According to the directives of the Second Vatican Council, the church is putting into practice the guidelines of a pastoral ministry embodied in the world. The Amazon is a place that concerns everyone, where many global challenges of our time concern everyone. Among the topics addressed were the tragedy of drug trafficking and its consequences.…
On this feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, let’s rethink a little bit about what means the title of «Sister». The first text where the Carmelites give to Mary the title of «Sister» was «The institution of the first monks», famous work published at the end of the XIV century. This name, so sympathetic,…
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…
On December 13, 1925, a few days before she celebrated the fourth anniversary of her baptism, Edith Stein wrote to her friend, the Polish philosopher Roman Ingarden. She talks about her university days in Gottingen and Freiburg in Breslau: «I was a bit like someone who is in danger of drowning […], before my soul…
