Meeting of the Commission for Liturgy and Prayer
The sixth meeting of the Commission for Liturgy and Prayer was held in the Curia from Thursday, September 28 until Saturday, September 30, 2017. Present for all sessions were Fathers Michael Farrugia, Procurator General and Chairman (Curia), Edmondo Caruana (Mel), Giovanni Grosso (Ita), Mario Esposito (SEL) Secretary, and Robert Pius Manik (Indo). Unable to attend was Father Giuseppe Midili (Ita) due to commitments at the Vicariate of Rome.
The Commission reviewed the responses to the questionnaire sent out to the Order in preparation for the International Carmelite Liturgical Congress planned for Sassone, Rome, Italy on April 16-20, 2018. The response to the questionnaire was quite good, representing more than 60% of the Order, and some additional responses have been received. These answers are being collated in preparation for the Congress and produced interesting results about the thoughts of the friars on this topic. On Saturday, the Commission members visited the Cistercian Abbey of Casamari, outside of Rome, where the members of the Congress will go for Mass, a tour and to hear from the Abbot about liturgy and the life of prayer.
The Commission dedicated time to an update on the O. Carm. Liturgical Calendar waiting for final approval by the Congregation for Divine Worship, to the new Rite for the Third Order Lay Carmelites already translated into the three official languages of the Order and to be presented for approval. Considerable time was also dedicated to completing the revised rites for simple and solemn profession within the Order. These texts will now be translated so they can reviewed again before being submitted to the General Council. The supplement to the Carmelite Office and Lectionary are also well underway. The next meeting of the Commission will be held before the Carmelite Liturgical Congress in April 2018. A mailing will be sent to the Order soon about the Congress.
Electoral Chapter of the Monastery of Fontiveros, Spain
The Elective Chapter of the Carmelite Monastery of Fontiveros, Spain, was held 5 October 2017. The following were elected:
- Prioress: Sr. Fátima M. de la Redención Luna Ceballos, O.Carm.
- 1st Councilor: Sr. M. del Pilar de la Trinidad Felipe García, O.Carm.
- 2nd Councilor: Sr Rosa M. de Jesús Pérez Arias, O.Carm.
- Treasurer: Suor Sor Rosa M. de Jesús Pérez Arias, O.Carm
Electoral Chapter of the Monastery of Batu, Indonesia
The Elective Chapter of the Carmelite Monastery of Batu, Indonesia, was held 24 September 2017. The following were elected:
- Prioress: Sr. M. Laura Inacentia Soelistiowati W, O.Carm.
- 1st Councilor: Sr. M. Rosa Sukatmi Rahayu Moensarip, O.Carm.
- 2nd Councilor: Sr .M. Lidwina Koeatmadja, O.Carm.
- 3rd Councilor: Sr .M. Gerarda Soewarti Jokasemo, O.Carm.
- 4th Couniclor: Sr .M. Angelina Wiwik A. Koesman, O.Carm.
Lectio Divina October 2017
Pope's Prayer Intentions for October 2017
Workers and the Unemployed
That all workers may receive respect and protection of their rights, and that the unemployed may receive the opportunity to contribute to the common good.
Lectio Divina October - Octubre - Ottobre 2017
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An International Marian Congress
From the 15th to the 17th of September, just gone by, an International Marian Congress, organised by the Carmelites (O.Carm. and OCD) took place at the Domus Carmeli in Fatima, to mark the first centenary of the Fatima apparitions. The title of the congress was “Maria, Mae do Carmelo” (Mary, the Mother of Carmel). The participants included the two general leaders, Fernando Millán Romeral, O.Carm. and Saverio Cannistrà, OCD, along with several Carmelites, (lay and religious) from Spain and Portugal and representatives of other countries also. In the course of the event the speakers dwelt, from various points of view, upon the link that exists between the Fatima phenomenon and devotion to Our Lady of Mount Carmel. The Marian experience of leading figures in the history of the Carmelite Order and some aspects of the marian dimension of the Carmelite charism were also studied. The closing Eucharist was led by Bishop Vitalino Dantas, O.Carm., retired bishop of Beja, in the Chapel of San José, the Carmelite monastery in which Sr. Lucia, one of the visionaries, lived We must thank and congratulate Fr. Ricardo Reinho, O.Carm. the Commissary General of Portugal, and Pedro Lourenço Ferreira, OCD., the Provincial of the Discalced Carmelites in Portugal, for this wonderful joint initiative.
Electoral Chapter of the Monastery of Ntra. Sra. de la Asunción, Huesca, Spain
The Elective Chapter of the Carmelite Monastery of Ntra. Sra. de la Asunción, Huesca, Spain, was held 1 September 2017. The following were elected:
- Prioress: Sr. M. Inés Nthenya Nzyuko, O.Carm.
- 1st Councilor: Sr. M. Carmen Ibarra Lorea, O.Carm.
- 2nd Councilor: Sr .M. Anastasia Kavuu Kiswili, O.Carm.
- 3rd Councilor: Sr .M. Regina Mumbua Musyoka, O.Carm.
- 4th Couniclor: Sr .M. Jacinta Nthenya Wambua, O.Carm.
- Director of Novices: Sr. M. Regina Mumbua Musyoka, O.Carm.
- Treasurer: Sr. M. Jacinta Nthenya Wambua, O.Carm.
- Sacristan: Sr. M. Lucia Mueni Mutinda, O.Carm.
Lectio Divina September 2017
Pope's Prayer Intentions for September 2017
Parishes
That our parishes, animated by a missionary spirit, may be places where faith is communicated and charity is seen.
Lectio Divina September - Septiembre - Settembre 2017
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From the Carmelite Order’s Commission for Evangelization and Mission
The third booklet from the Order’s General Commission for Evangelisation and Mission is entitled: The Word of God in our Carmelite Journey and is now available to be either read or downloaded, in booklet format, from the home page of the Order’s website.
Over the past three years the commission has produced two booklets, the first was entitled: To be a Carmelite Today: A Joy ever new, a Joy to be shared; the second entitled: Drinking from our own well: Joy in Contemplative Community (both available on the website….). In each of these booklets are set out reflections on the relationship between Pope Francis’ Evangeli Gaudium and our Carmelite charism and spirituality.
All members of the Carmelite family are invited to use this material at community meetings, Third Order gatherings, with prayer groups or individual reflection. Each booklet has seven sections and this latest one contains the following: 1. The Word that visits me in the silence of my solitude. 2. The Word that cuts to the heart. 3. The Word that is incarnated in daily life. 4.The Word that creates and sets us free. 5. The Word that compels me to proclaim. 6 The Word that is my refuge, my spiritual armour. 7. The Word that transforms me in love.
The Word of God in our Carmelite Journey
THE WORD OF GOD IN
OUR CARMELITE JOURNEY
My heart overflows with noble words…. (Psalm 45)
Prepared by The General Commission for Evangelization and Mission
1. The Word That Visits Me in The Silence Of My Solitude
Then a voice came to me….
Listening to the scriptures:
…. for while gentle silence enveloped all things, and night in its swift course was not half gone, your all-powerful word leapt from heaven, from the royal throne ... (Wis 18:14)
The house was built with stone finished at the quarry, so that neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron was heard in the temple while it was being built. (1 Kings 6:7)
….and after the fire a sound of sheer silence. When Elijah heard it he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave. Then a voice came to him.... (1 Kings 19:12-13)
From the RIVC:
From Elijah we learn how to remain in God’s presence. As we become accustomed to his presence and as we learn to receive it silently, we begin to “breathe almost exclusively the essence of God, as we breathe the air around us”. (RIVC # 37)
Listening to the Carmelite tradition:
The Father spoke one Word, which was His Son, and this Word He always speaks in eternal silence, and in silence must it be heard by the soul. (John of the Cross, Maxims and counsels, 21)
The visible events that renew the face of the earth are anticipated in the silent dialogue of the souls consecrated to God..... Jesus gave himself to solitary prayer in the quiet of the night, atop the mountain, in the desert, far from people ... (Edith Stein, “The Prayer of the Church” in The Hidden Life, The Collected Works of Edith Stein, Washington: ICS Publications, 2014, p.11)
First Electoral Chapter of the Monastery of Sogliano al Rubicone, Italy
The first Elective Chapter of the Carmelite Monastery of Sogliano al Rubicone, Italy, was held 9 August 2017. The following were elected:
- Prioress: Sr. Marilla Pia Fiumana, O.Carm.
- 1st Councilor: Sr. M. Vania Spazzoli, O.Carm.
- 2nd Councilor: Sr. M. Benedetta Benvenuti, O.Carm.
- Director of Novices: Sr. M. Vania Spazzoli, O.Carm.
- Treasurer: Sr. M. Benedetta Benvenuti, O.Carm.
- Sacristan: Sr. Vania Spazzoli, O.Carm.
