Order of Carmelites

Statements

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 …

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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, …

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To take more than what we need is to rob from the future generation

STATEMENT OF THE ORDER OF CARMELITES ON THE 174-HECTARE RECLAMATION PROJECT IN DUMAGUETE CITY “This sister now cries out to us because of the harm we have inflicted on her by our irresponsible use and abuse of the goods with which God has endowed her. We have come to see ourselves as her lords and …

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