 sq.m.) was given to the TOC through an “on lease” contract. The property is already developed and has existing structures. It was leased without cost, excluding real estate tax, to the TOC for 15 years and this can be extended for another 5 years. It is named “Mater Carmeli House of Prayer” and is located at Pansol, Calamba, Laguna, PH. It will be operational in the 3rd quarter of 2011. The TOC National Secretariat of the Philippines informs that those who wish to contribute towards the building of Domus Carmelitana de San Jose can contact the National Secretariat at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Website: www.domussanjose.blogspot.com
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Ordinary Time
1) Opening prayer
Lord our God,
help us to love You with all our hearts
and to love all people as You love them.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son,
who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit,
One God, for ever and ever. Amen.
2) Gospel Reading - Mark 5:21-43
When Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around him, and he stayed close to the sea. One of the synagogue officials, named Jairus, came forward. Seeing him he fell at his feet and pleaded earnestly with him, saying, "My daughter is at the point of death. Please, come lay your hands on her that she may get well and live." He went off with him and a large crowd followed him. There was a woman afflicted with hemorrhages for twelve years. She had suffered greatly at the hands of many doctors and had spent all that she had. Yet she was not helped but only grew worse. She had heard about Jesus and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak. She said, "If I but touch his clothes, I shall be cured." Immediately her flow of blood dried up. She felt in her body that she was healed of her affliction. Jesus, aware at once that power had gone out from him, turned around in the crowd and asked, "Who has touched my clothes?" But his disciples said to him, "You see how the crowd is pressing upon you, and yet you ask, Who touched me?" And he looked around to see who had done it. The woman, realizing what had happened to her, approached in fear and trembling. She fell down before Jesus and told him the whole truth. He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has saved you. Go in peace and be cured of your affliction." While he was still speaking, people from the synagogue official's house arrived and said, "Your daughter has died; why trouble the teacher any longer?" Disregarding the message that was reported, Jesus said to the synagogue official, "Do not be afraid; just have faith." He did not allow anyone to accompany him inside except Peter, James, and John, the brother of James. When they arrived at the house of the synagogue official, he caught sight of a commotion, people weeping and wailing loudly. So he went in and said to them, "Why this commotion and weeping? The child is not dead but asleep." And they ridiculed him. Then he put them all out. He took along the child's father and mother and those who were with him and entered the room where the child was. He took the child by the hand and said to her, "Talitha koum," which means, "Little girl, I say to you, arise!" The girl, a child of twelve, arose immediately and walked around. At that they were utterly astounded. He gave strict orders that no one should know this and said that she should be given something to eat.
3) Reflection
• In today’s Gospel, we meditate on two miracles which Jesus worked in favor of two women: the first one for a woman who was considered impure because of the hemorrhage which she was suffering from for the past 12 years; the other one for a twelve year-old girl, who had died a short time before. According to the mentality of the time, anybody who would touch blood or a corpse was considered impure. Blood and death were factors for exclusion! Because of this, those two women were marginalized people and excluded from participation in the community.
• The starting point. Jesus arrives in the boat. The people join Him. Jairus, the head of the synagogue, asks help for his daughter, who is dying. Jesus goes with him and the people accompany Him, pushing on all sides. This is the starting point of the two cases of healing which follow: the cure of the woman and the resurrection of the twelve year-old girl.
• The situation of the woman. Twelve years of suffering from hemorrhage! For this reason she lived excluded, because at that time blood rendered people impure, and the one who touched them became impure also. Mark says that the woman had spent all she had with doctors. And instead of becoming better, she got worse. A situation without a solution!
• The attitude of the woman. She heard people speak about Jesus. Hope sprang up in her. She told herself, “If I can just touch His clothes, I will be saved”. The catechism of the time said, “If I touch His cloak, He will become impure”. The woman thinks exactly the contrary! This is a sign that women did not agree with all that religious authority taught. The woman gets in through the crowd, in the midst of the people, and without being noticed, she touches Jesus, because everybody was touching Him and pushing Him. At that same moment she noticed in her body that she had been cured.
• The reaction of Jesus and that of the disciples. Jesus, aware of the power that had gone out from Him, asked, “Who touched My clothes?” The disciples said to Him, “You see how the crowd is pressing round You; how can You ask, ‘Who touched Me?’” So now comes the clash between Jesus and the disciples. Jesus had a sensitivity which the disciples did not perceive. The disciples reacted like everybody else; they did not understand the different reaction of Jesus. But Jesus did not pay attention and continued to investigate.
• Healing through faith. The woman became aware that she had been discovered. It was a difficult and dangerous moment for her, because according to the belief of the time, an impure person like herself got in among the people and contaminated everyone who touched her. All would become impure before God (Lev 15:19-30). For this reason, the punishment could be stoning. But the woman had the courage to accept the consequences of what she had done. The woman “frightened and trembling” fell at Jesus’ feet and told Him the whole truth. Jesus has the last word: “My daughter, your faith has restored you to health, go in peace and be free of your complaint.”
(a) “Daughter”, with this word Jesus accepts the woman into the new family, into the community which was gathering together around Him. (b) What she thought through faith became a reality. (c) Jesus acknowledges that, without that woman’s faith, He would not have been able to work the miracle.
• The news of the death of the little girl. At that moment some people arrived from the house of Jairus to inform him that his daughter had died. It was no longer necessary to disturb Jesus. For them, death was the great barrier. Jesus will not be able to overcome death! Jesus listens, looks at Jairus, and applies what He had just seen, that faith is capable of realizing what the person believes. And He says, “Do not be afraid, only have faith!”
• In Jairus’ house. Jesus allows only three of His disciples to go with Him. Seeing the commotion of the people weeping and wailing because of the death of the child, He said, “The child is not dead; she sleeps!” The people laughed. They know how to distinguish between a person who is sleeping and when the person is dead. It is the same laughter of Abraham and of Sarah, of those who are unable to believe that nothing is impossible for God (Gn 17:17; 18:12-14; Lk 1:37). For them, death was a barrier which nobody could overcome or go beyond! The words of Jesus had a very profound meaning. The situation of the persecuted communities at the time of Mark seemed to be a situation of death. They needed to hear, “She is not dead! You are sleeping! Wake up!” Jesus does not pay attention to the laughter and enters into the room where the child is, alone, and with the three disciples and the parents of the child.
• The resurrection of the child. Jesus takes the child by the hand and says: “Talitha kum!” She rises. There is a great commotion! Jesus keeps calm and asks that they give her something to eat. Two women are cured! One is twelve years old, the other one twelve years of hemorrhage, twelve years of exclusion! The exclusion of the child begins at twelve years of age, because her menstruation begins; she begins to die! Jesus has the greatest power and resurrects: “Get up!”
4) Personal questions
• What is the point in this text which pleased you or struck you the most? Why?
• One of the women was cured and once again integrated so that she could live in the community. A child was raised from her death bed. What does this action of Jesus teach us for our life in the family and for our community today?
5) Concluding Prayer
From You comes my praise in the thronged assembly;
I will perform my vows before all who fear Him.
The poor will eat and be filled;
those who seek Yahweh will praise Him.
May your heart live for ever. (Ps 22:25-26)
1. Prayer
Lord, Father of goodness and mercy, You have sent Your Son Jesus from heaven to reveal to us the authority and the sweetness of Your love. Send us Your Holy Spirit as He descended upon Christ at the baptism in the Jordan River. The heavens open with Your voice of salvation: "You are my Son, my beloved." May our hearts not close, but in full confidence, may we welcome Your light and the embrace of the Father, now and forever. Amen.
2. Reading
Jesus and his disciples returned once more to Jerusalem. As he was walking in the temple area, the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders approached him and said to him, "By what authority are you doing these things? Or who gave you this authority to do them?" Jesus said to them, "I shall ask you one question. Answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things. Was John's baptism of heavenly or of human origin? Answer me." They discussed this among themselves and said, "If we say, 'Of heavenly origin,' he will say, 'Then why did you not believe him?' But shall we say, 'Of human origin'?"– they feared the crowd, for they all thought John really was a prophet. So they said to Jesus in reply, "We do not know." Then Jesus said to them, "Neither shall I tell you by what authority I do these things."
3. Meditation
* "By what authority?" The word "authority" is central to this short passage and contains the secret of the faith journey and spiritual growth that we can attain if we let ourselves be guided by the Word, in meditation on this Gospel. The provocative question addressed to Jesus by the scribes and chief priests makes us understand how much distance there is between Him and them and why there can be no answer. For the priests and scribes "authority" is "power," "strength,” "dominion,” "capable of enforcing laws and judging." But for Jesus, “authority” is another thing. In Hebrew, this word “authority” is from a root of the word that also means "similar to." In fact, Jesus makes it clear in the place where He was walking (v. 27), and that would lead us to understand that “authority” is similarity with the Father, the relationship of love with Him, as between Father and Son. It is no coincidence that He immediately points to the baptism of John.
* "The baptism of John ...." Jesus leads us now clearly to the starting point, the source, where we really find ourselves in the encounter with God on the banks of the River Jordan where He was baptized. He also prepared our place, because like Him, we go down into the water and allow ourselves to be marked with the seal of the Holy Spirit. Let us reach out, gather, and visit with these words: "You are my Son, the beloved" (Mk 11). Jesus tells us that there is no other authority, or other greatness or riches than this.
* "From heaven or from human origin?" Do we want to be with God or with men, to follow God or men, or do we want to enter into the light of the opened heavens (Mark 1:10) or remain in the darkness of our loneliness?
* "Answer me." It's a beautiful phrase from Jesus, repeated forcefully twice (vv. 29 and 30). He calls for a clear choice, a clear decision, sincere, authentic, and profound. The verb "answer" in Greek means to express the attitude of an ability to distinguish and to separate things well. The Lord wants to invite us to enter into the deepest part of ourselves, to let His words enter and so, in this strong relationship with Him, learn more and more to make the important decisions of our lives and throughout our days.
But there is something more to this word, so simple and so beautiful. The Hebrew root expresses at the same time response as well as misery, poverty, grief, humility. That is, there can be no real answer, without humility, without listening. Jesus is asking the priests and scribes, and us, to enter into this dimension of life, this attitude of the soul: to be humble before Him and others, recognizing our poverty, our need for Him, because only this may be the real answer to His questions.
* They argued among themselves.” Another important verb that helps us to understand a little more about our inner world. This discussion is in fact a "talk through" as we sense from a literal translation of the Greek word used by Mark. These people in this passage are broken inside, are scarred by an injury, are not all in one piece in front of Jesus while talking to each other, bringing together a number of reasons and considerations instead of entering into a relationship and a dialogue with the Father which was inaugurated with the baptism of Jesus. They remain outside and at a distance, as the son of the parable who refuses to join in the feast of love (cf. Lk 15:28). They also do not believe in the Word of God, once again repeated: "You are my Son, my beloved, in You I am well pleased" (Mk 1:11) and continue to seek and desire the strength of “authority” and power rather than the weakness of love.
4. Questions for Reflection
* The Lord teaches me His authority, even in my life, not domination, oppression or force, but love, and the ability to be alike, to be near. I would like to accept this authority of Jesus in my life. I would truly enter into this relationship of resemblance with Him. Am I ready to engage in this choice? Am I determined to follow this through? Can I do this in all aspects of my life? What is my next step to get there?
* Maybe, approaching this Gospel, I did not expect to come back to the episode of Baptism and the experience so fundamental and the source of the relationship with God the Father. Instead, once again, the Lord wanted to reveal His love so immense, that He does not shirk any effort, any obstacles just to reach me. Is my heart, right now, before Him? Can I hear the voice of the Father speak to me and call me "son,” saying my name? Can I accept this statement of love? Do I trust Him, believe Him, and give myself to Him? Do I understand that this involves change and action from me, and does not stop with words and feelings?
* I cannot reflect on this meditation without giving my answer. Jesus asks me specifically, that "answer me" is also addressed to me today. I learned that there can be no answer without a real hearing and listening that can only come from true humility. Do I want to take these steps or just want to continue to respond with my own convictions, my old ways of thinking and feeling, from my conceit and self-sufficiency? What exactly do I need to change within me and around me to answer the way I am invited to?
* One last thing. Looking inside my heart, do I feel divided, as an enemy of Jesus? Is there any wound in me that will not allow me to be a whole Christian, or a friend of Christ, or His disciple? What is there in my life that is broken, that separates me from Him?
5. Final Prayer
The law of the LORD is perfect, refreshing the soul.
The decree of the LORD is trustworthy, giving wisdom to the simple.
The precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart.
The command of the LORD is clear, enlightening the eye.
The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever.
The statutes of the LORD are true, all of them just;
More desirable than gold, than a hoard of purest gold,
Sweeter also than honey or drippings from the comb.
1. Prayer
Lord, merciful Father, You chose each of Your children, that they might become heralds of Your love in the world and bring the good fruit of Your Presence to all peoples. May our fruit remain, thanks to our communion with You and with Your Son, Jesus; help us to gather this fruit, which is our Friend and Teacher, who enters every day into the holy temple of our lives. May He renew His covenant with us daily, through faith and prayer full of trusting abandon. Amen.
2. Reading
From the gospel according to Mark (11:11-25)
Jesus entered Jerusalem and went into the temple area. He looked around at everything and, since it was already late, went out to Bethany with the Twelve. The next day as they were leaving Bethany he was hungry. Seeing from a distance a fig tree in leaf, he went over to see if he could find anything on it. When he reached it he found nothing but leaves; it was not the time for figs. And he said to it in reply, "May no one ever eat of your fruit again!" And his disciples heard it. They came to Jerusalem, and on entering the temple area he began to drive out those selling and buying there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves. He did not permit anyone to carry anything through the temple area. Then he taught them saying, "Is it not written: My house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples? But you have made it a den of thieves." The chief priests and the scribes came to hear of it and were seeking a way to put him to death, yet they feared him because the whole crowd was astonished at his teaching. When evening came, they went out of the city. Early in the morning, as they were walking along, they saw the fig tree withered to its roots. Peter remembered and said to him, "Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you cursed has withered." Jesus said to them in reply, "Have faith in God. Amen, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it shall be done for him. Therefore I tell you, all that you ask for in prayer, believe that you will receive it and it shall be yours. When you stand to pray, forgive anyone against whom you have a grievance, so that your heavenly Father may in turn forgive you your transgressions."
3. Meditation
* “Jesus entered Jerusalem and went into the temple area.” One of the characteristics of this passage is the continuous movement of Jesus, expressed in the repetition and alternation of the verbs “enter” and “leave” (vv. 11; 12; 15; 19). In fact, the Lord continuously comes into our life, into our space, into our experience, and passes and walks with us. Later, He goes - He distances Himself - He leaves us to search and wait, and then He returns again to be found. He does not disdain to enter the Holy City, into the temple, and thus is within us, in our heart, offering us His visit of salvation.
* “He was hungry.” The verb we find here, from Mark’s pen, is the same verb used in Matthew and in Luke in the story of the temptation in the desert (Mt 4:2; Lk 4:2) and is used to express a condition of weakness, fragility, need, and tiredness. Jesus searches for something more than a simple fruit to satisfy His hunger. He does not ask something of a fig out of season, but asks of His people, asks of us, the good food of love. That which comes prepared to the table of the covenant, from the “yes”, pronounced with trust and abandon.
* “Seeing from a distance a fig tree in leaf.” The figure of the fig tree, which occupies a central place in this passage, is a very strong symbol of Israel, the chosen people; of the temple and cult rendered to God in its entirety; and finally of ourselves, if we want it, of the most profound truth of our heart.
The leaves of the fig clearly refer to the experience of Adam in the Garden of Eden, his contact with sin, his nudity and his consequential shame. Jesus, stopping before this fig during His journey toward Jerusalem and setting His eyes on the leaves that hide the lack of fruit, tears the veil hiding our truth and exposes our heart, not to condemn it, but to save and to heal it. The fruit of the fig is indeed sweet. The Lord searches for the sweetness of love to speak to our life. The barren fig, empty of fruit and life, anticipates the temple emptied of sense, profaned and made useless from rapport with God which is only flight, is in a lack of encounter. Like Adam, then Israel, and perhaps also us.
* “those selling and buying there.” The scene of the purification of the temple (vv. 15-17), which Mark inserts between the two moments of encounter already anticipated by the curse of the fig tree without fruit, is very strong and animated. This time, we are called to set our attention on the verbs “drive out,” “overturned,” “did not permit,” “selling,” “buying,” “money-changers,” “vendors,” “thieves,” “carry anything.” Jesus inaugurates a new economy in which “you were sold for nothing, and without money you shall be redeemed” (Is 52:3), “He shall…let my exiles go free without price or ransom” (Is 45:13) and “you were ransomed…not with perishable things like silver or gold but with the precious blood of Christ as of a spotless unblemished lamb” (1 Pt 1:18-19).
* “house of prayer.” From the holy temple we are led into the house, the dwelling of God, where the true sacrifice is prayer, that is, the face-to-face encounter with Him as children with our Father. Here nothing is bought, there is no money, but only the gift of the heart that opens itself with full trust to prayer and faith.
* “the fig tree withered to its roots.” It is these themes that the word of Mark wishes to offer for our meditation, continuing the reading of the passage. We must leave the temple to enter into the house. We must leave the sale to enter into the gift and trust. The tree without fruit is withered and seems to be in the middle of the road, indicating the new way to go, with the rising of a new morning (v. 20), a way toward God, and towards our brothers and sisters.
* “have faith with no doubt.” With this most beautiful expression, Jesus helps us to enter into the depths of ourselves and to make contact with our heart in truth. The Greek text has a wonderful verb, translated here as “doubt”, which wishes to express an interior split, a division, a battle between two factions. Jesus invites us to place absolute trust in Him and in the Father, in order to not become shattered within. In a full and complete way we can come near to God, and we can be in relationship with Him, without the need of leaves to mask ourselves, without beginning to count our change and calculate the price to pay, without making separations within ourselves, but offering ourselves completely to Him, as we are, bringing with us the good and sweet fruit of love.
* “When you stand to pray, forgive.” And it cannot be any other way than this: the end and the new beginning of the way of faith and prayer, in the life of the Christian, is found in relationship with brothers and sisters, in the encounter with them and in the exchange of reciprocal giving. There is no prayer, cult of God, holy temple, sacrifices pleasing to God, no fruit or sweetness, without love for our brother or sister. Mark calls it forgiveness, Jesus calls it love: the only fruit capable of satisfying our hunger, of relieving our weariness.
4. Questions for Reflection
* Meditating on this passage I encountered two strong figures: the fig tree and the temple, both without fruit, without life and love. I saw Jesus, who with His coming and His strong and sure work, changed this situation, offering a new aspect to life. Am I able to recognize my need to let myself be reached out to by the Lord, to let myself be touched by Him? Do I see myself, in certain aspects of myself, of my life, as a barren fig, without fruit or like the temple, a cold place of commerce and calculation? Do I feel within myself the desire to be able to give the sweet fruit of love, of friendship, of sharing? Do I hunger for prayer, for a true relationship with the Father?
* Following Jesus along the way, can I also enter into the new morning of His Law and His teaching? Am I able to recognize the cracks that I carry in my heart? Where do I feel most divided, most insecure, most confused? Why can I not completely entrust myself to my Father? Why do I still hobble on two feet, as the prophet Elijah says (cf. I Kings 18:21). I know that the Lord is God and now I want to follow Him! Not alone, but opening my heart to many brothers and sisters, making myself friend and companion on the journey, to share in the joy and in the struggle, the fear and the enthusiasm of the way; I know with certainty that following the Lord I will be happy. Amen.
5. Final Prayer
Lord, I want to sing a new song!
Sing to the LORD a new song,
a hymn in the assembly of the faithful.
Let Israel be glad in their maker,
the people of Zion rejoice in their king.
Let them praise His name in festive dance,
make music with tambourine and lyre.
For the LORD takes delight in His people,
honors the poor with victory.
Let the faithful rejoice in their glory,
cry out for joy at their banquet,
with the praise of God in their mouths,
and a two-edged sword in their hands
(Psalm 149)
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- Convento do Carmo
Av. Vicente de Carvalho, 970
RIO DE JANEIRO, RJ
BRAZIL
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- Rev. P. Bibliotecario, O.Carm.
Convento do Carmo - Bela Vista
Rua Martiniano de Carvalho, 114
SÃO PAULO, SP
BRAZIL
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- Convento do Carmo
Parroquia Sta. Teresa de Jesus
Rua Clod. Amazonas, 50 - Itaim Bibi
SÃO PAULO, SP
BRAZIL
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- Convento do Carmo
Rua Nossa Senhora do Carmo, 475
UNAÍ, MG
BRAZIL
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- Convento do Carmo
Praça Barâo do Rio Branco, 16
Caixa Postal 327
SANTOS, SP
BRAZIL
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- Convento do Carmo
Rua Omilio Monteiro Soares, 847
CURITIBA, PR
BRAZIL
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- Seminario Imaculada Conceiçâo
Caixa Postal 611
GRACIOSA, PR
BRAZIL
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- Convento do Carmo
Praça Joâo XXIII
Caixa Postal 611
PARANAVAI, PR
BRAZIL
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- Convento do Carmo
Sítio N. Sra. Peregrina
CAMOCIM DE SÃO FELIX, PE
BRAZIL
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- Convento do Carmo de Santo Alberto
Praça Frei Caneca, s/n
GOIANA, PE
BRAZIL
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- Convento do Carmo de Sâo José
Patío do Carmo - Bairro S. Antonio
Av. Dantas Barreto, s/n
RECIFE, PE
BRAZIL
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- Convento do Carmo de Sâo José
Rua Coronel Marcolino, s/n
PRINCESA ISABEL, PB
BRAZIL
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- Convento do Carmo
Caixa Postal 31
ROLIM DE MOURA, RO
BRAZIL
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- Convento do Carmo N. Sra. da Piedade
Caixa Postal 525
Av. Beira Mar, s/n - Piedade
JABOATÃO GUARAPES, PE
BRAZIL
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- Casa de Teologia N. Sra. Do Carmo
Bairro Novo A
Rua Dr. Pedro Darcy de Souza, 308
CURITIBA, PR
BRAZIL
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- Postulantado Frei Tito Brandsma
Sitio Cercado - Bairro Novo B
Rua Otavio Afonso da Silva, 1909
CURITIBA, PR
BRAZIL
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- Comunidade Santa Terezinha
Bairro Vila Eduardo
Rua Presidente Getúlio Vargas, 301
PETROLINA, PE
BRAZIL
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- Irmâos Carmelitas
Paróquia S. Antônio de Pádua
Praça Castro Alves, s/n
JACOBINA, BA
BRAZIL
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- Comunidade Carmelitana Frei Caneca
Bairro Suissa
Rua Porto da Folha, 1755
ARACAJU, SE
BRAZIL
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- Convento do Carmo BeatoTito Brandsma
Largo do Monte Carmelo, s/n
CARMOPOLIS, SE
BRAZIL
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- Inst. de Espirit. "B. Tito Brandsma"
Convento do Carmo - Bairro S. Antonio
Av. Dantas Barreto, s/n
RECIFE, PE
BRAZIL
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- Convento do Carmo
Rua Alfredo Guzela, 80 - Planalto
BELO HORIZONTE, MG
BRAZIL
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- Comunidade Sâo Joâo da Cruz
Bairro do Espinheiro
Rua Conselheiro Portela, s/n
RECIFE, PE
BRAZIL
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- Convento do Carmo
Praça Senhor dos Passos, s/n
SÃO CRISTOVÃO, SE
BRAZIL
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- Comunidade Carmelitana
Casa de Formaçâo Planalto
Rua Iracema Souza Pinto, 695
BELO HORIZONTE, MG
BRAZIL
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- Casa Paroquial
ARSE 23 - QIF - Lt. 26
Caixa Postal 214
PALMAS, TO
BRAZIL
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- Mosteiro Monte Carmelo
Pinheirinho
Rua La Salle, 850
CURITIBA, PR
BRAZIL
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- Comunidade Santo Alberto
Paróquia São Lázaro
Rua Epitácio Pessoa 9-B.São Lázaro
MANAUS, AM
BRAZIL
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ARGENTINA | BOLIVIA | BRAZIL | COLOMBIA | EL-SALVADOR | MEXICO | PERU | TRINIDAD–TOBAGO | VENEZUELA
Apartado Aéreo 18479
BOGOTA, D.E.
COLOMBIA
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- Padres Carmelitas
Parroquia Sta. M. del Carmen
Apartado Aéreo 7342
MEDELLIN, - ANTIOQUIA
COLOMBIA
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- Padres Carmelitas
Parroquia S. José Obrero
Apartado Aéreo 3607
CARTAGENA,
COLOMBIA
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- Aspirantado Tito Brandsma
Barrio Nueva Colombia
Hermosura del Carmelo
TURBACO, BOLIVAR
COLOMBIA
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- Padres Carmelitas
Parroquia Maria Auxiliadora
Calle 16 7-50
AGUACHICA, CESAR
COLOMBIA
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ARGENTINA | BOLIVIA | BRAZIL | COLOMBIA | EL-SALVADOR | MEXICO | PERU | TRINIDAD–TOBAGO | VENEZUELA
Centro Teologico "Xiberta"
Km. 8,5 Troncal del Norte
CIUDAD DELGADO,
EL SALVADOR
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ARGENTINA | BOLIVIA | BRAZIL | COLOMBIA | EL-SALVADOR | MEXICO | PERU | TRINIDAD–TOBAGO | VENEZUELA
Casa del Carmen
Apartado Postal 403
TORREON, - COAH
MEXICO
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- Casa del Carmen
Col.Centro Historico de Tlalpan
C.Retama # 77-Col.Barrio Niño Jesus
TLALPAN, D.F.
MEXICO
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ARGENTINA | BOLIVIA | BRAZIL | COLOMBIA | EL-SALVADOR | MEXICO | PERU | TRINIDAD–TOBAGO | VENEZUELA
Convento del Carmen
Apartado 18-1036
MIRAFLORES, - LIMA 18
PERU
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- Frailes Carmelitas
Convento del Carmen de Jose Galvez
Apartado 18-1036
MIRAFLORES, - LIMA 18
PERU
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- Frailes Carmelitas
Monte Carmelo de Cieneguilla
Apartado 18-1036
MIRAFLORES, - LIMA 18
PERU
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- Frailes Carmelitas
Casa S. Elias
Apartado 18-1036
MIRAFLORES, - LIMA 18
PERU
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- Padres Carmelitas
Prelatura de Sicuani
Apartado 46
SICUANI, - VIA CUZCO
PERU
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- Madres Carmelitas
Monasterio de la Sma. Trinidad
Casilla 55
CAMANA, - VIA AREQUIPA
PERU
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- Frailes Carmelitas
Villa Carmelitas de Lurin
Apartado 18-1036
MIRAFLORES, -- LIMA 18
PERU
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- Noviciado Carmelitano de Lurin
Apartado 18-1036
MIRAFLORES, - LIMA 18
PERU
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ARGENTINA | BOLIVIA | BRAZIL | COLOMBIA | EL-SALVADOR | MEXICO | PERU | TRINIDAD–TOBAGO | VENEZUELA
Generalate & Mt. Carmel Novitiate
St. John Road
TUNAPUNA,
TRINIDAD - TOBAGO
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- Carmelite Friars
St. Michael's Priory
Maracas Royal Road
MARACAS VALLEY, - ST. JOSEPH
TRINIDAD - TOBAGO
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ARGENTINA | BOLIVIA | BRAZIL | COLOMBIA | EL-SALVADOR | MEXICO | PERU | TRINIDAD–TOBAGO | VENEZUELA
Parroquia Sta. Monica
Municipio Jesus E. Losada
LA CONCEPCION, - EDO. ZULIA
VENEZUELA
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- Padres Carmelitas
Parroquia N.Sra. del Carmen
Calle Colon 96 - Urb. Bolivar
LA VICTORIA, - EDO. ARAGUA
VENEZUELA
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- Padres Carmelitas
Parroquia N. Sra. del Carmen
Apartado 76.088 - El Marqués
PETARE, - CARACAS
VENEZUELA
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- M.R.P. Vicario Provincial, O.Carm.
Parroquia Monte Carmelo
Avda. El Paseo, 96 - Apdo. 40122
CARACAS, - LOS ROSALES
VENEZUELA
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- Padres Carmelitas
Parroquia Monte Carmelo
Ave. El Paseo, 96 - Apdo. 40122
CARACAS, - LOS ROSALES
VENEZUELA
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- Padres Carmelitas
Casa Parroquial
COLONIA TOVAR, - EDO. ARAGUA
VENEZUELA
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- Padres Carmelitas
Parroquia San Nicolás
Igualdad, s/n
PORLAMAR, - EDO. N. ESPARTA
VENEZUELA
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- M.R.M. General, HCMC
Hermanas Carmelitas - Casa Madre
Avenida Mirador, 12-05
LA CAMPIÑA, - CARACAS
VENEZUELA
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- Padres Carmelitas
El Llanito - La Otra Banda
C/ Cumanacoa, Pje. 1º, Barrio Sucre
MERIDA, - EDO. MERIDA
VENEZUELA
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