Juan Esteban Tejera, O. Carm.
Juan Pablo Chaparro Garzón, O. Carm.
Juan Esteban Tejera, O. Carm., and Juan Pablo Chaparro
Garzón, O. Carm., of the Provincial Commissary of Baetica in Venezuela made
their Solemn Profession on August 15, 2001 in the Carmelite Parish of Ntra.
Sra. del Carmen in Petare (Caracas). The Commissary Provincial, Manuel
Sánchez León, O. Carm., presided at the liturgy and received the vows.
Onesimus Muthini Muthoka, O. Carm
Onesimus Muthini Muthoka, O. Carm., Provincia of Cataluña,
made his Solemn Profession on October 6, 2002 in the Carmelite Parish of La
Mare de Déu del Carme in Terrassa (Barcelona). Presiding at the liturgy and
receiving the vows was the Prior Provincial, Manuel Bonilla Gutiérrez, O.
Carm.
Jorge Rafael Betancourt Ramírez, O. Carm.
The Solemn Profession of Jorge Rafael Betancourt Ramírez,
O. Carm., took place on the Solemnity of Our Lady of Divine Providence,
November 19, 2001. Tomás Ciscar Nadal, O. Carm., the Commissary Provincial
of the Antilles, received Jorge's vows in the Carmelite Church of Santa
Teresita in Santurce.
Maria Rowena of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, O. Carm.
Veniegas Bumacod, O. Carm., of the Carmel of the
Immaculate Heart of Mary in Burgos, Pangasinan (Phillipines) made her solemn
profession on December 8, 2001. Bishop Jesus Cabrera, the Bishop of Alaminos,
led the celebration.
Paul Henson, O. Carm.
The solemn profession of Paul Henson, O. Carm., of the
PCM Province took place at Whitefriars Hall, Washington, DC, on December 8,
2001. Emmett Gavin, O. Carm., the Director of Formation at Whitefriars Hall
accepted the vows and preached during the Eucharistic celebration.
M. Giuliana della Virgo Purissima, O. Carm.
Sr. M. Giuliana made her solemn profession on January
6, 2002, the Solemnity of the Epiphany, at the church of St. John in
Carpineto Romano in Italy.
Adrian Ghiurca, O. Carm.
Augustin Farcas, O. Carm.
The Italian Province held a celebration for the Solemn
Profession of two of its members on January 20, 2002 at San Martino ai Monti
in Rome. Adrian Ghiurca, O. Carm., and Augustin Farcas, O. Carm., both from
Rumania, made their profession in the hands of the recently elected Prior
Provincial, Claudio Bellotti, O. Carm.
Maria Raffaella di San Giuseppe, O. Carm.
Born at Monte Sant' Angelo (Foggia, Italy) on November
12, 1920, she entered the Carmel of Carmerino on February 14, 1949. She
spent her life in Carmel developing the gifts that the Lord had given to
her. She prayed for a peaceful death and this was granted to her.
M. Arcángela de Jesús, O. Carm.
On the Feast of All Carmelite Saints, Sr. Arcángela died
at the Monastery of Madre de Dios de Fontiveros. She was 92 years old. The
Provincial, Juan de Dios, O. Carm., presided at the funeral liturgy. Sr.
Angela was born into a very large family. There were 21 children. Among so
many came two vocations to Carmel, Sr. Angela and Sr. María del Carmen, who
is the current Prioress of the monastery in Piedrahita (Spain).
Benedict Hogan, O. Carm.
Fr. Benedict Hogan, O. Carm., of the Province of the Most
Pure Heart of Mary (PCM), died after a long illness on December 12, the
Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, in Chicago, IL (USA). His funeral liturgy
was held at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church in Darien, IL. He was a long time
teacher and pastoral associate in various places in the Province and was
noted for his homilies. He was 68.
Jacinto Martínez Santamaría, O. Carm.
Fr. Jacinto Martínez Santamaría, O. Carm., of the Argo-Valentina
Province died on December 24, 2001, at 6 PM in Onda (Castellón). He was a
priest for 63 years. His burial took place on December 25, Christmas Day in
the Carmelite parish in Onda.
Maria do Divino Coração Figueiredo, O. Carm.
Sr. Maria do Divino Coração Figueiredo, O. Carm., from
the Carmelite monastery of Carmelo do Sagrado Coração de Jesus in Beja,
Portugal, died December 31, 2001.
Theodorus (Martinus Alphonsus) Hendriks, O. Carm.
Fr. Theodorus Hendriks, O. Carm., of the Dutch Province,
died at age 79 in Boxmeer, Holland, on January 1, 2002. After a number of
years working as a pastoral assistant and procurator in Oss, Nijmegan, and
Boxmeer, he lived in the monastery at Boxmeer since 1956. He taught religion
in the technical school in Boxmeer and was the assistant librarian. He was
also confessor to various communities of religious sisters as well as the
Carmelite nuns in Boxmeer. His brother Cor, also a Carmelite, preceded him
in death.
James McCouaig, O. Carm.
Fr. James McCouaig, O. Carm., of the Irish Province, died
on January 14, 2002. He lived and worked for more than 50 years at Terenure
College.
Bishop Telesforo Cioli, O. Carm.
On January 15, 2002, the Lord called home Bishop
Telesforo Giovanni Cioli, bishop-emeritus of the Diocese of
Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro. Bishop Cioli was born on April 21, 1907. Among
his other ministries, he was Provincial of the then Roman Province of the
Carmelites. He was also a member of the Second Vatican Council.
A man of simple and modest tastes but with great gifts,
he also become beloved by his people for his wide knowledge and for his
kindness towards everyone who came to him. In 1985, he published a book
titled Il commino del cristiano (The Journey of the Christian) in
which he tied together in a very ordinary way the great themes of
Christianity. It was a reflection on the Ministry of the Word which was his
focus for so many years in the Diocese of Arezzo and then in the Dioceses of
Sansepolcro and Cortona.
M. Virginia Murtinu, SMCTBG
Sr. M. Virginia (Giovanna) Murtinu died peacefully on
February 1, 2002 at Aurelia Hospital in Rome. Her life was dedicated to
"little ones", above all in the Brazilian missions of which she was one of
the founders in 1947.
Alfonzo Maria López Sendín, O. Carm.
On February 1, 2002, Alfonso María López Sendin, O. Carm.,
of the Castille Province, died in the Hermanas Reparadoras de los Dolores
Residence in El Escorial (Madrid, Spain). He was 95 years old and was the
founding Provincial of the Province of Castille in 1948. He was also
professor of theology in the Centro Teológico Carmelita de Salamanca and a
great writer and poet. He was an expert in the Latin language. During these
recent years, he collaborated with the Fundación Virgen de los Dolores de El
Escorial (Madrid), a movement that grew out of the supposed apparitions of
the Virgin Mary in the Prado Nuevo del Escorial to the visionary Amparo
Cuevas.
The funeral Mass was celebrated February 2, 2002, in the
Monastery of MM. Carmelitas de la c/ Príncipe de Vergara in Madrid. The
burial took place on February 3, 2002 in the cemetery of Carabanchel,
Madrid, in the same place where his Carmelite companions were shot in August
1936 and whose process for beatification is currently in process in Rome.
Annita Morgano, INS del Carmelo
Sr. Annita, O. Carm., of the Istituto di Nostra Signora
del Carmelo, died February 2, 2002, in Washington, DC (USA).
She had lived and worked for many years at Whitefriars Hall
and then at the Sisters Day Care Center, both located in Washington, DC.
Angelo Mirri, O. Carm.
Br. Angelo Mirri, O. Carm., of the San Felice del Benaco
(Italy) Carmelite Community died on February 2, 2002. He was born in 1915
and made his simple profession in 1932. He was very active in the
restauration of the monastery in San Felice.
John Berridge, O. Carm.
Br. John Berridge, O. Carm., of the Aylesford, England Carmelite Community
died on February 8, 2002, his 81st birthday. He joined the
Aylesford Community shortly after it was restored to the Order in 1947.
He was a familiar and beloved figure to the pilgrims who
frequented the shrine.
Bishop Eliseu Maria Gomes de Oliveira, O. Carm.
The Carmelite Bishop-Emeritus of Itabuna (Brazil) died on
Monday, February 11, 2002. He was 81 years old. The funeral services were
celebrated on Tuesday afternoon, February 12, in the Cathedreal of Itabuna.
Sr. Marisa Sciberras, CMSTGB
Sr. Marisa Sciberras, of the Carmelite Missionary Sisters
of the St. Therese of the Child Jesus, died on February 15, 2002 in the
hospital on Gozo (Malta) after several days of hospitalization. She was 60
years old. She made her first profession on October 3, 1966 and worked as a
teacher in various locations around the Congregation.