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In the esplanade between the convent of Mount Carmel and the Stella Maris lodge, a bronze statue of the Virgen of Carmen has been found since 1894, which was a gift from the nation of Chile to its patron and protector the Virgen of Carmel. In fact we read this in the plaque of the…

We had to wait until the 20th century for Discalced Carmelites Fathers had a convent in the capital of the Holy Land. On March 9, 1934, the new convent of Discalced Carmelites Fathers in Jerusalem is blessed. The chosen place was provisional, and it belonged to Dominicans Fathers. (The figure of Fr. Lagrange, OP appears…

When I was a young philosophy student, I remember the sentence of an Asturian Carmelite father who spoke to us about the fauna of Carmel to refer to the brothers of the Discalced Carmelite Order. It was a kind of joke to make us see the variety of people and styles that were and are…

The bells with their festive ringing always call us to the church. In ancient times, the bell was the signal and sound to communicate. There was a way of ringing which is called tocsin for announcing an imminent danger, with a quick and steady touch. Then there is the sound to announce a deceased in…

The week of prayer for Christian unity is approaching. Here in the Holy Land the diversity and unity of the different religious creeds is felt. He who writes, on Sunday 5 celebrated the Eucharist at 8.00 in the morning at the Basilica of Mount Carmel accompanied by the  Melkite-Greek bishop of Galilee, who attended the…

This high prelate of the Church of England was a good friend of Fr. Francis of the Cross (Lamb). Both were English. Lamb was Vicar of Mount Carmel from 1918 to 1935. We believe he was appointed Vicar of Mount Carmel, in addition to his qualities as a religious, for being English. Since after the…

On 17/02/2019, the Santa Mariam Baouardy spirituality center was inaugurated on the anniversary of the saint’s canonization, the date chosen by the  Carmelite sister Ferial (daughter of this land) and great follower of Mariam, her compatriot to make her Perpetual Profession in the Carmel of Bethlehem. It is not only a prayer and community hostel…

Thousands of young people have accompanied the Pope, from January 24 to 27 in Panama, for the World Youth Day. Faced with a colorful and cheerful crowd, Pope Francis, since his arrival in Panama, has not failed to warn Latin American political leaders against the corruption that is sweeping the continent. On Friday, the 25th,…

Next October, the Fifteenth Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops will meet to discuss the theme of young people and in particular the relationship between young people, faith and vocation. There we will have a chance to consider more deeply how, at the centre of our life, is the call to joy that…