16th Council of Provinces is beginning
The 16th Council of Provinces, which gathers the General Council, Prior Provincials, Commissaries General and Provincial, General Delegates and Presidents of the Regions will take place in the retreat house “Il Carmine”, San Felice del Benaco, Italy, from 3rd to 12th September 2009. The theme of the meeting will be:
Carmelite community in faith, hope and love
Fiftieth Anniversary of Crespi Carmelite High School, Los Angeles (USA)
Last 21 and 22 August a series of events took place in our high school in Los Angeles at Crespi High School to mark its 50th anniversary. The main celebration was a solemn Eucharist in the Cathedral of Los Angeles at which the Prior General presided abd was assisted by Fr. Raul Maraví, Councillor General for the Americas, Fr. John Welch, Prior Provincial of the PCM province, Fr William Harry, Commissary Provincial for the West, Frs Thomas Schrader and Paul Henson, President and Principal respectively, as well as many other Carmelites. The auxiliary bishop of Los Angeles, Mons Gerald Wilkerson was also present and congratulated the Carmelites when he spoke to congregation.In his homily and subsequently in an article for the weekly paper The Tidings, the Prior General stressed the Order’s commitment to education and the importance of this work for Carmelites. After the Mass, there was a celebratory meal with co-workers and benefactors of the high school in the “Getty Villa”. After lunch there was a game of American football, a game at which Crespi has always excelled.
Seminar and Workshop on environment, Malang, Indonesia
The Justice and Peace Commission of the Carmelite Order in cooperation with the Indonesian Carmelite NGO held a seminar and workshop on the environment in Malang 1-2 August 2009. The main speakers were: Suryo Wardoyo, an activist in environmental movements and schools, Eka Budianta, an outstanding environmental thinker and motivator, and Fr. Piet Go Twan An O.Carm., (Indo), a moral theologian. Other speakers were Fr. Albert Herwanta O.Carm., Councilor General and chairman of the JPIC Commission of the Carmelite Order as the keynote speaker and Mr. Andrea Ventimiglia, a Sicilian Lay Carmelite, as the guest speaker. One hundred and twenty members of the Carmelite Family (religious and lay), religious (sisters) from other congregations, environmental practitioners and students from various universities participated.

This seminar was born out of the awareness that every human being is called to be a co-creator and invited by the Lord Himself to take care of and look after the environment. As a co-creator, every human being has the responsibility to keep and to renew the environment, so that it may remain healthy and friendly for following generations. This awareness drives Carmelites, especially the Indonesian Carmelites, to increase people’s awareness so that they may be interested in all kinds of environmental movements to make this world better.
It is expected that after attending this seminar and workshop the participants will have acquired a strong awareness of environmental problems and they will be able to appreciate a global plan to save the earth. The committee expects that at the end of this program there will be at least 10% of the total participants who would like to be the trainers on environmental matters. A follow-up program is being designed by the committee at the present and hopefully it will take place at the end of this year.
VITAM COELO REDDIDERUNT (R.I.P.)
19-08-09 P. Lorenzo Cubero Blázquez, Bet
24-08-09 Br. James Andrews, SEL
Exhibition on Saint Nuno of Santa Maria
On the 14th August last in the Portugese city of Mafra, near Lisbon, a very interesting exhibition opened concerning St. Nuno of Saint Mary, in which various aspects of his life were on show. The exhibition was held in the infantry school of the Portuguese army, as Saint Nuno is patron of this branch of the army. The exhibition was opened by Major General José Luis Pinto Ramalho, head of the army. Present were the Prior General, Fr. Fernando Millán Romeral, O.Carm. and Fr. Agostinho Castro, O.Carm, Commissary General of Portugal who also presided at the Eucharistic celebration. Also present were Fr. Ricardo Rainho, O.Carm and several civil and military authorities.
Various sections of the exhibition deal with the battle of liberation, with virtual reproductions of the Constable, with the foundation of sanctuaries and convents, with miniature reproduction figures, with the Portuguese Scout Movement of which Saint Nuno is patron, and with his Carmelite life. The last section was prepared by the Carmelites of our General Commissariat.
Initial Formation Programme in the Holy Land
The International Formation Commission of the Order organized a two-week experiential programme, entitled “In the footsteps of our forebears”, in the Holy Land for those in initial formation from 22nd July to 7th August, 2009. Thirty-six students from around the world took part in the programme, together with three members of the Formation Commission. Also present were Fr. Raúl Maraví, O.Carm. Councillor General for the Americas and Fr. Alexander Vella, O.Carm. (Mel) who directed and guided the group throughout the visit. The programme included talks on various Carmelite themes and visits to the important sites.

Titus Brandsma Awardees Philippines 2009 for Press Freedom and Journalism
Titus Brandsma Award-Philippines is the country’s version of the international Titus Brandsma Award given by the "Union Catholique Internationale de la Presse", the world forum of professionals in secular and religious media.
During the awarding ceremony, held at the Titus Brandsma Center, Quezon City, Philippines, on 29th of July 2009, the address of welcome was given by the Commissary General Fr. Artemio D. Jusayan, O.Carm. and the keynote address "Titus Brandsma: Martyr of Press Freedom" by Fr. Richard Copsey, O.Carm. (Brit).
International Meeting of the Donum Dei Fraternity
The 166 participants, who comprised adults, young people, and children from France, Italy, Burkina Faso, Peru, Argentina, Nouméa, Wallis and Fortuna, sought to deepen their understanding of the specific charism of Donum Dei within the Carmelite Third Order. They were very pleased also to be able to visit the tomb of their founder, Fr. Marcel Roussel-Galle in the Basilica of S. Martino ai Monti, whose remains had been transferred there on 22nd of December 2008.
Symbolic presentation of the Carmelite Rule at Jerusalem

The Patriarch presented the Rule to the Prior General with these words from the Prologue: Fouad, Dei gratia Jerosolimitanae Ecclesiae vocatus Patriarcha, dilectis in Christo filiis Fernando, et ceteris heremitis… During this moving ceremony, the Patriarch asked the Carmelites not to forget the Holy Land, their birthplace, which today is so wounded by violence and division.
CAUSA NOSTRAE LETITIAE
Iulius 2009
16-05-09 Mary Jill Recososa Boholi (GUI), Guiguinto
09-07-09 Angelus Marius More (Indo), Flores
09-07-09 Fidelis Nili (Indo), Flores
09-07-09 Adrianus Katan Daton (Indo), Flores
09-07-09 Yohanes Didinong Lange (Indo), Flores
09-07-09 Desideramus Bitan (Indo), Flores
09-07-09 Yeremias Dolu (Indo), Flores
09-07-09 Kristoforus Buga Ledor (Indo), Flores
09-07-09 Kornelis Siprianus Kaju (Indo), Flores
09-07-09 Oktavianus Tiwu Setu (Indo), Flores
09-07-09 Ronaldus Don Piran (Indo), Flores
09-07-09 Ignatius Azevedo Japi Joao (Indo), Flores
09-07-09 Atanasius Mariyanto Eka (Indo), Flores
16-07-09 Oscar Geoffroy Sondo (Bet), Bobo Dioulasso
24-05-09 Maria da Cruz Cunha (MON), Moncorvo
06-06.09 M Jesusa Rosacay Buendia (BUR), Burgos
26-07-09 M. Anna Visalli (OST); Ostuni
11-07-09 José Manuel Granados Rivera (Bet), Málaga
VITAM COELO REDDIDERUNT (R.I.P.)
17-06-09 P. Bernard Panek, Pol
21-07-09 Sr. M. Inés López Rodriguez, FON
29-07-09 P. Lukasz Semik, Pol
Provincial Chapter of the Province of Indonesia
Prior Provincial: Fr. Ignatius Joko Purnomo, O.Carm.
Vice Prior Provincial: Fr. Dionysius Kosasih, O.Carm.
First Councilor: Fr. Henricus Suwaji, O.Carm.
Second Councilor: Fr. Antonius Kristiyanto Gunawan, O.Carm.
Third Councilor: Fr. Hugo Susdiyanto, O.Carm.
Fourth Councilor: Fr. Stefanus Florianus Buyung, O.Carm.
Preparing to Celebrate the Seven Hundredth Anniversary of the Ordinal of Sibert di Beka
From 6 to 9 July a group of liturgists and historians met in the Curia to examine the impact and significance of Sibert de Beka’s Ordinal which was issued in 1312 to ensure liturgical uniformity in the Order as a whole. This work is considered to be of great importance in establishing Carmelite liturgical identity at a time when the Order was emerging from a difficult period of debate and discussion. Dr Arie Kallenberg, Fr James Boyce and Dr Cristina Dondi gave the main papers, while Fr. Paul Chandler and Fr. Chris O’Donnell helped the group to think about future plans. It was decided to recommend to the General Council that a Pastoral Congress on Carmelite liturgy today should be held in 2012 with a view to giving our liturgy a more Carmelite tone and content. Other participants included Frs Giovanni Grosso, Giuseppe Midili, Désiré Unen, Edmund Caruana, John Keating and Kevin Alban.
Cardinal’s visit to the Carmelite Priory in Mdina, Malta
VITAM COELO REDDIDERUNT (R.I.P.)
02-07-09 Sr. Teresita López Serrano, UTR
17-07-09 P. Joseph Linus Ryan, Hib

Mater mitis, sed viri nescia,
16.VII.2009
Activities of the Prior General
In Paris, from 27th to 30th June, he participated in a meeting organized by “Casa Sefarad” of Madrid, in which various bishops, rabbis, representatives of various other Christian confessions, politicians of different parties and experts in Judeo-Christian relations participated. The meeting concluded with a reception given by the Auxiliary Bishop of Paris and with an inter-confessional ceremony at the Shoah Memorial.
From 1st to 4th July he participated at the sixteenth meeting of the Carmelite Family of the Iberian Region, which took place at Tales (Castellón) Spain. This year the meeting was organized by the Hermanas de la Virgen María del Monte Carmelo (HVMMC) on the theme. “Prophets and witnesses in our world”. The Prior General gave a conference on Titus Brandsma as Carmelite model (for religious and laity) for the twenty-first century. More than 140 people participated. Lastly, on the 6th July, marking the 50th Anniversary of the death of Mother Asunción Soler founder of “Carmelitas del Sagrado Corazón”, he concelebrated at a Eucharist with the bishop of Malaga. In his homily the Prior General underlined the importance of the modern women’s congregations in the spread of our charism and of the Carmelite Family throughout the world. The Eucharist was the culmination of the first international gathering of Carmelite laity of Mother Asunción, with participants from Mozambique, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Portugal, Spain and Venezuela, and was celebrated in the chapel of Limonar di Malaga College, where Mother Asunción is buried.
Fr. Anthony Cilia O. Carm. finishes his period of service in the Curia and returns to his province
Fr. Anthony arrived in Rome at the Curia house Easter 1987 with the principal task of publishing CITOC in the three official languages of the Order. In 1996 the General Council entrusted him with the running of the Order’s new web site which was launched on 28 February 1998. In 1999 the CITOC bulletin was published for the first time on the internet.
In 2001 after many years’ work in these two fields, Fr. Anthony left CITOC in order to work full time on the Order’s web site, www. ocarm.org which he updated and recently completely renewed. As well as organising the transfer from the old site to the new one, Fr Anthony had been working on making the catalogue of the Carmelite Library available on-line.
During his time in Rome, Fr. Anthony was a member of the Commission for Ongoing Formation (1986-1995) and of the Commission for Communication (2001-2009). He represented the Order on PCN (Peace Communication Network) from 1996 to 2009 and a member of the Administrative Council from 2003 to 2008.
On 20 July Fr Anthony will return to his native Province to begin a new period of service as Provincial Secretary, Assistant Provincial and Prior of the community of Sliema.
We offer him our gratitude for his long and assiduous service to the Carmelite Family and we wish him every success in his new duties in Malta.
Promulgation of the Decree of the Congregation for Causes of Saints concerning the miracle attributed to Venerable Angelo Paoli
This morning, 3rd July 2009, the Holy Father, Benedict XVI, received in a private audience the Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, the Archbishop Angelo Amato, SDB. During the course of the audience the Holy Father authorized the Congregation to promulgate the Decree concerning a miracle attributed to the intercession of Venerable Angelo Paoli, (1642-1720), Italian national and Professed Priest of our Order.The Holy See, in consultation with the Order and the Bishops concerned, will set a date and a place for the Beatification.
CAUSA NOSTRAE LETITIAE
Iunius 2009
07-06-09 John Howell (PCM), Middletown
07-06-09 Edgar Varela (PCM), Middletown
07-06-09 Joseph Vinh Quang Nguyen (SEL), Middletown
07-06-09 Francis Xavier Khoa Van Nguyen (SEL), Middletown
07-06-09 Dominic Hung Duc Nguyen (SEL), Middletown
07-06-09 Paul Hung Van Tran (SEL), MIddletown
08-06-09 Marc Bell (PCM), Middletown
08-06-09 Allen Martin (PCM), Middletown
08-06-09 Raphael Nhat Quoc Tran (SEL), Middletown
14-06-09 Luca Sciarelli (Ita), Roma
27-06-09 Wilma Custodio Galang (CAB), Cabanatuan City
29-06-09 M. Fiamma Piola (VET), Vetralla
11-06-09 Honoré Kamathe Kombi (Ita), Mulo
11-06-09 Jean-Paul Wakunga (Ita), Mulo
20-06-09 Anil John Kaiprampadan (Ind), Karukutty
11-06-09 Edouard Ucim Afuru (Ita), Mulo
27-06-09 Rubén Darío Rodríguez Ramos (Arag), Santo Domingo
27-06-09 Pedro María Rodríguez Rodríguez (Arag), Santo Domingo




















