Forty-one Carmelite educators from the four O.Carm. schools in the Philippines (Mount Carmel College of Escalante, Negros Occidental; Mount Carmel College of San Francisco, Mount Carmel High School of Rosario and Father Urios High School of Prosperidad) gathered on November 17-20, 2010 for their triennial colloquium at Mount Carmel College in San Francisco, Agusan del Sur in southern Philippines. In a spirit of fellowship and communion the delegates celebrated together as they discerned and listened to the different presentations of the resource speakers and co-delegates. Fr. Artemio Jusayan, the Commissary General who also serves as the Chair of the National Board of Trustees of the Carmelite School System in the Philippines exhorted the educators in their vocation and role as Carmelite educators. Other resource persons were Frs. Gabriel Dolotina, Alaindelon Balasabas and Christian Buenafe who also shared their experiences, insights and learning from the First International Congress of Carmelite schools in Dublin last April. The lay-consultants Noel Valencia and Lisa Clamor also presented to the school heads and principle stakeholders the results of the 10-year summing-up of the O.Carm. school ministry in the country for its validation and further enrichment. The delegates also met the students during their school visit and strengthened the bond among the Carmelites educators and students.
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On 21st November of this year, the Prior General, Fr. Fernando Millán Romeral, O.Carm., celebrated Pro Orantibus Day with our sisters from the monastery of St. Mary Magdalene de’ Pazzi in Florence, Italy. They were accompanied by Fr. Josef Jancár, O.Carm., General Delegate to the nuns, and Fr. Mario Alfarano, O. Carm., Secretary General. In his homily during the Mass on the solemnity of Christ the King, the Prior General underlined the paradoxical character of the Kingdom of God that was grasped especially by the great mystics, including Mary Magdalene de’ Pazzi. During the celebration, Fr. Fernando and the Carmelite community prayed for all of the nuns of our Order.
On 15 and 16 November the Order’s General Commission on Finance met in the Curia house in Rome under the chairmanship of Kevin Alban, the Bursar General. Also present were James Des Lauriers (Aus.), Manuel Bonilla (Cat.), Gian Domenico Meloni (Ita.), Michael Kissane (SEL-NY), Fintan Burke (Hib.), Wilmar Santin (GerS-Para.) Antonio Monteiro (Lus.), Bro. Mark McBride (TOR), Mr. Jeffrey Cull (US marketing), and Mr. Pierluigi Simoncelli (banking). An investment consultancy firm from the US, BMT, made a presentation to the commission of the services that they offer. The main business, however, was the examination of the budget for the Curia and the bodies that depend on it for 2011. This will be finalised by the General Council in its December plenary session.
The Curia’s Commission charged with the oversight of the Domus Carmelitana met in Rome on 12 November 2010. Present were Giovanni Grosso (Ita.), the “legal representative”, James Des Lauriers (Aus.), Manuel Bonilla (Cat.),John Lanahan (hotel financier), Janet Keeffe (UK tour operator), Jeffrey Cull (US marketing) and Kevin Alban (Curia). The commission conducted a thorough inspection of the site, inside and out, before meeting with the surveyor and architect to discuss future plans and developments. It was noted that great progress had been made with the filling of the hole in the back garden of the Domus. The commission also discussed the Domus’ finances and expressed its satisfaction with the good level of occupancy achieved so far in 2010.
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After changing its name immediately after the canonization and the important renovations that took place in the last two years, the new "Casa San Nuno" was inaugurated in Fátima, Portugal, on 14th November in memory of all of the saints of the Order. All of the accommodations were reorganized, creating new rooms and gathering spaces named after Carmelite saints. The furnishings were also modernized, and it is now equipped with modern computer technology and other equipment for conferences and meetings.
The ceremony began with the celebration of solemn vespers, presided by the bishop of Leiria Fátima, António Marto. Afterwards, a PowerPoint presentation was shown, illustrating the history of the house and the improvements made. Among the others who participated in this meeting were: the mayor of Ourém, the rector of the sanctuary of Fátima, the head of tourism for the Leiria Fátima region, the Provincial of the discalced Carmelites, Fr. Pedro Ferreira, OCD, the President of CIRP (Conference of Religious Institutes of Portugal) and the Commissary General of Portugal, Fr. Agostinho Castro, O. Carm. The celebration was concluded by the Prior General, Fr. Fernando Millán Romeral, O. Carm., who underlined the international dimension of the house whose cornerstone was blessed by Prior General Killian Lynch, O. Carm. in 1955. Fr. Fernando highlight ed the importance of the house for Lay Carmelites. It was here that CITOC was born, which at the beginning meant "Centre of Information for the Carmelite Third Order."
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