From the 29th of October to the 3rd of November, 2012, an International Congress was held at Sassone (Italy), on the theme, “Fr. Lorenzo van den Eerenbeemt, O.Carm., a gift of the Spirit for Carmel and for the Church”. The congress was organised by the Carmelite Missionary Sisters of St. Therese of the Child Jesus. A sizeable number of friars, sisters and lay people from a number of different countries (Brazil, Canada, Philippines, Tanzania, Malta,  Rumania and Italy) took part, with great interest and attention.

Cardinal João Bras de Aviz, the Prefect of the Congregation for Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life opened the congress. The other speakers included, Don Giorgio Rossi, Carmelite friars, Emanuele Boaga, Giovanni Grosso, Cosimo Pagliara and Carmelite sisters, sr. Marianerina de Simone and sr. M. Cecilia Tada. Each one illustrated different aspects of this very captivating figure. Two round-tables, Sr. Alice Rodrigues Costa, Mons. Amleto Alfoni, P. Nazareno Mauri, O.Carm. e Luciano Pranzetti on the panel, added further to the picture. The aim of the congress was to get to know the person, the work and the spirituality of Fr. Lorenzo who, along with Blessed Maria Crocifissa Curcio founded the Congregation of the Carmelite Missionary Sisters of the St. Therese of the Child Jesus. The congress was closed by the Prior General, Fr. Fernando Millán Romeral, O.Carm., who in his address highlighted the values of “carmeliteness”, ecclesiality, mission and formation in Fr. Lorenzo.