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(08.05.2009) The 90th General Chapter of the Discalced Carmelite Order took place at Fatima, Portugal, between April 17 and May 7. During these three weeks, the members of the General Chapter discussed matters pertaining to Carmel in the World. A new Fr. General has been elected, the 50 yr old Fr. Saverio Cannistra', from the Province of Tuscany, Italy. The General Chapter is proposing to the entire Order the reading anew of the writings of St. Teresa of Avila in the coming five years, beginning in October 2009, in preparation of the Foundress' centenary of her birth in 2015. The document issued by the General Chapter carries the words of the Saint in one of her poems, Para Vos Naci' (I was Born for You). A Message from the Chapter Fathers has also been published. Present at this General Chapter were members of the Province of Malta (Fr. Alfred Grech and Fr. Manny Schembri) responsible for the Mid-Eastern federal provinces of Canada; friars from the Province of Karnataka-Goa, India (Fr. Archibald Gonsalves and Fr. George Santhumayor) in charge of the Western Jurisdiction of Canada, and; those from the Province of Avignon-Aquitaine (Fr. Henri Dejeant and Fr. Denis Chardonnens) for the federal province of Quebec. Attending also from Quebec Carmel were the Definitor Fr. Robert Paul and, at the invitation of the Definitory, Br. Stephane Robert, who also addressed the assembly. |
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(23.02.2009). - Pope Benedict XVI will proclaim ten new saints: five on April 26, 2009, and another five on October 11. Among the former five Blesseds to be canonized, there is Blessed Nuno Alvarez Pereira, a married man who joined the Carmelites as a laybrother after the death of his wife. The Pope confirmed this on February 21, 2009, at an ordinary public consistory of cardinals for the causes of canonization. The consistory gathered 39 cardinals with the Pope at the Vatican Apostolic Palace. The decree recognizing the miracle that took place through the interecssion of our Portuguese Brother was adopted on July 3, 2008. The feast day of Blessed Nuno Alvarez Pereira is on April 1. |
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(03-12-2008). - Fr. Provincial Alfred Grech paid a visit to the Mid-Eastern region of Canada, November 25 till December 3, 2008. He started off at our Friars' House in London, also house of the Provincial Delegate Fr. Dominic Borg. After paying a cordial visit to Bishop Fabbro of London, on November 28 he began his visit to the Friars in Toronto, the Superior Fr. Manny and the Pastor Fr. Victor, both living at the Parish of Our Lady of Fatima, Scarborough. Fr. Provincial met the Secular Carmelites at Fatima's parish hall, on November 30. The meeting began with Evening Prayer, followed by his talk on the Aqedah (The Binding): a Midrashic Interpretation of Genesis 22:1-19. The meeting concluded with information regarding the Madagascar General Definitory held last September. The Definiitory highlighted the Order's preparations for the 5th centenary of the birth of St. Teresa in 2015, especially by studying her writings year by year. On December 1, Fr. Alfred visited Bishop Grecco Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto. At the request of F. Victor, due to his character incompatibility issue raised with Bishop Grecco, he will be the only friar residing at Our Lady of Fatima Shrine, Scarborough. Until then, Fr. Manny will remain as Fr. Superior at our Toronto House. In the afternoon Fr. Alfred proceeded to visit Zephyr, the Nun's Carmel of the Infant Jesus, also in the archdiocese of Toronto, and there concluded his visit. Fr. Manny, in the coming months, is planning to be in Malta, Portugal, and Australia. |
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(15-11-2008).- Four years after her beatification (March 21, 2004) the diocesan process on the presumed miracle, attributed to her intercession, closed in Ragusa, Sicily, (Italy), on June 17, 2008. The examination of the supernatural event, now submitted to the process of the congregation for the causes of saints in Rome, is in relation to the eucharistic charism of our blessed carmelite from Sicily: the multiplication of hosts so that the faithful would not go without communion. Blessed Maria Candida of the Eucharist’s popularity has gone beyond the walls of Carmel to touch the faith of the whole of Sicily and devotees of the Holy Eucharist around the world. |
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