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.
Memorial of the Blessed Martyrs of Drina
Today, December 15, is the memorial of the Blessed Martyrs of Drina. Blessed Jula Ivanisevic, Berchmana Leidenix, Krizina Bojanc, Antonija Fabjan, and Bernadeta Banja were all members of the Daughters of Divine Charity. They served the poor in the Serbian village of Pale. Anti-Christian Serb soldiers burned their convent in late 1941. The sisters were kidnapped by these soldiers and
Hands off our truth-tellers – Carmelites
HANDS OFF OUR TRUTH-TELLERS “The press, second only to the churches, is the principal pulpit for teaching truth. It holds the power of the word against the violence of arms.”St. Titus Brandsma The Order of Carmelites – Province of St. Titus Brandsma (Philippines) strongly denounces the red-tagging and eventual censorship of alternative online news outfits, Bulatlat.com and Pinoy Weekly, as
Carmelites hold FITRs in Agusan
Twenty Carmelite brothers gathered in San Fancisco, Agusan del Sur beginning June 27, starting the five-day gathering of young perpetually professed Filipino Carmelite brothers as part of their on-going formation. With the theme, “Journeying together as brothers in contemplative service,” the Friars in Transition (FITRs) gathering features talks and activities aimed at achieving the following objectives: 1. To provide venue