The Carmelite Centre Melbourne has released the program of events celebrating the 5th Centenary of the birth of St Teresa of Jesus.
We are especially pleased to welcome Professor Bernard McGinn, renowned author, theologian and scholar of mysticism, who will give a public lecture and a workshop in Melbourne on 29 April and 1 May.
Other events include a Symposium on St Teresa, a retreat, and a talk by Professor Anne Hunt from Australian Catholic University.
In this issue:
- A Journey Towards Healing
- A look at your support in 2014
- Embracing diversity and culture as the Carmelite Family grows
- The Carmelite Library - a place of reflection and spiritual enrichment
Carmel Contact No 98 February 2015
Fr Roque Soares Da Cruz and Fr Carlito Da Silva were ordained priests in Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Dili, on Friday 30 January this year.
Fr Denis Andrew (Prior Provincial of Australia Timor Leste), Fr Bruce Clark (Regional Prior) and Fr Wayne Stanhope (Director of Formation) concelebrated the Ordination Mass together with East Timorese Carmelite, Religious and Diocesan Priests.
In 2013 Pope Francis declared that a Year of Consecrated Life (YCL) be celebrated throughout the world. Pope Francis has dedicated this year to the promotion of consecrated life and asked the Church's religious sisters, brothers and priests to "wake up the world" with their testimony of faith and joy.
The Communications Centre for the whole Carmelite Order has released a video to mark the occasion.
In this issue:
- Power & Leadership in the Church and in the World
- The Prophet Elijah & the misuse of Power
- JPIC Calendar for February
- Prayers & Reflections
Carmelite Communications now has its own YouTube channel.
The new YouTube channel provides a place for videos about Carmelite news, events and spirituality. Snapshots from various presentations at The Carmelite Centre Melbourne will also be added as they become available.
The channel currently has two videos about the 2014 Carmelite Way Pilgrimage and a day in the life of the Carmelites in Formation at Hera, Timor Leste.
Our Deacons, Roque Soares da Cruz and Carlito da Silva, will be ordained priests on Friday 30 January in Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Dili, Timor Leste.
Bishop Norberto do Amaral, Bishop of Maliana Diocese, will preside at the Ordination due to the illness of the Bishop of Dili, Bishop Alberto Ricardo da Silva.
Our young Carmelite students in Hera, Timor Leste write and publish a newsletter of Carmelite spirituality and reflection twice a month.
Reflections on the Seasons of the Year and the Sunday Scripture are also included. Articles are written in Tetum, Portuguese and Indonesian.
Next year we hope to be able to offer some excerpts from Magnificat in English for you.
In this issue:
• Fr Paul Gurr sees signs of growth among the Lay Carmelites
• Christine Wade reflects on Advent and the work of LCNC
• Part 1 of Sr Paula’s reflection on St Teresa of Avila
• Lay Carmelite celebrations in Rockhampton
• Keith Belton reflects on his visit to Timor Leste for the Ordinations
• 50 years of Carmel on the Central Coast
The Vine 25.4 December 2014
You can read past issues of The Vine here.
Our new novices, Estevão Mendonça De Jesus, Luis Baptista, Francisco Xavirius Vieira Martins, Luis Mendonça Maia and Estevão De Deus Gomes were received into the Novitiate on Sunday 14 December. Fr Bruce Clark (Regional Prior & Novice Master) was the celebrant.
As well as the Carmelites present, over 120 members of the new novices' families attended. The ceremony was followed by morning tea with time for the families to see our house. After lunch there was some traditional tebe-tebe (dance).
