On Sunday 2 October the Prior General, Fr Fernando Millan Romerál, and Bursar General, Fr Kevin Alban, attended the 9th annual pilgrimage of the Society of the Little Flower in Aylesford, GB.  Thanks to some exceptional weather there was a very good crowd of nearly 400 people for the morning gathering service and this more than doubled in the afternoon for the blessing of the roses and celebration of the Mass, led by Fr Fernando.
The Society of the Little Flower raises money for the Order's missions around the world and is now in its tenth year of operation. Over this period the Society has donated over five million euro to the Curia for the various Carmelite missions around the world, including Mozambique, Kenya, India, East Timor, Brazil, Colombia and Bolivia to name just a few. Without this support it would have been impossible to finance the considerable expansion that the Order has seen over the last 20 years, taking it now to some 35 countries around the world. The funds generated by the Society of the Little Flower have also been used to support our nuns, active sisters and lay groups in their mission to bring the Carmelite charism to new territories and lands.