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Message for the World Day of Cloistered Life
Fr. Míċeál O’Neill, O. Carm., the prior general, has sent a letter to each enclosed Carmelite monastery in the world on the occasion of the Church’s celebration of World Day of Cloistered Life or Pro Orantibus Day (For Those Who Pray).
In the letter, dated November 18, 2022, the prior general says:
“By your dedication to God, you adorn and strengthen the Carmelite Order throughout the world and you offer to the Carmelite family, amid the many gifts that express Carmel’s love for silence and solitude, the example of cloistered life, as a way of making space for God in our lives and deepening our love for God.” He then reflects on family life today and calls on their communities to become one that “stands before God and finds its dignity in responding everyday not with marvels beyond us, but with the simple knowledge that God is love and in him we find love.”
This annual celebration on November 21 is connected to the Feast of the Presentation of Mary. The day is intended to support—both spiritually and materially—the gift of the cloistered and monastic life. Pope Francis has spoken of the day as “an opportune occasion to thank the Lord for the gift of so many people who, in monasteries and hermitages, dedicate themselves to God in prayer and in silent work.
In 1953 Pius XII first introduced the idea of the Church reflecting on those who have answered the vocation to cloistered life. It is celebrated locally in the monasteries of men and women. In 2018, Pope Francis held a convention organized by the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life at the Pontifical Lateran University. Entitled “Deepening Vultum Dei Quaerere and Cor Orans,” the gathering of 300 cloistered women, studied the two relatively recent Church documents. Vultum Dei Quaerere, was written by Pope Francis and issued on June 29, 2016. The implementing instruction, entitled Cor Orans, was written by the Vatican Dicastery for Consecrated Life and issued on April 1, 2018.
These two documents introduce new aspects for the living out of this state of life in the Church. They also emphasize the importance of this vocation for the Church and the world. Pope Francis reminded contemplatives in Vultum Dei Quaerere that they intercede for the world like Moses. “Now, as then,” the Pope wrote, “we can conclude that the fate of humanity is decided by the prayerful hearts and uplifted hands of contemplative women." He has also said that those who devote the whole of their lives to the contemplation of God “are a living sign and witness of the fidelity with which God, amid the events of history, continues to sustain His people.”
Read the Letter pdf here(136 KB)
Venezuela
Monjas Carmelitas
Monasterio de la Anunciación
Apartado 71
PORLAMAR (Nueva Esparta)
Venezuela
Tel. (+58) 295-2871225
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Santa María Del Monte Carmelo
La Acequia Sector Caño Grande
Barinas
VENEZUELA
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República Dominicana
Monasterio María Madre de la Iglesia
Monjas Carmelitas
Apartado 86
LA VEGA
República Dominicana
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Monasterio Santa Teresita del Niño Jesús,
La Bombita, Sección del Higüerito,
Azua de Compostela,
REPÚBLICA DOMINICANA
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Monasterio Sta. Teresa de Jesús
Apartado 30438
SANTO DOMINGO
Republica Dominicana
Tel. (+1 ) 809-5302786
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Monasterio Carmelita
N.S. de America y San José
(Los Pinos, Cacique, MONCIÓN)
Apartado Postal 02
Mao-Valverde
República Dominicana
Tel. (+1) 829-344-0250/ 795-1620
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Madres Carmelitas
Monasterio Ntra. Sra. del Carmen
Apartado Postal 196
Carr. Duarte, km. 4,5
SANTIAGO DE LOS CABALLEROS
República Dominicana
Tel. (+1) 809-5824339
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Puerto Rico
Monasterio Carmelita San José
P.O. Box 568
TRUJILLO ALTO P.R. 00977-0568
Porto Rico
Tel. (+1787) 761-9548/903-8282
cel. (787) 299-8584
Postal Additional Address:
Monasterio Carmelita de San Jose
RR - 2 - Box 135, SAN JUAN
Puerto Rico 00926-9707
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Monasterio Sta. María del Monte Carmelo
745 Carretera 349
MAYAGÜEZ P.R. 00680-8323
Puerto Rico
Tel. (+1787) 834-6789
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Peru
Madres Carmelitas
Mon. de la Sma. Trinidad
Castilla 55
CAMANÁ, Arequipa
Perú
Tel. (+51) 054-571808
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