On July 16, the Solemn Commemoration of our Lady of Mount Carmel, in our house in Nairobi (Bustani ya Karmeli), was consigned the decree of canonical erection of the General Delegation of Kenya, which will be under the patronage of Our Lady of Carmel.

The Carmelite mission in this country was started by the Upper Germany Province in collaboration with the Arago-Valentina, and Catalunian Provinces. At present the General Delegation has 8 religious who work in Kenya.

NKOROI
Bustani ya Karmeli
NKOROI
P.O. Box 167
00511 ONGATA RONGAI
Tel. + 254 724320662/717252213

The mission in the Provincial Commissariat of Congo was initiated by the Italian Province in 1973. Currently there are about sixty friars living in this country.

BUNIA
Maison S. Joseph
Peres Carmes Bunia
B. P. 19
BUNIA

BUNIA
Paroisse Chem Chem
Pères Carmes Bunia
B. P. 19
BUNIA

BUTEMBO
Centre de Spiritualité
Titus Brandsma
Pères Carmes Butembo
B. P. 103
BUTEMBO

BUTEMBO
Paroisse Notre Dame
Du Mont Carmel - Mukuna
Pères Carmes Butembo
B. P. 103
BUTEMBO

BUTEMBO
Paroisse Misebere
Pères Carmes Butembo
B. P. 103
BUTEMBO

NIOKA
Paroisse Christ Roi
Pères Carmes Nioka
B. P. 33 MAHAGI
NIOKA

NIOKA
Paroisse Sainte-Thérése de l'Enfant-Jésus d'Ame
Pères Carmes Nioka
B. P. 33 MAHAGI
NIOKA

KINSHASA
Scolasticat B. Isidore Bakanja
Peres Carmes KINSHASA
B. P. 1800 KINSHASA I
Avenue Mulumba Katshi, 195
Q. RIGHINI C/LEMBA
KINSHASA

KINSHASA
Commissariat Provincial du Congo
Peres Carmes KINSHASA
B. P. 1800 KINSHASA I
Avenue Nyembo 17 bis
Q. RIGHINI C/LEMBA
KINSHASA
Tel. +243 00243-822843118
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KISANGANI
Scolasticat Sant’Elia
(Comunità di Maele)
B.P.505
KISANGANI

The foundation of the Carmelite mission in Cameroon was initiated by the Lower German Province in 2001. Currently in Cameroon, we have 4 houses with the presence of about 27 friars.

D’EFOULAN-M’BALMAYO
Noviciat
Pères Grands Carmes
B.P. 411
D’EFOULAN-M’BALMAYO

D’EFOULAN-M’BALMAYO
Saint Joseph
B.P. 411
D’EFOULAN-M’BALMAYO
Tel. + 237 22015154

YAOUNDÉ
Scholasticat
Pères Grands Carmes
B.P. 185 (c 348)
YAOUNDÉ
Tel. + 237 2227326

KOUMOU-ESSAZOK- Pa
Notre Dame du Mont Carmel
B.P. 185 C. 381
YAOUNDÉ
Tel.: +237 77029547 / 96810812

The Carmelite foundation in Burkina Faso, carried out by the Betica Province, is dated from January 16, 2000. In Bobo-Dioulasso, the country's economic capital, Monsignor Anselmo Sanon, in the presence of the then Prior Provincial, Fr. Rafael Leiva Sánchez, welcomed the first group of Carmelites and officially started the mission.

BOBO DIOULASSO St
Pères Carmes
01 B.P. 2189
BOBO DIOULASSO 01
Tel. +226 20977537

OUAGADOUGOU
Communauté dês Religieux
Carmes
Cité Azimo, 690
Rue: 22, 70 –TAMPUY-07
BP. 55
OUAGADOUGOU 07
Tel. + 226 50 39 55 64

The Carmelite Order began with hermits on Mount Carmel and then due to historical circumstances moved away to become mendicants. However, the eremetical vocation remained as part of their story so that in every age we find people called to the eremetical life who know that Carmel is their spiritual home. For that reason, the Carmelite Family includes hermits who all possess the Carmelite charism. Some of these hermits are members of the Order (See Const. 2019, n. 44) and others are affiliated to the Order while being under the authority of the local Bishop. 

1. Mount Carmel Hermitage

Founded on 9 November 2002 in United States.

For more information:

Mount Carmel Hermitage
P.O. Box 337
CHRISTOVAL, TX 76935-0337
U.S.A.

• Tel. (+1) 325- 896-2249
  Fax (+1) 325- 896-2265
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• carmelitehermits.org

2. Carmelite Hermitage of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Founded in United States on 14 May 2003.

For more information:

Carmelite Hermitage of the Blessed Virgin Mary
8249 de Montreville Trail North
LAKE ELMO, MN 55042-9545
U.S.A.

• Tel/Fax: (+1) 651-779-7351
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• carmelitehermitage.org

3. Sorelle della Beata Vergine Maria del Monte Carmelo (Sister of Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel)

Founded on 16 July 2006 in Italy and affiliated to the Order on 11 December 2012

For more information:

Sorelle della Beata Vergine Maria del Monte Carmelo
Località San Severo, 16
52100 AREZZO
Italia

• Tel: (+39) 0575-371565
• Sr. Mariarosaria Cell. 333 6023114
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4. The Hermits of Our Lady of Mount Carmel of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Founded on 23 October 1976 in the United States and was added to the Order on 22 January 2001

For more information:

The Hermits of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Carmel of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
80 Pleasant Hill Road
CHESTER, NJ 07930-2135
U.S.A.

• Tel. (+1)908 879 4990
• Fax (+1)908 879 0887  
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5. Eremite Carmelitane di Monteluro (Carmelite Hermits of Monteluro)

Founded in 1977 in Italy and added to the Order on January 2003.

For more information:

Eremite Carmelitane di Monteluro
Via Stroppato, 1
61010 TAVULLIA (PU)
Italia

• Cell: 3291269083
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• ocarm.org/monteluro

6. Eremitinnen Unserer Lieben Frau vom Berge Karmel (Hermits of our Lady of Mount Carmel)

Founded on 23 february 2018 as an affiliated house to the Hermits of Chester.

For more information:

Eremitinnen Unserer Lieben Frau vom Berge Karmel
Karmel St. Elia
Seligenthaler Str. 78
53721 Siegburg
Deutschland

• Tel:  02242 90 58 405
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• karmel-seligenthal.de

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

On this rare occasion I want to address a word of support to all our members who in one way or another are affected by the continuing spread of Covid-19. Here in the Curia we have heard the instructions of the Italian government and we have done our best to follow all the instructions. This has meant saying to our staff that they should not come to work until further instructions. We have organized our life in such a way that none of us will have people coming to the house and no one will leave the house until the ban is lifted, except for emergencies and essential services. We recognize the sacrifice that this entails, but we feel that we have to allow ourselves to be guided by the advice of the experts.

We will keep in our thoughts and prayers, those who have died and their families who are in mourning. We will pray for the medical profession, that the researchers may succeed in identifying this virus and finding the best ways to protect the population from infection, and the doctors and nurses may be able to help all who have fallen victim to it.

We must not allow ourselves to lose confidence or to be gripped by fear. This experience may lead us to reflect on how powerless we are, despite all our progress. At moments like this we realize more clearly that without God, we can do nothing. It is a good moment for us to renew our faith in God and our commitment to the wellbeing of one another, and in a special way our care for the poor, for the ones who are least able to cope when life gets difficult. In the time that we spend confined to our homes, we may find ourselves thinking and praying more, at one with Mary the Mother of God who kept all these things and pondered them in her heart.

Míceál O’Neill, O.Carm.
Prior General

Rome, 13th March 2020.

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Today I join with the very many people who are celebrating the feast of Saint Angelus of Sicily, and my first thought is to pray for his intercession and protection for a world that is learning to live the corona virus, Covid-19. May he protect us today just as, in times gone by, he protected the city of Licata.

Today we open the celebrations of the eighth centenary of his death as a martyr. Saint Angelus has remained in the mind and the devotion of the people for eight hundred years. This anniversary has led to the return of the Carmelite Friars to the Shrine of Saint Angelus in Licata. I thank the Cardinal Archbishop of Agrigento, Francesco Montenegro for his invitation and for the way in which he has facilitated the return of my brother Carmelites to Licata.

Saint Angelus from Jerusalem, is remembered and honoured in the Church as a Carmelite religious, a martyr and a witness to the Gospel.

Carmelite

Born in Jerusalem, Angelus knew the first generation of the Carmelites, that group of people who settled on Mount Carmel and who received the Rule of Carmel from the Patriarch, Albert of Jerusalem. The figure of Jesus Christ pervades that Rule. The Carmelite who follows it lives his life in “allegiance to Jesus Christ” and puts on “the armour of God”. He follows the Gospel of Christ and clothes himself in the virtues of God - justice, faith, salvation and the Word of the Lord. Armour on the one hand protects us from all evil and on the other hand proposes the truth of the Gospel.

With gift and mission Angelus left  the Middle East and made his way to Europe. He arrived in Sicily, and as a man clothed in the armour of God he dedicated himself to his mission. He preached the Gospel, and opposed the falsehood and injustice of the powerful. He died as a martyr, a consequence of the gospel he proposed and the justice he defended. Today we can find in him a model and a companion when we feel oppressed by the evils of today, organized crime, human trafficking, abuse of our common home, the problem of the many people who seek a safe place in society and do not find it. We can all find strength in the armour of God - holy thoughts, justice, faith and salvation offered to all without exception.

Martyr

Martyrdom is the measure of the depth of our commitment to truth and justice. It is the measure of true commitment in favour of a cause which is not one’s own gratification, but the good of one’s neighbour, the defence of truth. Martyrdom is the measure of our love. The martyr is one with strong and deep convictions, and one who accepts the consequences of holding those convictions. Faced with the possibility of death or suffering, the person who loves like Saint Angelus does not turn back. In him we find an example for today’s young people, young people who seek a purpose for their life, an environment conducive to their growth, among people who are capable of dedicating their lives for the good of others, people who do not draw back in the face of difficulties. The martyrs today are those we see in hospitals, who stay at the bedside of virus sufferers, knowing that their own lives are in danger.

Witness

The world today follows a witness more than a teacher and if it follows the teacher it is because he or she is a witness. Witness lets us see the truth of life and the truth of the Gospel, so as to awaken in those who see it the desire to live according to that truth of life and that Gospel. “By this they will know that you are my disciples,” says the Lord. They will see the love you have for others. For his witness, the world remembers Angelus of Sicily. Because of his witness the people recognized in him, immediately, eight centuries ago, the truth of his life, and the truth of the Gospel he preached and so their memory and memory of the Church gives us the feast that we celebrate today.

I pray to God that the Jubilee that begins today, and the return of the friars to the Shrine of Saint Angelus may be signs of God’s love for his people, and that the shrine under the guidance of the Carmelites, may offer the local people, the immigrants and the pilgrims, a place of encounter, restoration and gospel enlightenment. May the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel, guide our steps. Thank you.

Míceál O’Neill, O.Carm.
Prior General

Rome, 4^th May 2020.

As the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel was approaching, the Prior General sent a short video message to the Carmelite Family expressing his best wishes and inviting all members to celebrate the Feast with humility and gratitude.