Schools
Vatican Council II, when speaking of the universal right to education, declares that "Since every man of whatever race, condition, and age is endowed with the dignity of a person, he has an inalienable right to an education corresponding to his proper destiny and suited to his native talents, his sex, his cultural background, and his ancestral heritage. At the same time, this education should pave the way to brotherly association with other peoples, so that genuine unity and peace on earth may be promoted. For a true education aims at the formation of the human person with respect to his ultimate goal, and simultaneously with respect to the good of those societies of which, as a man, he is a member, and in whose responsibilities, as an adult, he will share.Some Schools Run by Carmelites
Argentina
Colegio San Juan de la Cruz
Zulema Lallana (Principal)
Román Velasco Arenas, O.Carm. (Responsible)
Phone: + 54-11-4244 0956
Email: rvelascoarenas @ gmail.com
Instituto Nuestra Señora del Carmen
Silvina E. Patiño (Principal)
Francisco Ortiz Pérez, O.Carm. (Responsible)
Phone: + 54-11-4244 0956
Email: fco.ortizperez @ gmail.com
Australia
Whitefriars College
Paul Cahill, O.Carm. (Principal)
Phone: + 61-39-8728200
Email: principal @ whitefriars.vic.edu.au
Brazil
C. Paroquial Nossa Senhora do Carmo
Edmilson Borges de Carvalho, O.Carm. (Principal)
Phone: + 55-44-34231404
Email: freiedmilson @ bol.com.br
Emerson Garcia (Co-principal)
Phone: + 55-44-34218220
Email: emersonparoquial @ gmail.com
Nossa Senhora do Carmo
Alberto de Souza, O.Carm. (Principal)
Phone: + 55-61-33462477
Email: freialberto @ pcse.org.br
Colombia
El Carmelo CEMEV
Lauro Negri, O.Carm. (Rector)
Phone: + 57-5-6292826
Email: carmelomisionero @ hotmail.com
Oliday Silva (Coordinator)
Phone: + 57-5-6292826
Email: olycarmen @ hotmail.com
Democratic Rep. Congo
Collège Saint Élie
Aliti’ang’o Unyuthowun (Principal)
Innocent Ndjabba, O.Carm. (Chaplain)
Phone: + 243-
Email:
École Primaire Carmel
Théophile Logosabo (Principal)
Jean Pierre Sumbu, O.Carm. (Chaplain)
Phone: + 243-
Email:
Lycée Butembo
Kisokero Kambale (Principal)
Phone: + 243-998777932
Email: lycee_butembo @ yahoo.fr
Jean de la Croix Dino, O.Carm. (Chaplain)
Email:
Dominican Republic
Colegio San Pío X
Ignacio Oryazabal, O.Carm. (Principal)
Phone: + 1-809-688 7144
Email:
Germany
Theresianum
Roland Hinzer, O.Carm. (Principal)
Phone: + 49-951-952240
Email: direktorat @ theresianum.de
India
Mount Carmel College
XX
Phone: + 91-994-7383242
Email:
Mount Carmel School
XX
Phone: + 91-851-2238758
Email:
Indonesia
SMAK Santo Paulus
Br. Antonius Sumardi, O.Carm.
Phone: + 62-331-421727
Email: sma.st.paulus @ gmail.com
SMAK Santo Albertus
Maximilian Kolbe Agung Wahyudianto, O.Carm. (Principal)
Phone: + 62-341-564556
Email: sma @ dempoku.com
Ireland
Terenure College
Éanna Óhóbáin, O.Carm. (Principal of High School)
Phone: + 353-1-4904621
Email: fr.eanna @ terenurecollege.ie
Michael Troy, O.Carm. (Principal of Grade School)
Phone: + 353-1-4904621
Email: + mfptroy @ eircom.net
Italy
Santa Maria del Carmine
Nicola Barbarello, O.Carm. (Responsible)
Phone: + 39-08-81636175
Email: nicolabarbarello @ alice.it
Malta
Saint Elias College
Charles Mallia, O.Carm. (Rector)
Phone: + 356-21484121
Email: rector @ stelias.edu.mt
Peru
Colegio Nuestra Señora del Carmen
Rodolfo Aznarán, O.Carm. (President)
Phone: + 51-1-7195787
Email: raznaran @ carmelitas.edu.pe
Domingo Lanseros (Principal)
Phone: + 51-1-7195794
Email: lanseros @ carmelitas.edu.pe
I.E. 7701 Nuestra Señora del Carmen
Herbert Pinedo Paz (Principal)
Phone: + 51-1-2471107
Email: instedu7701_nsc @ terra.com.pe
Eduardo Rivero, O.Carm. (Assessor)
Phone: + 51-1-4460137
Email: frayedu21 @ hotmail.com
Institución Educativa Nuestro Salvador
Lia Carrión (Principal)
Phone: + 51-1-2930272
Email: nscarmelita @ ec-red.com
Kevin Lafey, O.Carm. (Pastor)
Phone: + 51-1-2930263
Email: klafey @ carmelnet.org
Philippines
Fr. Urios High School of Prosperidad
Alaindelon Balasabar, O.Carm.
Phone: + 63-85-2413499
Email: spring_carm @ yahoo.com
Mount Carmel College of San Francisco
Alaindelon Balasabar, O.Carm.
Phone: + 63-85-242-3583
Email: spring_carm @ yahoo.com
Mount Carmel College of Scalante
Perfecto Ll. Adeva, O.Carm. (President)
Phone: + 63-34-4540212
Email:
Mount Carmel High School of Rosario
Alaindelon Balasabar, O.Carm.
Phone: + 63-
Email: spring_carm @ yahoo.com
Puerto Rico
Academia Santa Teresita
Tomás Ciscar, O.Carm. (Principal)
Phone: + 1-787-7274260
Email:
Nuestra Señora del Rosario
Jorge Betancourt, O. Carm. (Principal)
Phone: + 1-787-8712005
Gabriel Torres Rivera, O.Carm. (Assessor)
Phone: + 1-787-8712222
Email: orgab16 @ hotmail.com
Spain
Mare de Déu del Carme
Francesc Rubio Hortelano (Principal)
Phone: + 34-93-7351170
Email: direccio @ carmelitans.org
Xavier Domingo Garmón Calvo, O.Carm. (Responsible)
Phone: + 34-93-73548 77
Email: administracio @ carmelitans.org
Nuestra Señora del Carmen
Tomás Leal Rodríguez, O.Carm. (Principal)
Phone: + 34-95-2841244
Email: KARMEL @ telefonica.net
San José de Begoña
Pablo Herrasti Barbancho, O.Carm. (Principal)
Phone: + 34-91-3584136
Email: sjosebm @ planalfa.es
Santa María del Carmen
Juan Pérez Yañez, O.Carm. (Principal)
Phone: + 34-91-3774569
Email: smcarmen @ planalfa.es
Virgen del Carmen (Castellón)
Francisco Brun Pérez (Principal)
Phone: + 34-964-521795
Email: francisco @ carmelitasvillarreal.org
Juan Gregorio Señor Benedí, O.Carm.
Phone: + 34-964-521795
Email: goyo @ carmelitasvillarreal.org
Virgen del Carmen (Onda)
Pedro José Quintana Jiménez (Principal)
Phone: + 34-964-601385
Email: vcarmeno @ planalfa.es
Luis Torres Pérez, O.Carm. (Responsible)
Phone: + 34-964-601395
Email: vcarmeno @ planalfa.es
United States
Carmel Catholic High School
Judith Mucheck (President)
Phone: + 1-847-3883359
Email: jmucheck @ carmelhs.org
Crespi Carmelite High School
Thomas Schrader, O.Carm. (President)
Phone: + 1-818-3451672 x 326
Email: tschrader @ crespi.org
Paul Henson, O.Carm. (Principal)
Phone: + 1-818-3451672 x 316
Email: phenson @ crespi.org
Joliet Catholic Academy
Faith Szambelancyk, OSF (President)
Phone: + 1-815-7410588
Email: faith @ jca-online.org
Jeff Budz (Principal)
Phone: + 1-815-7410587
Email: jbudz @ jca-online.org
Mount Carmel High School
Carl Markelz, O.Carm. (President & Principal)
Phone: + 1-773-3241020
Email: cmarkelz @ mchs.org
Salpointe Catholic High School
Fred Tillotson, O.Carm. (Head of School)
Phone: + 1-520-3276581
Email: president @ salpointe.org
Zimbabwe
Kriste Mambo
XX
Phone: + 263-29-2376
Email:
Hermitical Communities Aggregated 'Pleno Iure' to the Order
- Hermits of the Bl. V. Mary of Mt. Carmel (Christoval)
- Hermits of the Bl. V. Mary of Mt. Carmel (Lake Elmo)
Affiliated Communities
Carmelite Family
The Carmelite Family is a unity of all the different sectors of family that include lay people, consecrated men and women, that is religious sisters, cloistered nuns and friars. We draw our inspiration from the Rule of St Albert, from its tradition and from the values expressed in Carmelite spirituality, constitute the Carmelite Family within the Church today.
With the brothers and sisters of the Teresian reform we have a particular bond. There are many different ways in which the Carmelite charism is embodied under the influence of the Holy Spirit. Together we share the work of evangelisation, supporting one another in our prophetic and contemplative service in the midst of the people using the gifts, talents and experiences of the whole Carmelite family (see Const. 2019, n. 28, 110).
Final Message of the General Chapter of the Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel 2019
Fr. Giovanni Grosso, O.Carm.
Fr. Giovanni Grosso, O.Carm.,
Fr. Giovanni was born in Rome on March 27, 1958. After he obtained a degree in Political Sciences in the University of Studies “La Sapienza” in Rome, he entered the Carmelite Order in 1983; he made his first profession on October 10, 1984 and was ordained a priest on June 29, 1989. At the end of his studies in Philosophy and Theology, he obtained a Doctorate in Ecclesiastical History in the Pontifical Gregorian University.
He held several responsibilities in the Italian Province: Prior of different communities (Pisa, Rome – Traspontina, Rome Mostacciano), he was Parish Vicar in several Parishes; for a three year term he was responsible for the formation of professed students; several times he was a member of the Provincial Council as Counsellor, Assistant and Vice Prior Provincial. He was Assistant Provincial of the Carmelite Third Order and worked a lot for the spiritual and cultural formation of the laity. He was member of the General Commission for formation which drew up the second edition of the Ratio institutionis (Rome 2000), he has collaborated in the redaction of the Ratio institutionis for the Cloistered Sisters (Rome 2007); he has been and is member of the International Commission for the laity.
He teaches Church History and Theology of Consecrated Life in the Pontifical Faculty of Theology “Marianum” and also in the Inter Diocesan Institute of Religious Sciences of the Castelli Romani. In addition to his Doctoral thesis - Blessed Jean Soreth (1394-1471), Prior General, reformer and Spiritual Master of the Carmelite Order, Rome 2007 – he has published a book of Lectio Divina on Marian texts – With Mary Daughter of Sion, listening to the Word, Padua 2002 – and numerous scientific articles which have appeared in several reviews.
from November 2007-2014 he was General Postulator of the Order and Dean of the Institutum Carmelitanum, as well as Director of Carmelus.
General Archivist 2008-2010
From 1998-2001 Fr. Ivan completed his licentiate in Sacred Scripture at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome, and then he went to Heidelberg, Germany, to do a doctorate in Assyriology - the languages, culture and history of Ancient Mesopotamia. In 2008, he defended his doctoral dissertation at Heidelberg. Since the autumn of that year, he has been teaching Assyriology at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome and working as Archivist at the General Curia of the Order.
Email: ihrusa @ ocarm.org
Vice Prior General
During the General Chapter (an international meeting of the Order which is held every six years), one of the friars is elected as the Vice Prior General. His role is to work closely with the Prior General, assisting him in his duties, and acting as his Vicar in his absence. The Vice Prior General also co-ordinates the work of the General Council and organises the administration of the Curia.
During the last General Chapter, Father Franciscus Xavarius Hariawan Adji was elected Vice Prior General for a six-year term, from 2025 to 2031.
The Shield
The makeup of the Carmelite crest appeared for the first time towards the end of the 15th century, in 1499, on the cover of a book about the life of St. Albert, Carmelite. The design there is that of a "vexillum", (an ensign, a standard, a flag). This changed as time went on until it became the coat of arms, as we now know it. There never has been an official explanation of the crest but there are various interpretations. In what follows we will present the most plausible interpretation in accordance with the most recent documents of the Order.
In the shield we have chosen there are five distinguishing features:
A mountain
A mountain painted in brown, with rounded sides, its tip reaching to the sky. It refers to Mount Carmel, the Carmelites’ place of origin. Mount Carmel is situated in Haifa in Israel. In the 9th century BC the prophet Elijah lived there. In the same place, towards the end of the 12th century some hermits, inspired by the memory of Elijah, gathered their, with a desire "to live a life in allegiance of Jesus Christ". (Carmelite Rule no.2).
Three stars
Three stars each with six points, one coloured silver at the centre of the mountain, and the other two coloured gold placed symmetrically in the heavens, coloured white, on either side of the mountain. The lower star represents Carmelites still on the way to the top of Mount Carmel, while the other two stars higher up, represent Carmelites who have ended their journey "by reaching the top of the holy Mountain". (Carmelite Missal, 1980, Opening Prayer on the Solemnity of the Bl. Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel).
A crown
The crown of gold represents the Kingdom of God. He is the Sovereign Lord of Carmel. Carmelites, indeed, endeavour to serve God faithfully with a pure heart and a stout conscience (cf. Carmelite Rule no. 2). They see their vocation as a calling "to implant and strengthen the Kingdom of Christ in souls and to spread it to the four corners of the earth" (Carmelite Constitutions no. 5). In offering this service to God, Carmelites take their inspiration from Elijah the Prophet and Mary the Virgin. (cf. Carmelite Constitutions no. 25)
An arm and a hand bearing a fiery sword and a banner bearing a biblical text
The Elijan origin of the Order is symbolised by the arm of Elijah holding the fiery sword and the banner bearing the words "Zelo zelatus sum pro Domino Deo exercituum" (I am on fire with zeal for the Lord God of hosts [I Kg 19:10]). The hand and the sword, moreover, are an indication of the fiery passion which Elijah had for the one true and absolute God whose word "burned like a torch" (Eccl. 48:1). For Carmelites Elijah is "the solitary prophet who nurtured his thirst for the one and only God, and lived in his presence" (Carmelite Constitutions no. 26). Like him, they carry "the sword of the spirit, which is the Word of God" (Carmelite Rule no. 19).
Twelve stars
The Marian nature of the Order is symbolised by the twelve stars which recall the apparition of the "woman clothed in the sun, with the moon under her feet and on her head a crown of twelve stars" (Apoc 12:1). In the Virgin Mary, the Mother of God, Carmelites find "the perfect image of all that they want and hope to be" (Carmelite Constitutions no. 27). For them, Mary is Patron, Mother and Sister (cf. Carmelite Constitutions no. 27)and they are "the Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel" (Carmelite Constitutions no. 6).
Additional symbols
In various Provinces of the Order, as far back as the 17th century, a cross was added at the top of the mountain: examples of these would be the Province of Castile in Spain (and the Discalced Carmelites since the 17th century). The Province of Sicily put the Cross of the Holy Land in the crest. In other instances one can find on one side of the mountain a lily and on the other side a palm tree, symbols which represent St. Albert of Trapani and St. Angelo - the first two saints of the Order.
