The International Formation Commission of the Order met in Rome from the 7th to 9th June, 2011 under the presidency of John Keating, O,Carm., Councillor General for formation. The commission, which meets annually, reviewed the issues facing formation in the Order today and finalized the updated text of the Ratio Institutionis Vitae Carmelitana (RIVC) taking into account the recommendations made by the formators of the Order during their meeting in Camocim, Brazil in 2010. They prepared for the forthcoming on-going formation course in the Holy Land in September 2012 and reflected on the report on formation to be presented at the General Congregation of the Order in Niagara, Canada in September 2011. Finally, they prepared for the next meeting of the commission which will specifically address the role and structure of the pre-novitiate, the five-year period of formation in the post solemn profes sion/ordination period, the Order’s rites of profession and the emerging needs for both regional and international centres of formation across the Order.