News Archives - Carmelite Spirit https://carmelite.com/category/news/ enkindled by the living flame of love... Fri, 04 Sep 2026 08:47:03 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 The Latest Global Carmelite News https://carmelite.com/the-latest-global-carmelite-news/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 01:00:13 +0000 https://carmelite.com/?p=2746 Check out the latest Carmelite news from across the globe. "OCD Communicationes" is a refreshing and interesting read for all (whether you're a Carmelite or not!).

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The Latest Global Carmelite News

Each month, the General Curia of the Teresian Carmel (in other words, the international headquarters of the Discalced Carmelites) publishes a newsletter called OCD Communicationes. The newsletter covers Carmelite news from around the world and is always a life-giving, engaging, and enjoyable read.

Check out the most recent edition of the newsletter below!

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]]> Latest Local Newsletter Reports on World Meeting of Secular Carmelites https://carmelite.com/latest-local-newsletter-reports-on-world-meeting-of-secular-carmelites/ Wed, 05 Aug 2026 08:50:05 +0000 https://carmelite.com/?p=5089 The OCDS World Encounter was held in Avila from 23-26 July 2026. Almost 1000 people from all over the world participated, including members of the Carmelite family from Down Under. The latest newsletter of the Discalced Carmelites in the Australia, New Zealand and Oceania region features news and images from this significant global meeting.

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Latest Local Newsletter Reports on World Meeting of Secular Carmelites

The OCDS World Encounter was held in Avila, Spain, from 23-26 July 2026. Almost one thousand people from all over the world participated, including Secular Carmelites from Varroville (Sydney), Melbourne, Samoa and Tonga, and our local OCDS delegate friar, Fr Gerard Moran.

The latest newsletter of the Discalced Carmelites in the Australia, New Zealand and Oceania region features news and images from this significant global meeting.

Click here to read the latest local newsletter.

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]]> Lent with Ruth Burrows and Sister Wendy Beckett https://carmelite.com/lent-with-ruth-burrows-and-sister-wendy-beckett/ Wed, 18 Feb 2026 03:52:44 +0000 https://carmelite.com/?p=5024 Ruth Burrows (Sister Rachel Gregory) and Sister Wendy Beckett were a Carmelite nun and hermit respectively who shared a deep spiritual friendship. This Lent, we're drawing their voices together to enrich our spiritual journey.

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Lent with Ruth Burrows and Sister Wendy Beckett

Ruth Burrows (Sister Rachel Gregory) and Sister Wendy Beckett were a Carmelite nun and hermit respectively who shared a deep spiritual friendship. This Lent, we’re drawing their voices together to enrich our spiritual journey.

Each Sunday of Lent (or maybe a little before!) we will upload here a simple reflection sheet containing relevant and life-giving passages to reflect upon and some questions to ponder over. You may like to print the sheet out, or download it to a device, and have it near you during your prayer times throughout the week.

Click here for Holy Week

Click here for the Fifth Week of Lent

Click here for the Fourth Week of Lent

Click here for the Third Week of Lent

Click here for the Second Week of Lent

Click here for the First Week of Lent

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]]> “Mount Carmel” Magazine Provides Free Online Edition and Archive https://carmelite.com/mount-carmel-magazine-provides-free-online-edition-and-archive/ Sun, 01 Feb 2026 02:33:43 +0000 https://carmelite.com/?p=4972 “We’re excited to make this treasure-trove of past and future issues available free to whoever has a computer or phone,”

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“Mount Carmel” Magazine Provides Free Online Edition and Archive

Mount Carmel has become a digital open access publication. Established in 1953, the magazine has circulated for over 70 years as a print journal among a limited number of subscribers. For the first time, the new web portal (MountCarmelMagazine.com) provides free access to all content from recent and future editions of the magazine.

Thanks to a partnership with DigiCarmel (DigiCarmel.com), 275 back issues of the magazine will also become freely available to the public. DigiCarmel is an online platform and database for the Carmelite Order. It provides access to a vast global archive of publications, research, and historical documents, creating a shared resource for the study and preservation of Carmelite heritage.

“We’re excited to make this treasure-trove of past and future issues available free to whoever has a computer or phone,” said Fr Yamai Bature, OCD, editor of Mount Carmel. “Many people are looking for ways to immerse themselves in prayer and a more intimate relationship with God. The new website and archive will be of great benefit to them and allow us to bring Carmelite spirituality to many more people.”

This combined effort makes publicly available thousands of feature articles, book reviews, and poems, facilitating search and discoverability by a wider audience.

Mount Carmel reflects on the timeless wisdom of the great Carmelite saints, including Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross, Therese of Lisieux, Edith Stein, and Elizabeth of the Trinity. Articles are practical and accessible to readers striving for holiness in their everyday lives.

Writers include many well-known experts in Carmelite spirituality, such as Ruth Burrows OCD, Barbara Dent OCDS, Julienne McLean, Conrad de Meester OCD, John Hughes OCD, Kieran Kavanaugh OCD, Jennifer Moorcroft, Joanne Mosley, Susan Muto, and Peter Tyler.

To remind readers whenever a new free digital issue is published, e-mail updates are available by subscribing through the Mount Carmel website. For those preferring paper, print on demand issues of Mount Carmel magazine will continue to be available for purchase through The Great British Bookshop (www.TheGreatBritishBookshop.co.uk), which prints in the UK, Europe, Australia and the United States, making ordering the magazine convenient across more countries.

“This project has been a labor of love for all those involved,” said Fr Yamai. “Mount Carmel is published four times a year by an incredible team of volunteers, with representation from the Carmelite family (seculars, nuns, and friars), alongside laypeople inspired by Carmelite spirituality.”

To visit the new Mount Carmel magazine website and connect to DigiCarmel, go to MountCarmelMagazine.com.

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]]> Visit of Father General Miguel Márquez Calle, OCD https://carmelite.com/visit-of-father-general-miguel-marquez-calle-ocd/ Mon, 05 Jan 2026 06:13:25 +0000 https://carmelite.com/?p=4951 In August 2025, the General of the Discalced Carmelite Order, Fr Miguel Márquez Calle, visited the Australian, New Zealand and Oceanian communities of the Discalced Carmelites. This latest local newsletter celebrates and reports on this momentous visit!

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Visit of Father General Miguel Márquez Calle, OCD

In August 2025, the General of the Discalced Carmelite Order, Fr Miguel Márquez Calle, visited the Australian, New Zealand and Oceanian communities of the Discalced Carmelites. He met with the friars and the secular members of the Order at Varroville (Sydney) and then travelled to Ormiston (Brisbane) to meet with the Council of the nuns’ Association of Our Lady of the Southern Cross.

Fr Miguel was accompanied by Fr Christianus, the General Definitor for the Asia-Pacific region, and Fr Jim Noonan, Provincial of the Anglo-Irish Province.

This latest newsletter of the Carmelites in the Australia, New Zealand and Oceania region celebrates and reports on this momentous visit!

Click here to read Newsletter No. 16

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]]> Latest Local Newsletter Honours Carmelite Martyrs https://carmelite.com/latest-local-newsletter-honours-carmelite-martyrs/ Fri, 18 Jul 2025 03:44:49 +0000 https://carmelite.com/?p=4870 Published to honour the feast day of the Carmelite Martyrs of Compiègne, the latest newsletter of the Carmelites in the Australia, New Zealand and Oceania region explores their story and its ongoing impact. Plus, there's news from the region and beyond.

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Latest Local Newsletter Honours Carmelite Martyrs

Another newsletter of the Carmelites in the Australia, New Zealand and Oceania region has been released! Published to honour the feast day of the Carmelite Martyrs of Compiègne, this issue explores the story of the martyrs and its ongoing impact. Plus, there's news from the Discalced Carmelite family throughout the region and so much more!

Click here to read Newsletter No. 15

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]]> Remembering Sister Katherine https://carmelite.com/remembering-sister-katherine/ Tue, 15 Jul 2025 04:44:52 +0000 https://carmelite.com/?p=4857 The latest newsletter of the Carmelites in the Australia, New Zealand and Oceania region remembers with love Sr Katherine of the Ormiston Carmelite Monastery (Brisbane).

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Remembering Sister Katherine

Sister Katherine of the Carmelite Monastery in Ormiston (Brisbane) died earlier this year. The latest newsletter of the Carmelites in the Australia, New Zealand and Oceania region remembers Sr Katherine’s life and pays tribute to the transformative impact she had on others.

Click here to read Newsletter No. 14

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]]> Holiness for All: St Thérèse of Lisieux Exhibition Returns to Melbourne https://carmelite.com/holiness-for-all-st-therese-of-lisieux-exhibition-returns-to-melbourne/ Mon, 05 May 2025 07:30:52 +0000 https://carmelite.com/?p=4786 2025 marks the centenary of the canonisation of St Thérèse of Lisieux. Celebrate by attending the Holiness for All exhibition!

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Holiness for All:
St Thérèse of Lisieux
Exhibition Returns
to Melbourne

2025 marks the centenary of the canonisation of St Thérèse of Lisieux. To celebrate, the Secular Carmelite community of Melbourne is pleased to present Holiness for All – a beautiful and inspirational exhibition on the life and spirituality of St Thérèse.

The exhibition was on display in St Patrick's Cathedral, East Melbourne, throughout October last year and was gratefully received by all who had a chance to visit the cathedral. The exhibition will be back at St Patrick's from Saturday, 10 May until Sunday, 25 May.

On Sunday, 18 May the centenary of the canonisation of St Thérèse will be celebrated at the 11am Mass at St Patrick's. Bishop Rene Ramirez will be the principal celebrant for this Mass.

All are welcome! See below for more details.

Click here to learn more about St Thérèse of Lisieux.

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]]> Latest Local Carmelite Newsletter Bursting with Life https://carmelite.com/latest-local-carmelite-newsletter-bursting-with-life/ Thu, 02 Jan 2025 09:10:04 +0000 https://carmelite.com/?p=4688 News, spiritual nourishment, and information about upcoming events abound in the latest newsletter of the Carmelites in the Australia, New Zealand and Oceania region.

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Latest Local Carmelite Newsletter Bursting with Life

The latest newsletter of the Carmelites in the Australia, New Zealand and Oceania region has just been released. This edition includes news, spiritual nourishment, information about Carmelite events in 2025, and much more!

Click here to read Newsletter No. 12

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]]> Holiness for All: St Thérèse of Lisieux Exhibition in Melbourne https://carmelite.com/holiness-for-all-st-therese-of-lisieux-exhibition-in-melbourne/ Wed, 18 Sep 2024 10:01:21 +0000 https://carmelite.com/?p=4642 Are you in Melbourne? Celebrate the upcoming centenary of the canonisation of St Thérèse of Lisieux by attending the Holiness for All exhibition!

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Holiness for All: St Thérèse of Lisieux Exhibition in Melbourne

To celebrate the upcoming centenary of the canonisation of St Thérèse of Lisieux, the OCDS community of Melbourne is pleased to present Holiness for All – an exhibition on the life and spirituality of St Thérèse.

The exhibition will be launched at 12.15pm in St Patrick’s Cathedral, East Melbourne, on St Thérèse’s feast day – Tuesday, 1 October 2024. There will be prayers and reflections followed by Mass at 1pm at the Cathedral. The exhibition will remain on display throughout October.

All are welcome! See below for more details.

Click here to learn more about St Thérèse of Lisieux. 

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