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In August 2009 a well prepared reorganization of the staff of in the Dutch Carmelite Institute (NCI) took place. Fr. Tjeu Timmermans has been appointed as the new director and Fr. Rudolf van Dijk as the academic secretary. The staff holds its monthly meetings of which a report will be given to the NCI commission. This commission functions as the daily board of the institute and reports to the Provincial Council of the Dutch Province.
The Dutch Carmelite Institute consists of seven main sections: 1) Carmelite library, 2) Carmelite archives, 3) Titus Brandsma archives, 4) documentations, 5) iconographic collection, 6) Carmelite scientific research and publication and 7) formation and education.
The staff of the institute decided to give high priority to the Titus Brandsma archives. Sr. Susan van Driel has been given the task of reorganizing these archives, to analyse and describe their contents and to digitise them. The Titus Brandsma archives contain material that can be used worldwide for publications on Bl. Titus and his inheritance.
Recently Fr. Harrie Reinders was appointed to work on listing, describing, digitising and opening up the iconographic collection. The collection contains several thousand Carmelite illustrations, cards, etchings, prints, pictures, slides and films. By reorganising the iconographic collection the NCI will be able to fulfil the growing need of Carmelites icons.
- Prioress: Sr. Maria de Carmen Requena Pérez, O.Carm.
- 1st Councilor: Sr. Maria de Lourdes Larios Reverte, O.Carm.
- 2nd Councilor: Sr. M. Felistas Syokau Maithya, O.Carm.
- 3rd Councilor: Sr. M. Paulina Mumbua Ngotho, O.Carm.
- 4th Councilor: Sr. M. Rosa M. Nduku Mbithi, O.Carm.
- Director of Novices: Sr. M. Rosa M. Nduku Mbithi, O.Carm.
- Treasurer: Sr. Maria de Lourdes Larios Reverte, O.Carm.
- Sacristan: Sr. Lucia Mutio Mbithi, O.Carm.
January 20 Optional Memorial
(Obligatory Memorial in the Italian Provinces)
Angelo was born on September 1, 1642. His life can be divided into two periods: the years spent in his religious province of Tuscany, and those spent in Rome
Victimae Paschali laudes
immolent Christiani.
Agnus redemit oves:
Christus innocens Patri
reconciliavit peccatores.
Mors et vita duello
conflixere mirando:
dux vitae mortuus,
regnat vivus…
Scimus Christum surrexisse
a mortuis vere:
Tu nobis, victor Rex miserere
Amen. Alleluia.
In Pascha Domini
A.D. 2010
Fernando Prior Generalis
Domusque Generalis Communitas
Image: Ivan Rupnik, La discesa agli inferi, Sacrestia della Cattedrale di Santa Maria Reale dell’Almudena (Madrid)
Carmelitae Sancti Eliae
In July 1985, three young men joined Fr. Yohannes Indrakusuma to live as hermits. After a year of discernment, the group decided to form a new religious community with the name Carmelitae Sancti Eliae. Weathering initial difficulties, the group has grown steadily.
The Congregation of Carmelitae Sancti Eliae was also affiliated to the Order on December 19, 2002.
Celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the Death of Mons. Oscar Arnulfo Romero
Thirty years have passed since the death of Oscar Arnulfo Romero, archbishop of San Salvador, killed whilst at the altar celebrating Mass on 24th March 1980. The Prior General, Fr. Fernando Millán Romeral, O. Carm., remembered the anniversary in the celebration of the Eucharist during his canonical visit to the Province of Arago-Valentina in Onda, Spain. Last November, the Prior General visited the members of the Carmelite family in El Salvador and, accompanied by many lay Carmelites, celebrated the Eucharist in the crypt of the Cathedral of San Salvador near the tomb of Mons. Oscar Romero. In his address, the Prior General also recalled the famous homily of Mons. Romero on the Carmelite Scapular.
On the occasion of the visit to El Salvador the Prior General received as a gift a picture portraying Mons. Oscar Romero with the scapular together with Our Lady of Mount Carmel (see the website of the Order: www. ocarm.org). As a reminder of his commitment to Justice and Peace and his devotion to Our Lady of Mount Carmel, the painting can now be found in front of the General Council meeting room in the General Curia.
- Prioress: Sr. Maria Coppola, O.Carm.
- 1st Councilor: Sr. M. Maddalena Pepe, O.Carm.
- 2nd Councilor: Sr. M. Carmela Massaro, O.Carm.
- Treasurer: Sr. M. Carmela Massaro, O.Carm.
- Sacristan: Sr. M. Elisabetta De Bellis, O.Carm.
Programme of the Beatification of the Ven. Angelo Paoli Rome, S. John Lateran, 25th April 2010
20.30, Church of S. Martino ai Monti: torchlight procession to the Colosseum
10.00, Solemn Beatification in the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran
(entrance before 9.30)
19.00, Church of S. Martino ai Monti: Mass of Thanksgiving
- Prioress: Sr. Marianna Caprio, O.Carm.
- 1st Councilor: Sr. Luigia Ducci, O.Carm.
- 2nd Councilor: Sr. M. Pia Sammut, O.Carm.
- 3rd Councilor: Sr. M. Benedetta Succu, O.Carm.
- 4th Councilor: Sr. M. Teresa Nguyen, O.Carm.
- Director of Novices: Sr. M. Sabina Berneschi, O.Carm.
- Treasurer: Sr. M. Giuseppina Sotgiu, O.Carm.
- Sacristan: Sr. M. Teresa Nguyen, O.Carm.
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- Prioress: Sr. M. Regina Di Serafino, O.Carm.
- 1st Councilor: Sr. M. Arcangela Parisi, O.Carm.
- 2nd Councilor: Sr. M. Giuseppina Albano, O.Carm.
- Director of Novices: Sr. M. Arcangela Parisi, O.Carm.
- Treasurer: Sr. M. Arcangela Parisi, O.Carm.
- Sacristan: Sr. M. Giuseppina Albano, O.Carm.
- Prioress: Sr. M. Cecilia Pante, O.Carm.
- 1st Councilor: Sr. M. Margherita Mattei, O.Carm.
- 2nd Councilor: Sr. Almangelica Ardessi, O.Carm.
- 3rd Councilor: Sr. M. Nives Rottigni, O.Carm.
- 4th Councilor: Sr. M. Elisabetta Ciliberti, O.Carm.
- Director of Novices: Sr. M. Nives Rottigni, O.Carm.
- Treasurer: Sr. M. Margherita Mattei, O.Carm.
- Sacristan: Sr. M. Cristina Cochior, O.Carm.
Terenure College is the oldest Carmelite school of modern times and a significant history of the school entitled "Terenure College 1860-2010 - A History" written by Emeritus Professor of History at University College Dublin, Fergus A. D'Arcy, has been published to mark the anniversary. At the end of January, the President of Ireland, Mary McAleese will pay an official visit to the school, and in April of this year the first International Carmelite Schools Congress will take place in Terenure.
- Prioress: Sr. M. Dolores Garrido Garrido, O.Carm.
- 1st Councilor: Sr. M. Matilde Mumbúa Kioko, O.Carm.
- 2nd Councilor: Sr. M. Fátima García, O.Carm.
- 3rd Councilor: Sr. M. Carolina Mumbi Mwove, O.Carm.
- 4th Councilor: Sr. Marisa del Espíritu Santo Castro Meléndrez, O.Carm.
- Director of Novices: Sr. M. Matilde Mumbúa Kioko, O.Carm.
- Treasurer: Sr. M. Jacinta Nthenya Kioko, O.Carm.
- Sacristan: Sr. M. Susana Wausi Kithusi, O.Carm.
