Carmelite sister, Saint Edith Stein, was a born into an observant Jewish family. However, by her mid teens, became an atheist. On January 1, 1922, Edith Stein was baptized into the Roman Catholic Church.
Edith Stein was arrested in 1942 and sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp where she died in a gas chamber.
On May 1, 1987, Stein was beatified as a martyr by Pope John Paul II and then canonized by him on October 11, 1998.
As the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel is approaching, the Prior General has written a letter to all Carmelite family expressing his best wish and inviting all members to celebrate the Feast by beginning with the Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel.
Custom of making the Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel before the Feast is a long tradition and much observed by many Catholics.
In his letter we are reminded of the importance of the Feast and he asks the whole Carmelite family to "celebrate the Novena and the giving of the scapular, with conviction, affection and pastoral care and attention, with a sense of liturgy and catechesis."
The full text of the message and the Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel can be founded here:
http://ocarm.org/en/content/ocarm/letter-feast-our-lady-mount-carmel
Electoral Chapter of the Monastery of Dumaguete City, Philippines
Written byThe Elective Chapter of the Carmelite Monastery of Dumaguete City, Philippines, was held 22 June 2013. The following were elected:
- Prioress: Sr. Maria del Rosario C. Somoza, O.Carm.
- 1st Councilor: Sr. M. Angelica G. Verdugo, O.Carm.
- 2nd Councilor: Sr. M. Teresita M. Herrero, O.Carm.
- 3rd Councilor: Sr. M. Melba P. Bruno, O.Carm.
- 4th Couniclor: Sr. M. Joseliza B. Pagao, O.Carm.
- Director of Novices: Sr. M. Victorina C. Olmoguez, O.Carm.
- Treasurer: Sr. M. Joseliza B. Pagao, O.Carm.
Holy Father's Prayer Intentions
World Youth Day. That World Youth Day in Brazil may encourage all young Christians to become disciples and missionaries of the Gospel.
Asia. That throughout Asia doors may be open to messengers of the Gospel.
Lectio Divina July - Julio - Luglio 2013
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Electoral Chapter of the Monastery of Guiguinto, Philippines
Written byThe Elective Chapter of the Carmelite Monastery of Guiguinto, Philippines, was held 21 June 2013. The following were elected:
- Prioress: Sr. M. Theresita A’Jose, O.Carm.
- 1st Councilor: Sr. M. Rescelia Garcia, O.Carm.
- 2nd Councilor: Sr. M. Carmeli Hilario, O.Carm.
- 3rd Councilor: Sr. M. Fatima Faustino, O.Carm.
- 4th Couniclor: Sr. Benedicta Mary Jenifer Navales, O.Carm.
- Director of Novices: Sr. M. Rescelia Garcia, O.Carm.
- Treasurer: Sr. Benedicta Mary Jenifer Navales, O.Carm.
- Sacristan: Sr. Mary Ruth Alethea Clavio, O.Carm.
The Elective Chapter of the Carmelite Monastery of Machakos, Kenya, was held 10 June 2013. The following were elected:
- Prioress: Sr. M. Winifred Katunge Mbui, O.Carm.
- 1st Councilor: Sr. M. Magdalena Medrano Jimenez , O.Carm.
- 2nd Councilor: Sr. Margarita Maria de Cristo Rey Vargas , O.Carm.
- 3rd Councilor: Sr. M. Christine Syombua Mbindyo , O.Carm.
- 4th Couniclor: Sr. M. Justine Nduku Muia, O.Carm.
- Director of Novices: Sr. M. Therese Ndinda Mutisya, O.Carm.
- Treasurer: Sr. M. Jacinta Wayua Mulwa, O.Carm.
- Sacristan: Sr. Dorothee Ndomo, O.Carm.
Symposium on Historiography and Identity. Responses to Medieval Carmelite Culture
Written byOn 6 and 7 June in the offices of FOVOG - the "Forschungsstelle für Vergleichende Ordensgeschichte - (This is an institute in the University of Dresden, Germany, which specialises in the comparative study of religious orders.) a symposium was held entitled Historiography and Identity. Responses to Medieval Carmelite Culture organised by Dr. Coralie Zermatten and Dr. Jens Röhrkasten (University of Birmingham). Among the speakers were Edeltraud Klueting who spoke on Carmelite decorations in the churches, chapters houses and refectories of the houses of the medieval Lower German province; Johan Bergström-Allen: "Religious and Secular Order: The Poetry of Richard Maidstone, O.Carm."; Andrew Jotischky (University of Lancaster): "Crusading and Crusaders in Medieval Carmelite Texts: William of Coventry and the Holy Land"; Hans-Joachim Schmidt who spoke on the Carmelites' relations with other mendicant orders in the late medieval period; Christa Gardner von Teuffel: "The Invention of History: Altarpieces for the Carmelites circa 1300-1550"; Helmut Flachenecker, who spoke on Carmelites in Franconia; Kevin Alban: "Thomas Netter, Identity through Orthodoxy". On the evening of 6th June the participants were treated to a concert of madrigals by Bartolino da Padua O. Carm. performed by Federico Truffi. The proceedings will be published later in the year.
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During the extraordinary Provincial Chapter of the Italian Province held on 10-11 June 2013 were elected:
- Prior Provincial: Fr. Roberto Toni, O.Carm.
- Vice Prior Provincial: Fr. Marco Nuzzi, O.Carm.
- Fourth Councilor: Fr. Lucio M. Zappatore, O.Carm.
On 3rd and 4th June members of the commission overseeing the Bibliotheca Carmelitana Nuova project met in Dresden, Germany in the offices of FOVOG – the “Forschungsstelle fur Vergleichende Ordensgeschichte". This is an institute in the University of Dresden which specialises in the comparative study of religious orders. The commission is made up of Giovanni Grosso (President of the Carmelite Institute), Ton van der Gulik (Carmelite Librarian), Paul Chandler (who participated via Skype), Edeltraud Klueting (Third Order Carmelite scholar), Kevin Alban (Bursar General), Gert Melville (Director of FOVOG) and Coralie Zermatten (researcher).
The project involves putting all the entries in Cosmas de Villiers’ Bibliotheca Carmelitana on a database, and in addition searching out other names and works of medieval Carmelites. So far about 1,200 names have been loaded on to the database which is now ready to be tested on the internet. This will be an important tool for all researchers in Carmelite studies.
Prayer deepens our intimacy with God and transforms us into our truest self – humbling us and creating us anew.
(St. Mary Magdalen de’ Pazzi)
Prayer is a way to arrive at perfection, because in prayer God teachers the soul, and through prayer the soul detaches itself from created things and unites itself to God.
St. Mary Magdalen de’ Pazzi.
