From the 29th of November to the 2nd of December last, the first meeting of the International Secretariat for Carmelite Nuns took place in the Carmelite monastery of the Incarnation in Zaragoza in Spain. Those who attended were, Fr. Mario Alfarano (General Delegate for the Nuns), Sr. M. Pilar Simon i Blasco (BAR), Sr. Inés M. Carmona Ortiz (TRU), Sr. M. Elena Tolentino (BUR, Federal leader of the Philippines), Sr. Liliana Campos Rosa (ANT), Sr. Marianna Caprio (VET), Fr. Paul Denault (SEL). The points that were discussed at the meeting included the following:  communication at the service of communion between the monasteries and the federations of the Order, and between the nuns and the General Curia; formation initiatives at the international level; the process for updating the Nuns’ Constitutions. The first session was attended by the prioress of the community in Zaragoza, and the assistant to the Mater Unitatis Federation who having welcomed the participants, spoke about their situation and responsibilities. The Prior General who attended the last session, encouraged the work of the Secretariat as a service not only to the nuns but to the Order as a whole.