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.
Boldly proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor
Christmas Message from the Prior Provincial and Council Beloved brothers and sisters in Carmel: Thanks be to God, we have been able to live through another year and look forward to welcoming a new one very soon. The gift of life is undoubtedly precious, but perhaps we have not cherished and valued this gift as much as in the last
O.Carm. says #neverforget, #neveragain to martial law
By Ritche T. Salgado, O.Carm. | Photos by Br. Petronilo M. Flores, O.Carm. The Order of Carmelites in the Philippines joined the protest action marking the 49th anniversary of the declaration of martial law by the tyrant dictator Ferdinand Marcos. Philippine Carmelite (O.Carm.) prior provincial, the Very Rev. Fr. Rico Ponce, O.Carm. said that joining the multi-sectoral protest action affirms
Philippine Carmelite celebrates the gift of vocation
By Ritche T. Salgado, O.Carm. The Order of Carmelites in the Philippines celebrates the gift of vocation this year with ordinations, profession of vows, and a number of young men entering the postulancy and novitiate programs. Last September 8, on the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Mother, Brothers Vinson Luayon, O.Carm. and Leo Nebril, O.Carm. were ordained to