On the morning of 11 June, the members of the two Councils, O. Carm. and OCD, assembled at the start of Via della Conciliazione to begin their Pilgrimage towards the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica. They were accompanied by the former Secretary General and Bishop-elect Francisco de Sales Alencar Batista, O. Carm., who led them in five moments of prayer along the way, concluding with a prayer as the group reached St. Peter's Basilica. At the end of the pilgrimage, the members of the two councils came together at Santa Maria in Traspontina and sang the "Flos Carmeli" in front of the statue of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.
Shortly the two Generals will send a brief message to the Carmelite Family regarding the Year of Mercy.
Later the group went to the International Center of St. Albert (CISA) to hold their bi-annual meeting. A preparatory commission was set up to prepare the next extraordinary meeting, (held every three years) to be held from November 30 to December 2, 2016, on Mount Carmel in Israel. After an exchange of various information from the two Generals, the Prior General, Fernando Millán Romeral, O. Carm., presented a copy of the works of St. Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi, just published in Italian, to the Superior General Saverio Cannistrà OCD.
The meeting concluded with a joyful and fraternal lunch together with the community of CISA.
