Carmel News
Welcome to Carmel News online! As part of our social-pastoral communication ministry, we are featuring selected articles and messages that are relevant to our times and can invite reflection on the part of our readers. Our aim is to help bring people together in this virtual space and offer our experiences in Philippine Carmel to our Carmelite family and friends worldwide. This is our modest contribution to the pursuit of a just and peaceful world where respect and solidarity among nations and love for the whole creation reign.
Preparing to Ascend
Text and photo by Maria del Espiritu Deciding to enter the narrow and steep road and staying on it is a difficult decision to take.
Preparing to Ascend
Text and photo by Maria del Espiritu Deciding to enter the narrow and steep road and staying on it is a difficult decision to take. We Carmelites are mountain-climbers in spirit, not in any way to mean climbing a mountain physically but similar to taking a journey that is just as arduous and requires stamina. We are said to “climb
Come and See
Easter Message from the Prior Provincial and Council Dear brothers and sisters, How are we to celebrate Easter joy with all the sufferings around, including the lamentations we heard from our ailing and abused Mother Nature? How can we afford to hope when people tend to satisfy their insatiable hunger for personal possessions and glory at the expense of the
Carmelite pastors and parish workers gather for three days
By Fr. Ritche T. Salgado, O.Carm. The Order of Carmelites in the Philippines recently gathered together the brothers assigned in the different parishes managed by the Order together with lay representatives from these parishes. The colloquium was convened by Fr. Modesto Malandac, O.Carm., convenor of the pastors’ group. The prior of Agusan Carmelite Monastery, Fr. Marvin Diongzon, O.Carm., welcomed the