LA VEGA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; CARMELITE NUNS OF  (Monasterio María Madre de la Iglesia)

                    Website of Carmelitas da América Latina e Caribe *

Elective Chapters

Electoral Chapter of the Monastery of La Vega (Dominican Republic) - from the CITOC website (August 2002)
Monastery of "María Madre de la Iglesia" in La Vega, Dominican Republic - from the CITOC website (March 2006)

(see Carmelite Nuns and Carmelite Monasteries)

LAKE ELMO, USA; CARMELITE HERMITS OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

Online News

Carmelite Hermits of Lake Elmo (USA) Incorporated into Order – from the CITOC website (September 2003)
Incorporation of the Carmelite Hermits of Lake Elmo, MN Celebrated – from the CITOC website (December 2003)

(see also Carmelite Hermit Communities Around the World)

ALACAR Website *

Six Year Plan - from the General Council website
Minutes of Meetings - from the General Council website
Members - from the General Council website

Online News

Carmelite Family in Latin America Studies the Rule of St. Albert – from the CITOC website (December 2006)

LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN REGION

                    Website of Carmelitas da América Latina e Caribe *

Website *

Online News

FOCAL Meets in South America in August - from the CITOC website (August 2002)
ENFOC III Held in Brazil - from the CITOC website (December 2002)
Celebration of "Cum Nulla" in Brazil - from the CITOC website (March 2003)
VI Meeting of the Carmelite Superiors of Latin America - from the CITOC website (March 2003)
Carribean Region Receives Visit of Prior Provincial – from the CITOC website (June 2003)
IX OCARM-OCD of Latin America and the Carribean Meeting – from the CITOC website (December 2003)
First Ever Assembly for Formators in Brazil – from the CITOC website (December 2003)
Novitiate in Brazil: A Flowering of Carmel – from the CITOC website (June 2004)
Carmelite Family Active in the Latin America Region: Variety of Gatherings Held – from the CITOC website (December 2004)
VII Meeting of the Carmelite Major Superiors of Latin America and the Caribbean Region – from the CITOC website (March 2005)

LAWRENCE OF THE RESURRECTION, BROTHER

Writings

The Practice of the Presence of God *

Reflections on

Practise of the Presence of God - from the British Province website
Brother Lawrence by James Moran, O.Carm. - from the British Province website

LAY CARMELITES

Web Page of the International Commission for Lay Carmelites - from the General Council website

Structure and Organization - from the Order's website
Brief Explanation of the Lay Carmelite Movement - from the Order's website
Explanation of the Carmelite Third Order - from the Order's website
The Carmelite Third Order - from the Order's website

Laicato Carmelitano: Provincia do Rio de Janeiro - from the Rio de Janeiro Province website - em português

2006 Congress:

     Formation and Communication at the Service of the Community

Online News

Lay Carmelite International Congress 2006 – from the CITOC website (September 2006)
International Congress of Lay Carmelites – from the CITOC website (December 2006)
Countries Represented at the Carmelite Lay Congress – from the CITOC website (December 2006)

LIVING THE CARMELITE WAY: Third Order Rule / Lay Carmelite Constitutions

English Translation  |  Spanish Translation  |  Italian Translation

Third Order Rule Approved by General Council and Vatican – from the CITOC website (June 2003)

Letters Regarding the Lay Carmelites

Into the Land of Carmel: Letter of the Prior General on the Occasion of the Papal Letter "Cum Nulla" - from the Order's website
General Audience of the Carmelite Family with John Paul II for the 750th Anniversary of the Scapular (September 12, 2001) - from the Order's website
Letter of John Paul II to the Carmelite Family on the 550th Anniversary of the Papal Letter "Cum Nulla" - from the Order's website
"Into the Land of Carmel": Letter of the Superiors General on the 550th Anniversary of the Papal Letter "Cum Nulla"- from the Order's website

General Information

Lay Carmelite Sites - from the Irish Province website
The Missionary Family "Donum Dei" - from the Order's website
Donum Dei Missionary Family - from the British Province website
Provincial Lay Carmelite Sites - from the PCM Province website
Regional Lay Carmelite Sites - Links to PCM Lay Carmelite Sites - from the PCM Province website
The Confraternities of the Brown Scapular - from the Order's website
Lay Missionaries in Brazil (1998) - from the Order's website
Lay Carmelites of St. Elias Province, North America (1998) - from the Order's website
Lay Carmelites in the English Speaking Carribean (1999) - from the Order's website
Carmelite Third Order in the Czech Republic (1999) - from the Order's website
The Lay Carmelite Movement "La Famiglia" (1999) - from the Order's website
The Lay Carmelite Community - Parish of La Begoña, Madrid (2000) - from the Order's website
Putri Karmel and Carmelitane Sancti Elia (1999) - from the Order's website
Blessed George Preca - from the Order's website
Brief History of the Lay Carmelites in North America (1998) - from the Order's website
Putri Karmel and Carmelitae Sancti Eliae - from the Order's website
Community of the Holy Trinity: Komunitas Tritunggal Mahakudus - from the Order's website
Lay Carmel in Britain - from the British Province website
Leaven - Carmelite Secular Institute (UK) - from the British Province website
Lay Carmel - Facing the Future
        'Challenges for the Third Millennium' by Thomas J. Zeitvogel - from the British Province website
Lay Carmel - Spirituality
        Articles on Lay Carmelite Spirituality - from the British Province website

Publications

Isidore Bakanja Bulletin (The newsletter of the International Commission for Lay Carmelites) - from the General Council's website
Assumpta: Newsletter of Lay Carmel in Britain - from the British Province website
 

Online News

7th Third Order of Carmel National Convention (2000) - from the Order's website
Celebration of the Carmelite Family in Sicily (1999) - from the Order's website
Executive Secretariat for the International Commission of Lay Carmelites (1998) - from the Order's website
First Study Meeting for Lay People about Mother Crocifissa (2000) - from the Order's website
International Congress of the Secular Order of Carmel (2000) - from the Order's website
International Meeting of Lay Carmelites (1998) - from the Order's website
The Lay Carmelites of Merida in Venezuela (1999) - from the Order's website
Meeting of the Lay Carmelites of the Baetica Province (2001) - from the Order's website
Meeting of the Lay Carmelites of the North American Provinces (2001) - from the Order's website
Meeting of the Lay Carmelites of the Arago-Valentina Province (2001) - from the Order's website
National North American Lay Carmelite Convention (2000) - from the Order's website
Report of the Delegate for the Lay Carmelites (1999) - from the Order's website
Report on the International Congress of the Carmelite Third Order (2001) - from the Order's website
Third Meeting of the Italian Lay Carmelites (1999) - from the Order's website
550th Anniversary of Papal Bull "Cum Nulla" Celebrated - from the CITOC website (June 2002)
Celebration of "Cum Nulla" - from the CITOC website (June 2002)
Lay Carmelite Commission Meets to Establish Goals for Six Years - from the CITOC website (August 2002)
Assembly of Lay Carmelites in Indonesia - from the CITOC website (August 2002)

2003
Lay Carmel Flourishes on the Vine (2003) - from the CITOC website
The Vocation of the Lay Carmelites (2003) - from the CITOC website
Lay Carmelite Assembly in Mahwah, New Jersey (USA) (2003) - from the CITOC website
Bicentenary of Australia's First Mass (2003) - from the CITOC website
"Cum Nulla" Celebrations in York (UK) Minster on May 16, 2003 (2003) - from the CITOC website
Carmel in Kenya (2003) - from the CITOC website
The Philippines: Lay Carmelite Retreat and Formators Training Workshop (2003) - from the CITOC website
Lay Carmel in Indonesia (2003) - from the CITOC website
Re-Establishing the Isidore Bakanja Bulletin (2003) - from the CITOC website
International Commission for Carmelite Laity Sets Ambitious Program (2003) - from the CITOC website
Third Order Rule (2003) - from the CITOC website
New Ritual (2003) - from the CITOC website
International Secretariat for Lay Carmelites (2003) - from the CITOC website
The Isidore Bakanja Bulletin (2003) - from the CITOC website
International Directory (2003) - from the CITOC website
Spiritual Directory for Carmelite Laity (2003) - from the CITOC website
Congress for Carmelite Laity (2003) - from the CITOC website
Youth Involvement in Lay Carmel (2003) - from the CITOC website
The General Council and Lay Carmel Celebrate "Cum Nulla" - from the CITOC website (March 2003)
Professor Giovanni Boaga, an Illustrious Carmelite Tertiary, on the Centenary of His Birth - from the CITOC website (March 2003)
Australia Celebrates 200 Years Since the Arrival of Carmel - from the CITOC website (March 2003)
LAY CARMEL FLOURISHES ON THE VINE
          The Vocation of the Lay Carmelites – from the CITOC website (September 2003)
          Lay Carmelite Assembly in Mahwah, New Jersey (USA) – from the CITOC website (September 2003)
          Bicentenary of Australia's First Mass – from the CITOC website (September 2003)
          "Cum Nulla" Celebrations in York (UK) Minster on May 16, 2003 – from the CITOC website (September 2003)
          Carmel in Kenya – from the CITOC website (September 2003)
          The Philippines:  Lay Carmelite Retreat  |  Formators Training Workshop - from the CITOC website (September 2003)
          Lay Carmel in Indonesia – from the CITOC website (September 2003)
          The Isidore Bakanja Bulletin – from the CITOC website (September 2003)
          Why "Isidore Bakanja"? – from the CITOC website (September 2003)
           International Commission for Carmelite Laity Sets Ambitious Program – from the CITOC website (September 2003)
          Third Order Rule – from the CITOC website (September 2003)
          New Ritual – from the CITOC website (September 2003)
          International Secretariat – from the CITOC website (September 2003)
          The Isidore Bakanja Bulletin – from the CITOC website (September 2003)
          International Directory – from the CITOC website (September 2003)
          Spiritual Directory for Carmelite Laity – from the CITOC website (September 2003)
          Congress for Carmelite Laity – from the CITOC website (September 2003)
          Youth Involvement in Lay Carmel – from the CITOC website (September 2003)
General Council Makes Decisions Regarding Domus Carmelitana, Third Order Rule, and Future Planning – from the CITOC website (December 2003)
New Members Named to International Commissions and as Delegate for Donum Dei, and Lay Carmelite Secretariat – from the CITOC website (December 2003)

2004
XVII Congress of Lay Carmel in Spain – from the CITOC website (September 2004)
Trinidad: Housing Project for Samaroo Family – from the CITOC website (September 2004)
Kenya Lay Carmelites – from the CITOC website (September 2004)
Jennifer Wajiku, TOC – from the CITOC website (September 2004)
New Appointment for Miguel Ubarri TOC – from the CITOC website (September 2004)
Obituary: Maria Teresa Rullán Vda. Del Toro, T.O.Carm. – from the CITOC website (September 2004)
LIVING THE CARMELITE WAY: Printing Error in First Edition of Rule – from the CITOC website (September 2004)
International Commission for Carmelite Laity – from the CITOC website (September 2004)
International Congress for Lay Carmelites 2-9 September, 2006 at Casa Beato Nuno, Fatima, Portugal – from the CITOC website (September 2004)
Celebration of Carmelo Domestico: 18 Couples Make Profession – from the CITOC website (June 2004)

2005
Archbishop Fulton Sheen, Servant of God and Third Order Carmelite
     Used power of new medium to reach millions for the faith in 1950s – from the CITOC website (March 2005)

2006
Links Every Lay Carmelite Website Should Have – from the CITOC website (September 2006)
The Holy Trinity Community - Komunitas Tritunggal Mahakudus – from the CITOC website (September 2006)

2007
Brazil: Congress of the Carmelite Province of Pernambuco - from the CITOC website (September 2007)
Members of the Associazione Oratorio Spirituale Laico della B.V. Maria e di S. Filippo Neri in Florence - from the CITOC website (September 2007)
Brazil: Second Course on Carmelite Spirituality - from the CITOC website (September 2007)
Indonesia: Gathering of the OCD-OCARM Family - from the CITOC website (September 2007)
Indonesia: Indonesian National Council Meeting - from the CITOC website (September 2007)
Nairobi, Kenya: National Lay Carmelite Family Day - from the CITOC website (September 2007)
St. Elias Province, USA: Leadership Workshop - from the CITOC website (September 2007)
Trinidad and Tobago: Lay Carmelites Celebrate the Feast of St. Simon Stock - from the CITOC website (September 2007)
Australia: Carmelite Family National Gathering - from the CITOC website (September 2007)
Church Housing Carmelite Archconfraternity in Rome Burns - from the CITOC website (September 2007)

LAY CARMELITES, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION OF

Website - from the General Council website

Six Year Plan - from the General Council website
Minutes of Meetings - from the General Council website
Members - from the General Council website

Third Order Rule / Lay Carmelite Constitutions:   English Translation  |  Spanish Translation  |  Italian Translation

Isidore Bakanja Bulletin (The newsletter of the International Commission for Lay Carmelites) - from the General Council's website

Online News

International Commission for Carmelite Laity Sets Ambitious Program – from the CITOC website (September 2003)
Third Order Rule – from the CITOC website (September 2003)
New Ritual for Lay Carmelites – from the CITOC website (September 2003)
International Secretariat – from the CITOC website (September 2003)
International Commission for Carmelite Laity – from the CITOC website (September 2004)
Printing Error in First Edition of Rule – from the CITOC website (September 2004)
International Congress for Lay Carmelites 2-9 September, 2006 at Casa Beato Nuno, Fatima, Portugal – from the CITOC website (September 2004)
International Commission for Carmelite Laity – from the CITOC website (December 2004)
A Golden Jubilee for Birmingham Lay Carmelites: Tribute given to a founding member - from the CITOC website (September 2005)
International Congress on Formation and Communication Changes Location: Website Activated for Congress - from the CITOC website (September 2005)
Introducing a Member of the International Commission: Rose Mary Lancellotti - from the CITOC website (September 2005)
First Congress of Lay Carmelites in the Italian Province - from the CITOC website (March 2006)
Reservations for 2006 Lay Carmelite Congress Reach 290 - from the CITOC website (March 2006)
British Province Appoints First Lay Provincial Delegate to Third Order - from the CITOC website (March 2006)
Lay Carmelites Rejoice at Ordination in Australia - from the CITOC website (March 2006)
Book from 4th International Lay Carmelite Congress - from the CITOC website (March 2007)
Ritual for Lay Carmelites - from the CITOC website (March 2007)
New role for member of the International Commission for Carmelite Laity - from the CITOC website (March 2007)

LEAVEN, THE

LECTIO DIVINA

Lectio Divina On Line

Lectio Divina on the Order's Website - from the Order's website
Lectio Divina - Incontri di Lettura Orante - from the Santa Maria in Traspontina website

Authors of the Order's's On-Line Lectio Divina - from the Order's website
Calendar for Liturgical Year    A  |  B  |  C - from the Order's website
What is Lectio Divina? - from the Order's website
'Feasting on God's Word' by Patricia Tomkins - from the British Province website

Method

"Lectio Divina" by Eltin Griffin, O. Carm. - from the Irish Province website
Lectio Divina ou Leitura Orante da Bíblia - from the Rio de Janeiro Province website - em português website

Online News

Cardinal Martini Present at "Lectio" in Transpontina - from the Order's website
Lectio Divina on Order's Website - from the CITOC website (February 2002)
Lectio Divina in Modern Art – from the CITOC website (September 2004)
Lectio divina on the Internet: Variety of Websites Offer Resources - from the CITOC website (March 2006)

LETTERS FROM THE POPE

Benedict XVI  (2005 -     )

To the Archbishop of Florence

Letter from the Holy Father, Benedict XVI, to the Archbishop of Florence on the occasion of the IV centenary of the death of Carmelite St. Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi - from the website of the General Archives of the Order

John Paul II  (1978-2005)

To the Carmelites

On the Occasion of the 750th Anniversary of the Scapular - from the Order's website
On the Occasion of the 2001 General Chapter - from the Order's website

To the Bishop of Fiesole

On the VII Centenary of the Birth of St. Andrew Corsini, Carmelite - from the Order's website

(see  Pope John Paul II)

LETTERS FROM THE PRIOR GENERAL

Joseph Chalmers, O. Carm. (1995 -   )

On the Occasion of the Beatification of Hilary Januszewski, O. Carm (June 13, 1999) - from the Order's website
With Mary the Mother of Jesus: On the Occasion of the 750th Anniversary of the Scapular (May 16, 2001) (written jointly with Camilo Maccise, OCD) - from the Order's website
Into the Land of Carmel: Commemorating the 550th Anniversary of the papal bull "Cum Nulla" (May 25, 2002) - from the General Council website
So That The World May Believe: 11 Years of OCARM-OCD Dialogue and Collaboration (January 1, 2003) (written jointly with Camilo Maccise, OCD) - from the General Council website
The God of Our Contemplation: A Reflection on the Connection Between Working for Peace and Justice and Our Carmelite Vocation (January 1, 2004) - from the General Council website
Passion for Christ - Passion for Humanity: Reflections on the Congress of Religious Superiors (Rome - November 2004) - from the General Council website
That Carmel May Bloom: The Beatification of Madre Crocifissa Curcio (Rome - March 2005) - from the General Council website
The Lord Hears the Cry of the Poor: A Reflection on the Call to Be Poor (Rome - March 2006) - from the General Council website
Blessed Mother Scrilli: From the school of life to the school of holiness - On the Occasion of the Beatification of Mother Maria Teresa Scrilli (Rome - September 2006) - from the General Council website

Online News

Letter from the Prior General: Communications in the Order - from the CITOC website (February 2002)
Prior General Writes to Carmelite Family About Madre Crocifissa – from the CITOC website (June 2005)
Prior General’s Letter to Cloistered Nuns for OLMC Feast Published - from the CITOC website (September 2005)

LIBERATA FERRARONS Y VIVÉS, T.O.Carm.

Online News

Up Date from the Postulator General: Liberata Ferrarons Vives - from the CITOC website (June 2007)
Presentation of a New Biography of Lliberada Ferrarons - from the CITOC website (September 2007)

LIBERIA

(see British Province and Corpus Christi Carmelites)

LIBRARIES, CARMELITE

Carmelite Library Association (CLA)

Biblioteca Carmelitana - Rome Italy - from the General Council website
Carmelite Library - Washington, D.C. - from the carmelites.org website
Library and Documentation Department of the Dutch Carmelite Institute (NCI) *
          On Line Search of the NCI Library Holdings

Listing of Carmelite Libraries Around the World - from the carmelites.org website

Online News

Report on the International Meeting of the Carmelite Librarians (2001) - from the Order's website
The Australian Province Carmelite Library - from the CITOC website (April 2002)
Joachim Smet, O. Carm., to be Honored in Washington, DC - from the CITOC website (April 2002)
Carmelite Librarians Strategize Working Together – from the CITOC website (June 2003)
Session on How to Organize a Library Held in Spain – from the CITOC website (September 2003)
Edison Tinambunam, O. Carm., Appointed Carmelite Librarian in Rome – from the CITOC website (September 2004)
Carmelite Librarians Agree on Standards for Electronic Catalogue – from the CITOC website (September 2004)
Archives and Libraries of Oldest Monasteries in Southern Spain Visited: Continued Development Urged as Critical to Preserving Order’s Culture – from the CITOC website (December 2004)
Carmelite Librarians Focus on International Cooperation - from the CITOC website (March 2006)
Rare Carmelite Book of Hours Obtained - from the CITOC website (September 2007)

LITHUANIA

Online News

Carmelite Presence Invited in Lithuania – from the CITOC website (June 2003)
          Some Facts About Carmelites and Lithuania – from the CITOC website (June 2003)
          The Lithuanian Church – from the CITOC website (June 2003)
Dutch Province to Take Mission in Lithuania - from the CITOC website (September 2005)
Dutch Province Moves Mission in Lithuania Forward - from the CITOC website (March 2006)
Celebration of Our Lady of Mount Carmel: Celebration of the Feast in Lithuania – from the CITOC website (September 2006)

(see Province of the Netherlands)

LITTLE FLOWER, SOCIETY OF THE

Online News

International Society of the Little Flower Begins Funding Programs – from the CITOC website (September 2003)
Society of the Little Flower UK-Ireland Gathers for Mass at Aylesford – from the CITOC website (December 2003)
Little Flower Society Update – from the CITOC website (June 2004)
Benefactors’ Mass for the Society of the Little Flower (UK/Hib) – from the CITOC website (December 2004)
Little Flower Helps Self-Sufficiency, New Construction in the Missions – from the CITOC website (June 2005)
Benefactors Mass for the Society of the Little Flower (Ireland/Britain) Held at Aylesford, England - from the CITOC website (March 2006)
The Society of the Little Flower – UK/Ireland Continues Funding Projects in Developing Areas of the Order – from the CITOC website (December 2006)

LITURGY, CARMELITE

Carmelite Liturgical Calendar - from the Order's website

Liturgical Commission Formed (1999) - from the Order's website
Report on the Meeting of the Liturgical Commission (1999) - from the Order's website
Report of the Meeting of the Liturgical Commission (2000) - from the Order's website
Update to the Carmelite Calendar (2000) - from the Order's website

Online News

Joint Marian Liturgy Commission Announced – from the CITOC website (June 2003)
Liturgical Congress Scheduled for June 2006 - from the CITOC website (March 2006)
Carmelite Liturgical Seminar: 13-16 June 2006 - San Felice del Benaco, Italy – from the CITOC website (September 2006)
Rare Carmelite Book of Hours Obtained - from the CITOC website (September 2007)

LOWER OR NORTHERN GERMANY, PROVINCE OF (GerI)

          Historical Snapshot - from the Order's website
          Province Website  (auf Deutsch)

Houses of the Province

Marienthal Friary - from the German Carmelite website (auf Deutsch)

Elective Chapters

Chapter of the Lower German Province (1999) - from the Order's website
Election Results of the Lower German Province (2002) - from the Order's website
Province of Lower Germany - from the CITOC website (April 2002)
Elective Chapter of the Lower German Province (GerI) – from the CITOC website (June 2005)

Online News

Visits to Liberia, Mozambique, and Cameroon (2000) - from the Order's website
New Carmelite Foundation in Cameroon (2001) - from the Order's website
Visit to Cameroon (2001) - from the Order's website
The Foundation of Carmel in Cameroon - from the CITOC website (February 2002)
Meeting in Cameroon of Provinces with Missions in Africa - from the CITOC website (April 2002)
The Carmelite Presence in Kamp-Lintfort, Germany Ends After 48 Years – from the CITOC website (June 2003)
Art Exhibition 2003 in the Carmelite Cloister in Marienthal (GerI) – from the CITOC website (December 2003)
Lectio Divina in Modern Art – from the CITOC website (September 2004)
Provincial Trip to Cameroun – from the CITOC website (December 2004)
Cameroon Foundation Grows To Maturity with New Formation House – from the CITOC website (June 2005)
Monasticon Carmelitanum - a Joint Project of the German Provinces - from the CITOC website (March 2006)

(see also Upper German Province)