Today, we mark the start of the Lenten season, Ash Wednesday, when we are smeared with ashes, reminding us of our mortality. In ancient times, ashes were used to express mourning and penance, when the penitent would ask for forgiveness for the faults that they have committed. As we receive this mark today, we remember …
Fr. Theodulf Vrakking, O.Carm. October 31, 1998 On this day we remember Fr. Theodulf Vrakking, O.Carm. whose life was a gift to the church in the Philippines. He was one of the first Carmelites who came to the Philippines to establish Carmel’s presence. He was the Commissary Provincial in the Philippines from 1963 to 1970. …
rEST IN gOD’S pEACE Mother Corazon de Jesus, O.Carm. Carmen Sardiñas Mo. Corazon de Jesus, O.Carm. passed away last night, September 24, 2020, at around 10:15 pm (Manila), Feast of Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes. Mo. Corazon was one of the eight brave Carmelites from the Monastery of Carmelo de Santa Ana in Seville, Spain …
