CEREMONIES – LOWER MAINLAND COMMUNITIES : WESTERN CANADA OCDS How blessed the Lower Mainland Communities to have
their Ceremonies on October 1, 2015, the Feast of
St. Therese. The Ceremonies took place at St.
Edmund’s Parish, North Vancouver, BC during a solemn
Eucharistic Celebration officiated by Fr. Jerald
D’Souza with St. Edmund’s parishioners, OCDS
members, their family and friends in attendance.
Seven candidates received their scapulars, one
candidate made her First Promise and four candidates
made their Definitive Promises. The Vancouver
Community has much reason to be particularly joyful
for a bonanza year with seven of the twelve
candidates being members of their community. The
candidates radiated pure contagious joy which was
shared by all present with tears and smiles. The
occasion culminated with refreshments and fellowship
in the parish hall.
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ANNUAL OCDS MEETING WITH PROVINCIAL DELEGATE in Canada. Secretariat officers, Molly Diaz and Leslie Blair,
met with Provincial Delegate Fr. Jerald D’Souza on
September 29 for a curia meeting at St. Edmund’s
Parish, North Vancouver BC. There was a briefing and
discussion of the past year’s events and future
plans were tabled. The following day, September 30,
2016, they were joined by the Presidents and
Directors of Formation of all the communities for
the annual meeting. The meeting commenced with
Morning Prayer and Mass followed by morning
refreshments after which it convened in the basement
of the church. The Calgary and Vernon
representatives were acknowledged for their
sacrifice, time and expense to attend at the
Vancouver venue. Reports were presented by everyone.
Community officers were able to share how they
conducted their meetings and how they implemented
the formation syllabus.
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Twin Birthday celebrations at Pushpashrama On the 28th of September 2016, the community of
Pushpashrama celebrated the Birthday of Fr. Paul D’
Souza and Fr. Ronald D’ Souza, the master of
Philosophy Students, whose Birthday was on the 14th
of September. The birthday program began with a
prayer hymn followed by an entertainment song and a
dance. The brothers also performed a skit, an
orchestra and a joke. The highlight of the event was
the musical piece played by Fr. Paul on the violin
which raised the eyebrow of all the members of the
community. Fr Oswald Crasta on behalf of the fathers
and Br Viltan on behalf of the brothers enumerated
and acknowledged the contributions of the birthday
babies towards the community and the formation of
the brothers.
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Pushpashrama honours its Patroness Pushpashrama community privileged to honour its
patroness St Therese of Child Jesus on the 1st of
October 2016. It was an auspicious day to celebrate
and rejoice with our patroness for the manifold
blessings that Pushpashrama received through the
intercession of St Therese. The day commenced with
the solemn lauds (Morning Prayer) where the entire
community congregated at the seminary chapel to sing
the praises of God. The festal mass was presided
over by Rev Fr Vincent Fernandes, the rector of
Minor Seminary, Mysore diocese at 11-15am along with
other 16 concelebrants from the neighboring
communities. The religious sisters, Dr Kanthraj and
Family and Mr Joychen and family were the privileged
guests of honour who joined the celebration to
honour the patroness. Rev Fr Vincent in his homily
highlighted the little way and the spiritual
childhood of St Therese and invited all to walk in
the footsteps of St Therese in following the Lord.
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Province Retreat at Sadbhavana II The third batch of friars from the Province gathered
at Sadbhavana, from 19th of September to 23rd of
September 2016, for the annual retreat. It was
preached by Rev. Dr. Ivel J. Mendanha C.Ss.R, the
Provincial of the Vice-Province of Majella. There
were 24 participants who were inspired by the
thought provoking reflections of the preacher. Fr.
Jeevan Tauro expressed the sentiments of gratitude
to Fr. Ivel on his hat trick retreat for the
Carmelites. Fr. George Santhumayor offered a gift to
the preacher as a token of our love and appreciation
and Fr. Jossy Rodrigues, the former superior of
Sadbhavana acknowledged the hospitality of the
present superior by offering him a flower. The
kitchen staff was thanked for their whole hearted
service all through these days.
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Konkani Natak Sabha - Inter-Parish Competitions
Bajjodi Parish bagged overall Championship Infant Mary Parish, Bajjodi bagged overall
championship in all the competitions held during the
year-2016. In the beginning Fr Peter Cyprian D’Souza
welcomed the gathering. The prizes of the
competitions were distributed by the KNS president
Fr Peter Cyprian D’Souza along with Santosh Sequeira,
proprietor of Santhosh Arrangers. KNS vice president
Prem Lobo, general secretary Sunil Menezes and joint
secretary and others were present. Sunil Menezes
read the list of prize winners and congratulated
them on behalf of Konkani Natak Sabha and proposed
vote of thanks. After returning there was a
procession from bikarnakatte to Infant Mary Church.
The atmosphere at the church was like carnival
procession. The parishioners young and old alike
danced together to the rhythm of band and celebrated
the victory.
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One Day Workshop for Youth Held at Londa LONDA: Holy Family Church, Londa organised a day
seminar/workshop for the youth of Londa Parish on
the theme, “All Ye Youth! Proclaim Life.” Br.
Malvino Alfonso OCD was the resource person. Br.
Alfonso clarifying the terms youth and datholic
youth appealed the youngsters to respect life and
proclaim it. He highlighted the importance of living
a good life. He also dealt with the topics like
‘challenges faced by the catholic youth,’ ‘love v/s
infatuation’ and ‘interpersonal relationships.’ The
participants also presented role plays on the
contribution of youth to the society, family and the
church. Fr. Anthony D’Souza OCD, Parish Priest of
Holy Family Church, Londa welcomed the youth and
proposed vote of thanks.
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Province Retreat at Sadbhavana The second batch of friars from the Province
gathered at Sadbhavana, from 12th of September to
16th of September 2016, for the annual retreat. It
was preached by Rev. Dr. Ivel J. Mendanha C.Ss.R,
the Provincial of the Vice-Province of Majella.
There were 23 participants who experienced the love
of the Lord in the silence of Sadbhavana cloisters
in pursuit of being mystics in the metropolitan.
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Family feast celebrated at Infant Mary Chruch,
Bajjodi Mangalore, Sep 11: The family feast celebration in
Infant Mary Church, Bajjodi began with the
Eucharistic celebration on Sunday, September 11. The
solemn mass was celebrated by Mangalore diocesan
Vicar General Monsignor Denis Moras Prabhu along
with Fr. Manoj Braganza, Fr. Adolf, Fr. Melwyn
D’cunha, Parish Priest Fr. Shabas Crasta & Asst.
Priest Fr. Ivan D’souza. The cultural programme
began at 10.30am in the Community Hall. Vicar
General Fr. Denis Moras, Corporator Keshav, South
MLA J.R. Lobo were the chief guests of honour on
this occasion. Fr. Melwyn D’cunha, Fr. Shabas Crasta,
Fr. Ivan D’souza, Mr. Joseph Mascarenhas, the vice
president and Irene Pinto, the secretary shared the
stage with these dignitaries.
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Golden Jubilee of St. Andrew the Apostle Parish -
London Ontario On September 11 St. Andrew the Apostle church,
London Ontario, Canada, celebrated the Golden
Jubilee of the Parish. St. Andrew the Apostle church
was established in 1966. Through the generosity of
Joseph Fallon who donated the land in memory of his
deceased wife Alice Fallon, we are grateful to have
St. Andrew’s Church to worship in. The parish was
named St. Andrew the Apostle in recognition of many
years of service to the Diocese by Monsignor Andrew
P. Mahoney as the rector of St. Peter’s seminary and
Vicar General of the Diocese. Before the mass, there
was a small power point presentation on all the
priests who served the parish.
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Mysore Konkani Kutam at Pushpashrama September 11, 2016 Sunday, the Konkani Kutam of
Mysore region celebrated the solemnity of the
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the Infant
Jesus Shrine, Pushpashrama. The Children and the
elders congregated around the statue of Infant Mary
and offered flowers. The new corn was blessed at the
grotto of our Lady which was followed by the
concelebrated festive mass which was presided over
by Fr Vinod Lobo. Rev Fr Dominic Vas, the Director
of Dhyanavana in his homily highlighted the
decadence of the family values in the modern world
and invited all to follow the virtues of Mary in our
Christian families. The Pushpashrama philosophy
brothers along with the youth of Konkani Kutam gave
an angelic outlook to the celebration through their
melodious voices.
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Family fest at Ranithota The Carmelite friars of Ranithota, Pushpashrama had
a great reason to rejoice and celebrate at the
birthday of our heavenly Mother which was solemnized
on the 8th of September. The family celebration
commenced at 1-00pm where the entire community
including the domestic staff congregated at the
decorated refectory of the monastery. The philosophy
brothers through an enactment highlighted the
traditional importance of the family feast. Later
the community gathered for prayer service, where the
selected friars prayed for various intentions in
fifteen different languages. Fr Alfred Menezes, the
rector gave a message of unity and invited all to be
messengers of unity and peace in the community.
After which the senior most friar Fr Paul mixed the
new corn with the milk and prayed the grace before
the meals. Thus the family fest at the Ranithota was
a grand celebration which included 48 dishes of
vegetables.
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Province Retreat at Ryshivana The first batch of friars from the Province gathered
at Ryshivana, Ranipura from 29th of August to 2nd of
September 2016, for the annual retreat. It was
preached by Rev. Dr. Ivel J. Mendanha C.Ss.R, the
Provincial of the Vice-Province of Majella. All the
36 participants appreciated the rich reflections
offered by the preacher and the natural scenic
beauty of the place. Thanks to the community of
Ryshivana for making the experience spiritually
enriching and rewarding.
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Canadian Carmelites' Regional meeting held at
Kitchener - Hamilton (Ontario)
We the members of Canadian Carmelite Region of
Karnataka-Goa Province met together at
Kitchener-Hamilton from August 22nd to 25th for our
annual meeting. after our arrival on n August 22nd,
we had the solemn celebration of the Holy Eucharist
on August 23rd; Fr. Rajesh Madtha, the Birthday boy
being the main celebrant and Fr. Jason Tellis the
inspiring preacher. Fr. Rajesh Madtha was
felicitated after the mass and people who gathered
prayed for him and congratulated him. After the Holy
Eucharistic celebration, we had morning prayer
followed by a great breakfast. At 10 am we began the
meeting by the reading the last meeting's report and
election of the secretaries for registering the
minutes of the meeting. Many issues connected with
the region and its development were discussed. Fr.
Jerald D'Souza presented the annual accounts to the
members and Fr. Ranjan D'sa briefed the members the
obligations all residents have towards CRA (Canada
Revenue Agency) were elaborated. We also discussed
the prospects the Carmelites have in Canada and the
need for recruiting new vocations was also an
important point that was thoroughly discussed.
After the meeting, we had a great lunch and
thereafter we visited St Joseph's Cloistered Carmel
at Agatha - Hamilton. We all the members are
intensely grateful to Fr. Jerome Mascarenhas and Fr.
Roshan D'Souza for making our stay comfortable and
providing us with tempting banquets of great and
delicious food. We also thank all the members
especially Fr. Jerald D'Souza for organizing the
event and Fr. Ranjan D'Sa for technical support.
Frs. Jason Tellis, Fr. Mario Fernandes, Fr. Victor
Fernandes have provided us with the logistical
support and Fr. John Pinto for his great moral and
spiritual support during this week. Fr. Steny
Mascarenhas and Fr. Godwin were busy in contacting
the local security to keep us safe during this great
event. Fr. Alwyn Sequeira was entrusted with the
work of liturgy and spirituality and was successful
in keeping up the real Carmelite Spirit among us. We
did not give any work given to Fr. Rajesh Madtha as
he was celebrating his birthday. Fr. Alfredo was
entrusted with the task of monitoring the situation
and we thank him. Since Vijay Martin is new to
Canada we kept him completely free; Frs. Melwin
Pinto and Ronald Sequeira were also given total
freedom as they looked tired and came from a
missionary hard working region.
On August 24th we traveled to Niagara Falls to spend
a day in fun, relaxation, and sightseeing. On August
25th most of the friars left back to their
communities. Fr. Rudolf V. D'Souza OCD
B’day of the First person celebrated B’day of the First Person of the Province was
celebrated in all solemnity on the 25th of August in
Sadbhavana. All the fathers of the Bangalore region
gathered in the eve to wish our dear Fr. Provincial.
Fr. George Santhumayor, Vicar Provincial raised the
toast acknowledging all his service at the Province
level and Generalate level and wished him all the
best. Fr. Isidore honored the Provincial with the
colorful bouquet of flowers filled with fraternal
love and brotherly affection. Fr. Provincial thanked
everyone for the whole hearted collaboration and
co-operation. Fr. Jerald D’Souza, Superior had
spread the sumptuous table to add flavor to the
celebration. After the dinner Fr. Walter Lobo led
the group to sing 'Besanv Tujer Pondondi' and few
other party songs to bring joy into the celebration.
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Birthday of Provincial @ Baroda August 24, 2016 – on the feast day of St
Bartholomew, the faithful of Gorwa parish along with
the parish community and the young priests of the
K.G. Province celebrated the anticipated birthday of
Rev Fr Charles Serrao, the Provincial Superior. The
formal celebration commenced at 6-30pm where the
birthday baby along with the 11 young priests and
Frs Kaushik and Noel gathered around the altar of
the Lord to celebrate the Sacrament of love and to
thank the Lord for the gift of life. Since the mass
was in Gujarati language, Fr Sunil Monis, Superior
and Parish priest presided over the Eucharist and
preached a meaningful homily highlighting the
experience of the Lord in our day today lives.
Towards the end of the celebration, Fr Sunil made
known to the community the intention of the
celebration and the birthday baby was requested to
cut the cake.
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Young priests unite at Vadodara The young priests of the K.G. Province congregated
at the newly inaugurated monastery which was
dedicated to St Therese of Child Jesus at Gorwa,
Vadodara for their annual meeting which commenced on
22 and concluded on 25 august 2016. The formal
inauguration of the meeting was held on August 22 at
7-30 pm, where Rev Fr George Santhumayor, Councilor
for Ongoing formation presided over the Eucharistic
celebration along with the 11 young priests of our
province. The traditional way of lighting the lamp
which gave a green signal for the meeting. Fr George
in his homily invited all the young priests to be
witnesses in our religious communities by becoming
the role models and exemplary religious.
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CARMEL HILL CANADA - GETTING STRONGER AND BIGGER
- PHOTOS MAY-JULY 2016
Dear Friends,
It is my pleasure to let you know that our Monastery
in Canada: Little Flower Monastery (Carmel Hill) is
getting stronger and bigger. Since May this year
till the end of July we had approximately 11 groups
ranging from Bible Study group, Neo Catecuminal
group, Jesuits Students, Aspirant Deacons,
Angelina's Prayer Group, Lay sisters, Lay people,
Blessed Sacrament Parish prayer Group etc. have come
and experienced God and our hospitality. We are
excited that many more have booked our facility and
it is growing stronger and bigger. We have heard
reports of our Monastery from far East of Canada
(Ontario) to Vancouver a distance of 7000 kms. We
get many visitors and are excited to know that this
facility is indeed growing. Bro. Frank Sharma a new
aspirant is doing his pre-postulancy in our facility
and Bro. Joseph Giroux is continuing his religious
life with regular prayer and community life and Fr.
Alwyn Sequiera is managing the whole campus with
caliber and expertise with the help of the community
members. Apart from the lay people many diocesan
priests have been visiting the facility and getting
to know what Carmelites can offer to their
parishioners. With the Blessings of Archbishop
Michael Miller CSB who has been the greatest support
of this Monastery we are growing in our attempt at
sharing our charism to the whole Vancouver
Archdiocese. Moreover, many Christian denomination
groups are interested in using our facility for
Bible Study, prayer and spiritual-theological
formation. This has been a great gift to Karnataka
Goa Province and we are ever grateful to Helen Chua
Tiampo and her team that supports her vision for the
Carmelites in Canada. With regards and prayers Fr. Rudolf V. D'Souza OCD
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Collage of Celebrations at SADBHAVANA! The Superiors and formators meet was held on 21st of
June, 2016, which was also the setting for some
rejoicing.
- Fr. Provincial congratulated Rev. Fr. Wilfred
Rodrigues on the completion of his doctorate. After
expressing his words of appreciation to the scholar
he was honoured with a shawl and Mysore Peta.
- It was an opportunity to wish Fr. Arun Lobo - the
budding bursar of the province a very Happy Birthday
(postponed from 1st of June).
- Rev. Fr. Nelson Osmond Vas, the newly ordained
priest of the Province was felicitated on his first
visit to Sadbhavana.
- Finally Fr. Richard Menezes was recognized on
being conferred the literary award ‘Francis Danthi.’
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Great B’day Celebration Sadbhavana community was extremely happy to
celebrate the B’day of Fr. Isidore D’Silva on the
2nd of August. All the communities of Bengaluru
region gathered to wish many returns of the day to
Rome return B’day baby. Fr. Isidore is stepping into
his 75th year and on this auspicious occasion Fr.
Provincial raised the toast and acknowledged his
dedicated service now in the province and in the
Generalate in the past. The province missed out the
chance to celebrate his B’day for last 51 years as
he was rendering his services in Rome (A golden
jubilee of missing his B’day in province). All the
fathers gathered wish him many more years to come
after which all enjoyed the home-made delicacies
prepared under the able leadership of Fr. Jerald,
superior of Sadbhavana.
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PROMISES TO KEEP! (Secular Carmel, Margao – Goa) 17th July, 2016 was a special day for Our Lady of
Mount Carmel (OCDS) community of Margao, Goa. On
this day 10 members of the community made their
promises in the presence of Rev. Fr. Charles Serrao
OCD, Provincial Superior. Fr. Silvestre D’Souza, the
Councillor in-charge of Spirituality, Fr. Archibald
Gonsalves, Superior and Fr. Peter D’Sa from Xellim,
concelebrated at the Mass during which there was the
liturgical ‘rite of Promises.’ The Church was packed
to capacity with the faithful, among whom were
family members and friends of those going to make
their promises.
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The OCDS of our Province march forward! After the first OCDS Provincial Congress in October
last year, Rev. Fr. Alzinir DEbastiani OCD, the
General Delegate of the Secular Carmel on a visit to
our Province, had suggested that we move towards
forming an OCDS Provincial Council. Steps were taken
in this regard and the four communities having
members with Definitive Promises were requested to
propose two candidates from their respective
communities. After consultations with the Delegate
Provincial and the Spiritual Assistants, the
following have been appointed by the Provincial,
Rev. Fr. Charles Serrao for a term of three years.
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MOUNT CARMEL FEAST AT ST EDMUNDS CHURCH NORTH
VANCOUVER
The Canadian Carmelites of Karnataka Goa Province
celebrated Mount Carmel Feast on July 16th at 10 am
in St. Edmund's Church - North Vancouver. Fr. Jerald
arranged a wonderful celebration with the Bishop
Paul Terrio from St. Paul's Diocese (Alberta) was
the main celebrant and Fr. Rudolf and Fr. Jerald
were concelebrants with the Bishop. We had also the
pleasure of the presence of Frs. Steny Mucarenhas,
Fr. Alwyn Sequeira, Fr. Rajesh Madtha, Bro. Joseph
Giroux and Bro Frank Sharma (aspirant to
Carmelites). There were more than 250 people present
along with a wonderful presence of Secular
Carmelites. The liturgy was well organized and
Bishop Terrio gave a great homily stressing the
importance of Prayer, contemplation and devotion to
Mother Mary of Mount Carmel. The celebration ended
with the blessing of scapulars and distribution. At
the end of the liturgical celebration Fr. Rudolf
invited all people to go to Carmel Hill a place of
prayer, contemplation and meditation. He also
stressed that the facility available is not only for
religious retreats but also for lay people to spend
time in peace with God. The parishioners organized a
grand luncheon in the School hall and all were happy
and joyful to celebrate this great Carmelite event.
We congratulate Fr. Jerry for organizing this great
celebration with a wonderful choir and other
liturgically creative moments during this event.
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Feast of our Lady of Mount Carmel @ Sadbhavana The
feast of our Lady of Mount Carmel was celebrated in
Sadbhavana on 24th of July at 8:30am. Fr. Pius James
D’Souza, Episcopal vicar for Religious in the
diocese of Mangalore presided over the Eucharistic
celebration and broke the word of God highlighting
the Mercy of God envisioned in the life of Mary. All
the friars from Sadbhavana along with Fr. Stephen
Pereira and Fr. Gregory D’Souza concelebrated. Fr.
Charles Serrao, Provincial Superior distributed the
blessed candles to the donors and wished all the
participants a very happy feast and expressed his
gratitude for all their support and encouragement in
the past twenty years as Sadbhavana completes twenty
years of its inauguration. (Sadbhavana was
inaugurated on the 25th of July, 1996.)
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Br. Don Tony D'Souza ordained a deacon Br.
Don Tony D’Souza was ordained deacon on the 16th of
June in St. Jeppu Seminary along with his diocesan
batchmates. This year we have only one deacon in the
person of Br. Don Tony D’Souza who hails from Miyar,
Mangaluru. It was a joyous vocation to witness the
diaconal ordination as Br. Don Tony along with his
seventeen companions who were given the privilege to
ascend the altar to preach the word of God and
administer the Sacraments. We wish him all the very
best for the diaconate ministry and the exams to
come.
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Feast of our Lady of Mount Carmel, at Benoni,
South Africa The
feast of our lady of Mount Carmel was celebrated on
16th of July, 2016 at Benoni, South Africa. It was
indeed an important day in the history of South
African Mission. Rt. Rev. Dr Buti Tlhgale the
Archbishop of Johannesburg blessed the new
tabernacle and declared that the church dedicated in
honor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel as a virtual
parish. In his speech, the Archbishop thanked the
Carmelite Fathers for their selfless service to the
faithful in his archdiocese. The Solemn Festal Mass
was at 5.00 pm. During the Mass, new batch of
Secular Carmelites were admitted for a period of
formation through the rite of Admission. Archbishop,
in his homily explained the 15 new candidates the
importance of Carmelite Spirituality for laity and
asked them to discern their vocation as Secular
Carmelites through the spirit of Prayer and
commitment.
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Confirmation Ceremony in our Lady of Loreto
Church, Kempton Park, South Africa It
was indeed glad to have his grace Archbishop Buti
OMI to confer the sacrament of confirmation for 34
students of the parish. During his homily the
archbishop instructed the students to remain
faithful to their commitment to Our Holy Mother
Church and also emphasized to have a faithful
devotion to our Blessed Mother and explained the
importance of the sacrament of confirmation. He was
assisted by Fr. Peter Rebello OCD the energetic
parish priest and Berniece Eales who animated the
liturgy meaningfully accompanied by the angelic
singing church choir. 300 parishioners gathered to
witness the ceremony. After the celebration Fr Peter
thanked the Archbishop and all the newly confirmed
candidates and Archbishop applauded the parish
community for the generous service and commitment.
After the mass all gathered in the hall for
refreshments.
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St. Dominic Parish, Hamilton Diocese - Ontario,
Canada
Dear Fathers,
This is a good news from Canada. We have a new
parish in Hamilton Diocese - Ontario. The new parish
priest is Fr. Ranjan D'sa. St. Dominic Parish
Oakville was established in 1955. Now approximately
500 – 600 people attend the weekend masses. The
parish takes care of two elementary schools and a
high school. The parish has a small chapel and the
weekdays masses are celebrated in the chapel. It
also has a small parish hall only used for parish
activities. The area is residential and very
beautiful. It is on the shores of Lake Ontario. On
the 16th and 17th for the first time in the history
of St. Dominic parish, we celebrated the feast of
Our Lady of Mount Carmel - scapulars were
distributed to all. Cudos to Fr. Ranjan D'sa for
taking up this great responsibility as Pastor. Fr.
Ranjan through his expertise as the Spiritual
counsellor can do wonders in this parish and draw
more vocations to Carmel. He has been a great pastor
in St. Andrew the Apostle London Ontario for more
than 6 years now and has transformed this parish as
a centre of Spirituality and Contemplation. We wish
him all the success and good time in this new
venture.
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Mount Carmel Feast at Katkere, Koteshwar Mount
Carmel feast was celebrated on the 16th July 2016 at
Katkere, Koteshwar. The Holy Eucharist was presided
over by Rev Fr. Pius James D’Souza, superior of
Ryshivana and Episcopal Vicar for the religious of
Mangalore diocese. In his inspiring homily he
invited the faithful to derive inspiration from our
lady of Mount Carmel in being merciful towards the
others. Fr. Anil, the dean of the Kundapur deanery
and many other priests concelebrated. The scapulars
were distributed after the mass as a sign of Marian
protection to all those who wear it.
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Mount Carmel Feast celebrated at Infant Mary
Church, Bajjodi July
16th: Parishioners of bajjodi along with the vibrant
Secular carmelite members celebrated the Feast of
our Lady of Mount Carmel on the 16th of July, 2016
in Infant Mary Church at 5.30pm. Rev. Fr. Joe Tauro,
Rector of St. Joseph Monastery Carmel Hill presided
over the festive Eucharist and preached a heart
touching sermon highlighting the motherly character
of our Lady with a request to remain close to her to
feel her affection and protection. Carmelite priests
from near and far along with Parish Priest Fr.
Shabas and Asst. Fr. Ivan concelebrated in the
thanksgiving sacrifice. The angelic choir led by
Clerita added flavor to the prayerful celebration.
Scapulars, the sign of the motherly protection of
Mary were distributed to the faithful after the
mass.
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Bro. Frank Sharma a new postulant at Carmel Hill,
B.C., Canada “Into
the land of Carmel I have brought you to enjoy its
fruits and its blessings” Jeremiah 2:7
On July 9, 20016 Bro. Frank Sharma arrived at Carmel
Hill as a postulant to discern his call in Carmel.
He was warmly welcomed by Fr. Alwyn the Superior and
Formator and a longtime friend of Bro. Frank, Fr.
Nicholas Tumbalake, who happened to be at Carmel
Hill with the youth of his parish: Our Lady of
Mercy, Burnaby BC. He cut the cake along with a
birthday celebrant from among the youth and we all
partook in the sumptuous meal prepared by the Valley
Caterers for the occasion. Later Bro. Frank shared
with the Mercy Youth his personal journey that led
him to Carmelite Order. Frank was born and raised in
Sri Lanka. For the past 14 years he has been living
in Surry BC, Canada with his family.
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Feast of Our Lady of Mount
Carmel Celebrated at Londa LONDA:
Carmelite Friars of Carmel Nivas Londa celebrated
feast of their patroness Our Lady of Mount Carmel at
the Holy Family Church Londa. “ 'Let us imbibe the
virtues of Mother Mary specially the mercy lived and
proclaimed by Mother Mary' said Fr. Teodozio
Fernandes OCD in his heart touching homily. Fr.
Fernandes was preaching homily on the theme:- Mary,
Mother of Mercy. Fr. Anthony D’souza OCD, Superior
and Parish Priest of Holy Family Church presided
over the Eucharistic celebration. Fr. Venil D’souza
OCD concelebrated. Elaborating on the mercy of
Mother Mary Fr. Teodozio, referring to the different
passages from the Gospel, reminded the faithful how
Mary showed concern and mercy towards her Cousin
Elizabeth, wedding at Cana, etc.
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Golden Jubilee of St. Andrew the Apostle Parish,
London Ontario, Canada
The Diocese of London on June 15, 1965 officially
erected a new parish under the patronage of St.
Andrew the Apostle. The name of the parish was
assigned by Bishop Carter in recognition of the
distinguished service of Monsignor Andrew P.
Mahoney, Vicar General of the Diocese at that time.
The new church was in fact founded on the
charismatic personality of Rev. Fr. John McMaster,
who was its first pastor until he died on May 13,
1973. St. Andrews Church is on the Fallons
Lane. This name is given to this street in honour of
the donor of the land, Joseph Fallon in memory of
his wife Alice Fallon, a native of Mount Carmel,
Ontario. The New Church Building of St. Andrew the
Apostle was blessed by Bishop Carter on June 1966.
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Adieu Program to Fr. Ranjan
There were two sendoff programs arranged for Fr.
Ranjan the outgoing Pastor of St. Andrew the Apostle
Parish - One by the parishioners and another by non
parishioners. More than 400 people attended the
event, which is a great indicator to show how much
he was loved and appreciated. He was thanked for his
excellent pastoral work in the parish for the last
six years of his pastoral ministry. The president of
parish pastoral council could not complete his
speech as he was in tears filled with emotions. Fr.
Ranjan no doubt, had made a great impact on people
for which all will miss him.
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Parish Feast at Kitchener, Canada The
Annual Feast of St. Aloysius Parish, Kitchener, ON,
Canada was celebrated for the first time on 26th
June 2016. Bishop Mathew Ustrzycki, the Auxiliary
Bishop of Hamilton presided over the solemn
Eucharistic celebration at 11.00am which was
attended by not less than 250 people. In his
inspirational homily Bishop Ustrzycki preached on
the Mercy of God and invited everyone to experience
His mercy personally and to become sharers of mercy.
This celebration was solemnized with the presence of
Knights of Columbus. Fr. Jerome Mascarenhas, the
pastor meticulously planned for the day and it was
indeed appreciated by the parishioners. The joy of
this celebration was enhanced with the Parish Picnic
consisting of Music and Entertainment, Games,
Display Counters and Canadian BBQ .
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Carmelite MASTER in Mariology
Rev. Fr. Vinod Lobo defended his Masteral Thesis on
'Mary as an icon of Disciple of Christ in the
writings of Contemporary Theologians: Tissa
Balasuriya, Luigi Gambero, E. A. Johnson and B. R.
Gaventa' on 27th June, 2016 in Rome. Congratulations Padre
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Inauguration of Dhyanavana Spirituality Course The
20th Diploma Spirituality of Dhyanavana was
inaugurated on Sunday, 3rd July 2016, during the
Eucharistic celebration which was officiated by Rev.
Fr. Silvestre D’Souza OCD, Councillor in charge of
Spirituality. More than 25 Carmelites and other
religious priests and around 100 sisters and
brothers attended the celebration. During the homily
Fr. Silvestre explained the spirituality of St.
Thomas the Apostle inviting the participants to be
courageous as the brave apostle. This year God has
blessed the institute with 41 participants. Some
more participants for the short courses are expected
along with a good number of Day Scholars from
different congregations.
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Integrity in Ministry On
25 June 2016, the members of Parish Pastoral Council
and Parish Finance Committee of Our Lady of Loreto
Catholic Church, along with the Parish Priest Fr
Peter Rebello, came for the annual retreat at
Carmelite Retreat House Benoni. Fr Arvin Tauro, the
Director of the Center preached the retreat on the
theme 'Integrity in Ministry.' In his preaching, Fr
Arvin explained how the church promotes and
encourages integrity of lay leadership in all
aspects of pastoral ministry. He said, “by various
kinds of lay leadership in the church, clergy and
lay leaders enter into a covenantal relationship
with the people of God. It is a relationship modeled
on God’s steadfast love and faithfulness.”
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Transform for Triumph Around
one hundred youth gathered on 18 of June, 2016 at
Carmel Retreat House, Benoni, South Africa for a
day’s retreat. 'Transform for Triumph' was the theme
of the retreat. Fr Peter Rebello, the superior
welcomed the Youth at 10 am. Fr Arvin Tauro and Mr
Chris Shaw, a Charismatic leader preached the
retreat, animating the youth in praise and worship
and spiritual talks. A great number of youth were
present from Kempton Park and Actonville Parish,
where Fr Peter and Boniface D’Souza are parish
priests respectively. There was also a small group
of youth from other parishes who participated in the
retreat. The retreat concluded with the celebration
of Eucharist at 6.00 pm.
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K.G. PROVINCE SALUTES THE NEW DOCTOR June
23, 2016 – was a red letter day in the life of Fr
Alphonse Britto and the Karnataka Goa Province, as
he successfully defended his doctoral thesis on the
theme – “Integration of Christian Spirituality and
Contemplation in the life and teachings of Pope John
Paul II: A Study with a special reference to His
Apostolic Exhortations Christifideles Laici,
Pastores Dabo Vobis and Vita Consecrata”. The
doctoral defense was held at the Pontifical
Theological Faculty and Pontifical Institute of
Spirituality, Teresianum, Rome. It was commenced at
16-00 hours which was attended by sizeable number of
Carmelites from Teresianum, Santa Maria della Scala
and Santa Maria Empoli and his friends.
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A STEP AHEAD IN KADAGANSHI MISSION:
Beginning of the Educational apostolate! The
first phase of Mount Carmel School, Kalaburgi,
consisting of 4 classrooms was blessed on the 16th
of June, 2016. Rev. Fr Jerome Moras, Provincial
Councilor in-charge of social work and apostolate
was the chief guest. The programme started at 10:30
am. with the blessing of the new edifice, by Fr.
Jerome Moras. The Superior, Fr Sylvester Pereira
welcomed the gathering. Fr. Nelson Pinto compered
the programme. Fr Arun Bennis proposed the vote of
thanks. Fr. Arun Bennis while expressing his
sentiments acknowledged the generous contribution
from the Canada region, especially the benefactor:
Miss Helen Chua Tiampo, through the relentless
efforts of Rev. Fr. Rudolf V. D’Souza, the support
of the Provincial Administration and the committed
and dedicated efforts of Fr. Lawrence D’Cunha,
Provincial Councilor in charge of temporalities who
meticulously took care of the construction from the
beginning.
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Lectio Brevis 2016-2017 Lectio
Brevis of the current academic year took place on
the fifteenth of June, 2016 in Pushpashrama. The
celebration began with the Holy Eucharist presided
over by Rev. Fr. Silvestre D'Souza, Councilor in
charge of spirituality. He also preached a
meaningful homily inviting the brothers to grow in
wisdom. After a sumptuous tea-break the inaugural
ceremony of the academic year took place in the
seminary auditorium. Br. Elvis compered the
programme and Rev. Fr. Alfred Menezes Rector of the
College spread the carpet of red roses to all the
invitees. Rev. Fr. Paul D’Souza, the professor par
excellence introduced the speaker of the day. Rev.
Fr. Wilfred Rodrigues the latest doctor of the
province presented the Lectio Brevis on the theme
‘Personal fulfilment and happiness through freedom
from cravings, a comparative study of Gautama Buddha
and St. John of the Cross.’
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THEY BEGIN THEIR JOURNEY IN CARMEL We
thank the Lord for the gift of eleven new aspirants
to the Karnataka-Goa Province. On 5th June was
inaugurated the ‘Initiation Course’ for the year
2016-2017, at Avila Jyothi, Carmelite Seminary,
Mapusa – Goa. Fr. Silvestre D’Souza OCD, Provincial
Councillor for Vocation Promotion (in the absence of
the Provincial, who is away in Rome), presided over
the Sunday Eucharist. The friars of the formation
community and the Vocation Promoters who had
accompanied the boys to Mapusa, concelebrated.
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Birthday of Fr. Boniface D'Souza, celebrated by
his parish family in South Africa: June
the 5th, on the Feast Day of St. Boniface we the
parishioners of St Joseph's Catholic Church
Actonville celebrated the 45th birthday of our
parish priest Fr. Boniface during the Sunday Mass.
Fr. Boniface D’Souza OCD, has been priest in charge
at our parish since 2012. Fr Boniface's guidance,
commitment and support to the parishioners of St
Joseph's Catholic Church, has also revived spiritual
activity within the parish and has brought a new
meaning to what spirituality should be. He is not
only our Parish Priest, but our Shepherd who
continuously strives to enlighten his flock about
leading exemplary Catholic Morals and Values, in
their every-day lives.
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Sacred Heart of Jesus honoured at Margao "A
little bit of mercy makes the world less cold and
more just." - Pope Francis. The Carmelite Monastery
Margao has been a place where people experience the
mercy of the Lord in the diocese of Goa. The feast
of the Sacred Heart of Jesus was celebrated with
great reverence in this year of mercy. People
nourished their faith as they gathered for the
Eucharistic procession and adoration followed by
solemn mass. Fr. Archie the superior presided over
the celebration and in his homily called on the
faithful to have a sacred heart like that of Jesus
full of mercy and love.
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A new batch of Postulants The
community of Carmelite Monastery Margao welcomed the
new postulancy brothers with joy and happiness. As
our provincial is out of station Fr. Silvester was
present during the inaugural liturgy on the 6th of
June 2016. Fr. Silvester welcomed the brothers
exhorting them to know and learn more about
Carmelite way of life during these 6 months of
postulancy and a year of noviciate. We the friars of
the Carmelite Monastery are very happy as we are
blessed with seven postulants. Br. Stin George, Br.
Adlin Joe (Tamilnadu Province), Br. Wilson Rodrigues,
Br. Loy Crasta, Br. John Marshal (Tamilnadu
Province), Br. Herald Cotha and Br. Hilary Rodrigues.
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Ordination of Fr.Nelson Osmand Vas We
are extremely delighted to have another priest to
our province in the person of Fr. Nelson Osmand Vas
who was ordained on the 30th of May in Our Lady of
sorrows church Udupi. Most. Rev. Gerald Isac Lobo
Bishop of Udupi anointed him in the presence of
almost 50 priests and church-full of devotees. After
the Eucharistic celebration there was a felicitation
programme in Sheshashayana Hall of Kediuyoor Hotel
where all his friends with Carmelite Friars
felicitated him and partook in his celestial joy.
Rev. Fr. Archibald Gonsalves raised the toast and
Fr. George Santhumayor expressed his sentiments of
joy on behalf of Provincial who could not be present
for this joyous event.
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Solemn Profession @ Infant Jesus Shrine,
Mangalore
It was a day of great joy and jubilation for the
Carmelites on 31st of May, 2016 at 3.30 pm, as they
witnessed five young and energetic brothers
pronouncing their religious vows for life at the
Infant Jesus Shrine, Bikarnakatte - Mangaluru. The
rite of Solemn Profession animated by Fr. Prakash
D’Cunha OCD, was beautifully integrated in the
Eucharistic celebration. Rev. Fr. George Santhumayor
the Vicar Provincial, exhorted the candidates to be
‘the beacons of Joy of the Gospel.’ The highlight of
the ceremony was making the religious profession in
the hands of the Vicar Provincial of the Carmelites,
Rev. Fr. George Santhumayor OCD.
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Rector's day sparkles May
25, 2016 Wednesday was a sparkling day at the
historical monastery of Scala, as the Rector Rev. Fr
Ivan Pinto celebrated his gift of life. The day was
a mixture of happiness and jubilation initiated with
a morning prayer where the giver of life was praised
and thanked for the numerous blessings showered upon
the birthday baby. The official celebration
commenced at 6-30pm with the thanksgiving
Eucharistic celebration presided over by the rector
who was the center of attraction. Fr Rudolph Pinto,
the vice rector in his introduction invited each one
to thank God for the person of Fr Ivan Pinto and
pray for his intentions. During the homily, Fr Ivan
gave a clarion call to practice the message of the
Gospel “the attitude of a servant” and to be open
minded in our disposition. The spiritual celebration
was followed by the birthday dinner, where Fr Sunil
Rodrigues invoked God’s blessings upon the meal.
Later as the birthday baby crossed the knife over
the cake, all the community members with one voice
sang the birthday song “Tanti auguri a te”
and conveyed birthday greetings. The birthday dinner
was organized by Fr Lancy Lewis, the procurator of
the community which was filled with variety of
dishes both Indian and Italian. The sparkling
rector’s day was concluded with a traditional hymn
to Mother Mary in Konkani “tum kalzachea gondya
mhojea”.
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Retreat House cum parish in South Africa The
Carmel Retreat House at South Africa is now also a
Virtual Parish! The Archbishop of Johannesburg, Rt.
Rev. Dr Buti Tlhagale has given the permission to
the Carmelite Fathers to work as virtual parish at
the Retreat House. Now we can have Sunday Mass,
administer all the sacraments and keep our own
parish record for the Baptism and Marriage. This
indeed is one of the important mile stones in the
South African Mission of our province. Fr Arvin
Tauro, the Director of the Carmelite Retreat House
will also be in charge of the Virtual Parish.
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ALBUM NO. 32: SNAP SHOTS AT CARMEL HILL
Dear Friends,
Here I present to you the latest Album no. 32,
containing various snap shots of/at Carmel Hill.
These photos were clicked at random from March 19th
to May 15th (2016). You will find in the first
section the furnishing of the commercial kitchen,
visit by our Architect John Clark and Paul Ownes, a
special Photo of our dear Archbishop Michael Miller
CSB, valuable visit by our dear Fr. Johannes
Gorantla (Definitor General from Rome), the photos
of a few groups who spent time at Carmel Hill and
are totally amazed at nature, surroundings and the
beauty of the place; Fr. Alwyn and Bro. Joseph
Giroux the community members who manage the facility
beautifully and a few nuns who spent time at our
facility for spiritual recollection. All looks good
at Carmel Hill; and the preparations are on to
accommodate new groups in the coming days and weeks.
We thank again in a special way Helen Chua Tiampo
who made all this possible through her team of
advisors, estate planners, accountants, and lawyers;
and a special remembrance of her dear parents: Jaime
and Josephina Chua Tiampo and we pray for the repose
of their souls.
Thanking you for your prayerful support and
encouragement.
Sincerely
Fr. Rudolf V. D'Souza OCD www.carmelhill.ca
Do not Extinguish the Spirit! (2 Thes 5:9) On
14th of May, several people had a Pentecost
Experience at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Retreat
House, Benoni, South Africa. It was a full day
retreat in preparation for the feast of Pentecost.
Fr Arvin Tauro, the Director of the Retreat House
began the retreat at 10.00 am. Frs Boniface D’Souza
and Fr Arvin preached the retreat in which many
people experienced the anointing of the Holy Spirit.
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Dear Friends,
Here I send you the latest video of fully furnished
Little Flower Monastery - Vancouver (British
Columbia) Canada.
Enjoy the video. We have 10 groups booked already
and we are going ahead with full swing massive
advertisement blitz for the Little Flower Monastery
programs.
JESUS, the High priest chooses two more for his
priestly fold! Deacon
Stephen Lobo was ordained on the 22nd of April in
Infant Jesus Church, Modankap, while on the
following day it was the turn of Deacon Ashwin Rohan
D’Silva in the newly established parish of St.
Francis Xavier, Saverapura. Most Rev. Aloysius Paul
D’Souza, the Bishop of Mangalore laid his hands on
the ordinandi and anointed their hands at the
meaningful rite of Priestly Ordination. Around 40
priests (mostly Carmelite friars) participated in
these functions, along with the families and
villagers. It is after a long time that the
ordination ceremony is not held jointly at our St.
Joseph’s Monastery, Carmel Hill. Since there were
only two candidates, the Bishop willingly accepted
to conduct the Priestly Ordinations in their
respective native parishes. He wished that there be
a boom of vocations from among the youngsters who
witnessed the celebrations. We all pray that the
newly ordained work with zeal for the church and in
particular in our Province.
Foundation day of St. Joseph's Church, Actonville 65th foundation day of the parish was
celebrated at St. Joseph's Church, Actonville, South
Africa on Sunday 1st of May. Foundation for this
church was laid on 1st May 1951. In the course of
time this foundation has witnessed many changes and
alterations. The present existing Church was built
by Fr. Joachim Rodrigues. The celebration began with
the procession with the statue of St. Joseph. Fr.
John D Souza, the guest priest from Cape Town
carried the statue in procession. During the Mass
Fr. Arvin Tauro preached a homily on unity. He also
urged the youngsters to respect the hard work of the
elders and to live the spirituality handed on to us
by our ancestors.
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Renewal Retreat For Secular Carmel in South Africa On 30 of April the members of the Secular Carmel of
Johannesburg community came together for a day of
Renewal program at Benoni, Carmelite Retreat House.
Fr Arvin Tauro, the director of the Retreat House
animated the program. There are eleven active
members in the community and all of them
participated in the program. Fr John D’Souza, who
had come from Cape Town, for a friendly visit to
Benoni, with his Guitar led the group into
meditative prayer. All members expressed their joy
for this spiritual renewal program.
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Blessing of the Foundation Stone in Kempton On the 29th of April the foundation stone was laid
for the extension of Our Lady of Loreto Church,
Kempton after the Eucharist. Fr. Peter Rebello the
parish priest gave a scriptural background for the
blessing of the foundation stone before he blessed
the corner stone for the edifice. He reminded people
that Jesus Christ is the high priest and he is the
foundation of the Church. He also invited people to
contribute to the foundation of the Church by their
faith filled lives insisting that the church stands
strong on the faith of the people of God. Mrs.
Bernice read the word of God from the first letter
of St. Peter (2: 4-12). After the intercessory
prayers Fr. Peter Rebello placed the medal of St.
Joseph and the Scapular on the stone and blessed the
stone.
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JINNECHE DHAGE RELEASED: STRESSED ON THE NEED OF THOUGHT PROVOKING LITERATURE Pics--Br. Ivan Sequiera OCD
GOA: JINNECHE DHAGE, a book of essays on Value
Education written by Br. John Malvino Alfonso OCD
was released at the hands of Sudesh Naik,
Headmaster, Govt High School, Sadolxem. Chetan
Acharya, President of Konkani Bhasha Mandal was the
guest of honour. Speaking on the occasion Chetan
Acharya stressed on the need of thought provoking
lliterature. Sudesh Naik congratulated Br. John M.
Alfonso OCD for giving the readers value-based
literature and focussed on the need of readership to
Konkani literature. Kamlakar Mhalshi of Om Shree
Dutt Padmaja Prakaxon welcomed the gathering.
Konkani writer Guadalupe Dias reviewed the book. Fr.
Henry Moras OCD, Chaplain, Our Lady of Fatima
Chapel, Xellim and Fr. Avito Fernandes, Parish
Priest, St. Francis Xavier’s Church, Bhatpal, were
on the dais.
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BROCHURE OF CARMEL HILL, CANADA
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Hearty Congratulation to Fr. Ajay Nazareth Fr. Ajay Nazareth defended his thesis for licentiate
on the 7th of April, 2016. Gasper Martinez was the
moderator for the defence and Carlos Garcia Llata
guided his thesis. We are happy to present to you
the glimpse of his thesis in his own words. The
friendship of God according to St. Teresa of Jesus
in the book of Life. My thesis begins with the words
of Pope Francis to the young people, where he
invites the new generation to share the friendship
of Jesus through the mass media. He explained that,
the proposal the Lord has for all young people is a
"true friendship, the friendship we all need.
Friends like Jesus" this phrase sounds something
like what our St. Teresa said in the sixteenth
century: "in these times [...] are required strong
friends of God to support the weak" (Life 15.5).
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The Feast of Divine Mercy was a grand celebration at the Carmelite Monastery Margao. As our present Pope Francis dedicated this year to
ponder on the Divine Mercy of our God, the diocese
of Goa and Daman chose the Carmelite monastery as
the centre of Divine Mercy appreciating the
availability of the priests for the sacrament of
confession and for the spread of this devotion in
the whole of the diocese. The feast on the 3rd of
April was solemnized by the presence of Dr. Filipe
Neri Ferrao, the Archbishop of Goa and Rev. Fr.
Charles Serrao, our provincial. Fr. Socorro Mendes
the convener of the year of Mercy explained to the
congregation the vital role of the Carmelite Fathers
in the spread of the devotion of the Divine Mercy in
the diocese of Goa. Fr. Anastasio Gomes and Fr.
Antonio Silva were the pioneers of this devotion.
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Divine Mercy Sunday at our Lady of Lereto, Kempton Park, South
Africa Hundreds of faithful gathered to celebrate the
Divine Mercy Sunday at Our Lady of Lereto Parish,
Kempton Park, South Africa. Fr Peter Rebello, the
Parish Priest prepared the faithful for the feast
with Novena to the Divine Mercy. On 4 April 2016,
Divine Mercy Sunday, the celebration stated at 1.30
pm with the sacrament of Reconciliation. Frs Patrick
CP, Dadrick CP, Boniface D’Souza OCD, Arvin Tauro
OCD helped the Parish Priest, for the celebration of
the Sacrament. Fr Boniface D’Souza OCD presided over
the concelebrated Mass at 03.00 pm. Fr Arvin Tauro
who preached during the mass said Divine Mercy can
be a hope for people who do not find meaning in
life.
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Carmelites Fraternity Reinforced March 29, 2016 Tuesday, the Carmelites of K.G.
Province serving and studying in Italy congregated
together at the historical monastery of Santa Maria
della Scala, Rome to celebrate the Resurrection of
the Lord. The spiritual celebration commenced at
11-00 am with the Eucharistic banquet presided over
by Fr Elias D’ Cunha, the assistant parish priest of
Santa Maria, Empoli. Fr Sunil Rodrigues through his
inspirational reflection invited all to have deeper
and profound union with the Risen Lord setting aside
our indifferences. Fr Ivan Pinto, rector of Scala
laid a red carpet welcome and expressed words of
gratitude to all for their gracious presence. The
spiritual festivity was followed by the fellowship
meal which added authentic aroma to the celebration.
Fr Lawrence D’ Mello invoked the blessings of the
Almighty upon the food. Thus the fraternity and
unity was reinforced, enriched and cherished by each
and every Carmelite who witnessed the celebration.
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Holy Week Celebrations in Sadbhavana
Sadbhavana witnessed a very meaningful Celebration
of the Holy Week this year with lots of people
participating in the liturgy. On Palm Sunday people
gathered at the entrance of Sadbhavana for the
blessing of the palms; after the blessing all the
faithful went in a short but devout and meaningful
procession. Fr. Jerald D’Souza, Superior of
Sadbhavana, Presided over the Eucharist and Fr. Arun
Lobo broke the word of God encouraging the faithful
to spend more time in prayer and reflection in the
holy week. Rev. Fr. Charles Serrao, Provincial
Superior presided over the Eucharist on Maundy
Thursday preaching a heart touching homily inspiring
the listeners to understand the love of god in their
respectives family life. Inspired by the suggestions
of our Holy Father twelve representatives were
chosen from the people of God comprising of six each
men and women.
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Fr Wilfred Rodrigues defends his thesis Fr. Wilfred Rodrigues OCD presently the rector of
our novitiate house, Tapovana, Kushalnagar defended
his thesis on 'Personal Fulfillment and Happiness
through Freedom from Cravings - A Comparative Study
of Gautama Buddha and St. John of the Cross' on the
11th of March in Mysore University. He finished his
thesis much before the stipulated time. The research
work of Fr. Wilfred Rodrigues was much appreciated
by the examiners, guides and the members of doctoral
committee of Mysore University. You have made us
proud dear Fr. Wilfred Rodrigues. May your expertise
help millions of people to free themselves from
their cravings so that they may discover the
fulfilment and happiness in their lives. All the
very best!
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Easter Celebration at Amadlelo Aluhlaza, Benoni, South Africa. The Easter Vigil Mass began at 6.30 pm followed by a
small program. People brought and shared various
eatables and celebrated the Resurrection of Jesus
meaningfully.
As people themselves confessed it was for the first
time they witnessed a very large number of
congregation for Easter at Carmel. We have also
begun the Divine Mercy Chaplet every day as a
preparation for the feast of Divine Mercy.
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Dear Friends,
Here you have a 3 minutes short profile video of our
Little Flower Monastery at Carmel Hill Canada. Enjoy
the show.
Calvary experience on South African mountain
St. Joseph's Catholic Church organised
stations of the cross on the mountain on 13th of
March. It is for the first time in the history of
the parish such kind of devotion was organized. All
the participants were spiritually moved by this
experience of Calvary.
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DHYANAVANA CONVOCATION DAY : March 19, 2016 The 19th convocation of Dhyanavana, International Institute of Spirituality, Mysore
was held on 19 March 2016 at 6 p.m. A total number of 58 sisters received the
Diploma and Certificates. 85 sisters attended the different courses throughout
the year as residential and day scholars. The keynote convocation address was
given by Prof. Jose V.K., Principal, Teresian College, Mysore, on the theme “The
Debate on Secularism in our country and the response of the Priests and
Religious”. V. Rev. Fr. Charles Serrao, the President of Dhyanavana Institute
and Provincial of Karnataka-Goa Province, was the Chief Guest. In his address he
appreciated Dhyanavana students, their prayerfulness and resourcefulness,
academic and cultural performance.
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BLESSING AND DEDICATION OF THE LITTLE FLOWER
MONASTERY CHAPEL ON MARCH 19TH, 2016 Dear
Friends,
Here I send you photos of the Blessing and
Dedication of the Little Flower Monastery Chapel by
Archbishop Michael Miller CSB on March 19th 2016 -
Solemnity of St. Joseph, Patron of Canada. The
weather was perfect and was the first day of Spring
this year. Along with the Secular Carmelites there
were 75 guests present for the celebration. Fr.
Jerald D'Souza organized the liturgical celebration
taking care of the meticulous details printed in the
liturgical guide and distributed. Frs. Alwyn
Sequeira, the Superior of the house, Bro. Joseph
Giroux OCD, the bursar and Frs. Steyn Mascarenhas,
Rajesh Madtha, Jason Tellis and Fr. Richard Francis
D'Souza OCD were present on the occasion. Archbishop
solemnly began the celebration blessing the Holy
Water at the entrance of the Chapel and sprinkling
on the faithful as he processed into the Chapel.
After the readings Archbishop preached a spiritually
enriching homily highlighting the importance of the
blessing and dedication of a Chapel which has its
roots in the Old and the New Testament. During the
mass Solemn and long prayers of dedication were
recited and sung; and the Litany of the Holy Saints
was sung, after which the anointing of the Altar was
held in a very solemn way; abundant oil was poured
on the Altar Marble Slab and in a special way the
Altar Relic was blessed and incense was burnt. After
the celebration and before the final Blessing Fr.
Rudolf V. D'Souza thanked the Archbishop for all his
help and guidance and thanked each and every one who
was instrumental in making this Blessing ceremony a
great spiritual nourishment and experience. We thank
Molly Dias and Susan and Larry for their help.
Helen's parents Jaime and Josephine Chua Tiampo were
specially remembered and gratefully acknowledged
Helen's contribution towards this massive building
of the Little Flower Monastery. On this occasion we
thank all those involved in this project: Helen's
Estate Planners, her lawyers Darrel Wickstrom, Leo
Amighetti, Accounting department KPMG represented by
Pam Prior, Kent, Emmet McGrath, Helen's secretary
Steve Creighton, Francis Wong and others. May God
bless them all for their time, efforts and their
contribution. We also thank the Architect John
Clark, Paul Owens, the Alfred Horie Constructions:
Steve Paone, Dennis Cadrain and his helpers.
ARIEL SHOTS OF OUR MONASTERY at Carmel Hill
Dear friends,
Here are the ariel shots or drone shots of our
property and the monastery at Carmel Hill. These
photos were clicked by Dennis Cadrain. We all thank
him for this unique service to us. Enjoy the photos. Fr. Rudolf V. D'Souza OCD
Canadian Carmelite Charitable Society www.carmelhill.ca
Click on the image for an enlarged view
Two Lobo’s hit HALF CENTURY!!! Rev. Fr. Walter Lobo and Rev. Fr. Patrick Lobo
celebrated their Golden Jubilee of their Religious
profession on the 26th of January in Carmel Hill.
The Jubilarians presided over the Eucharistic
celebration and Fr. Deep Fernandes preached an
inspiring homily to match the celebration. We were
glad that their two companions from Manjummel
Province Fr. Francis Thannippilly and Fr. Augustine
Poopadi could join their batchmates in thanking the
Lord for 50 years of blessings! The spiritual
celebration was followed by a variety cultural
program systematically organized by the community of
Carmel Hill, under the guidance of Fr. Prakash
D’Cunha. The family members and guests of both the
Golden celebrants enhanced the occasion by their
joyful and warm presence. All credits to the ones
who made their day. Congratulations to the Golden
stars! You have been awesomely inspiring. The
province ever remains grateful to you.
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40 Hours of Adoration in Margao Monastery 40 hrs of continuous adoration at the Carmelite
monastery Margao is a time of prayer and encounter
with the Lord. This year as it is dedicated to the
divine mercy the theme for the adoration was “Be
merciful just as your Father is merciful” (Lk6:36).
The Eucharistic adoration began on the 25th of
February, with the solemn Eucharistic celebration
and exposition of the Blessed Sacrament by Rev. Fr.
Socorro Mendes the coordinator for the year of mercy
for the diocese of Goa and Daman. Fr. Socorro
invited the faithful to adore the Lord with one sole
desire that is, ‘to become merciful as the heavenly
Father.’ He also appreciated the Carmelite fathers
for their generous contribution in the ministry of
confessions in the arch diocese.
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Inauguration and Blessing of Carmel Park View ‘Carmel Park View’ our new edifice at Vijayanagar
was blessed and inaugurated by Rev. Fr. Charles
Serrao, Provincial Superior on the 3rd of March,
2016 at 11:00 am. Rev. Fr. Archibald Gonsalves
unveiled the plaque bearing the name of the donors
Late Mr. James D’souza and Mr. Anil D’Costa. After
the blessing of the new building Fr. Archibald
Gonsalves presented a brief history of how the dream
of ‘Carmel Park View’ was realized. He recalled the
initial dialogue with Mr. Anil D'Costa and the
intentions he had in mind when gifting us the
property. He also acknowledged the roles of Fr.
William Miranda (then Provincial Councillor) and Fr.
Canute D'Souza (Prov. Procurator) who worked a lot
in the beginning, especially in getting the property
registered in the name of the Carmelites.
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Infant Jesus Feast at Tapovana History was created on Sunday, 31st of January 2016
when for the first time the feast of Infant Jesus
was celebrated at Tapovana, Kushalnagar. It was
preceded by the novena for 9 days. After the solemn
Eucharist, presided over by the prior Fr. Wilfy
Rodrigues during which he explained the origin and
the development of the devotion and the need of the
celebration of the feast, a small procession with
the statue of the Infant Jesus was taken around the
monastery. Thereafter the devotees were anointed
with the holy oil of Infant Jesus. A sumptuous
breakfast sponsored by a devotee, was served to more
than 125 people gathered for the solemn feast. The
calendars donated by the Infant Jesus shrine,
Mangalore, were also distributed to all.
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Seminar on Extraordinary Jubilee year of Mercy On 21st February 2016, Dhyanavana International
Institute of Spirituality, Mysore in association
with CRI ,Mysore and and KRCBC (Karnataka Regional
Commission for Formation) organized Seminar at
Pushpashram Auditorium , Mysore. The seminar was on
“Extra ordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy” on the theme
‘MERCIFUL LIKE THE FATHER’. Around 450 priests and
religious attended this seminar belonging to 69
congregations from Mysore diocese. The seminar began
at 9.00 AM with arrival and registration. At 9.15 am
our Bishop of Mysore Rt.Rev. Thomas Vazhappily
Inaugurated the seminar with a short reflection on
the implication of mercy on our community life.
Symbolically lightening of the lamp was done and
then we proceeded to the sessions. All the speakers
were highly knowledgeable and very informative in
their presentations.
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LITTLE FLOWER MONASTERY: COMPARATIVE ALBUM:
FEBRUARY 24, 2015 and 2016
Dear Friends,
Good morning. Hope you had a wonderful week. Here I
send you a comparative album of the photos clicked
on February 24th in 2015 and on February 24th 2016.
This comparison will certainly raise your eyebrows
as to the work that is accomplished within one year
from the moment we started cutting trees to the
completion of the landscaping around the monastery.
We will be posting the 31st album shortly. Thank you
for your support and interest in this venture.
Fr. Rudolf V. D'Souza OCD www.carmelhill.ca click here for the photographs
LITTLE FLOWER MONASTERY ALBUM NO. 31 -
First Visitors - Come and See Dear
Friends,
Here are the first visitors to our facility. When we
met Archbishop Michael Miller CSB recently he said
to us that a Diocesan Spirituality institute
"Rosemary Heights" has been shut down due to
maintenance costs as that building was old. He told
us that there are many groups who would want to come
and use our facility. Already a few groups have
booked our facility after April this year. This is
very encouraging to us. Well, we will make the best
use of this opportunity to diffuse Carmelite
Spirituality and to be a great service to the people
of God and to the Archdiocese of Vancouver.
All the best
Fr. Rudolf V. D'Souza OCD www.carmelhill.ca click here for the photographs
Grand celebration organized for Fr. Alwyn
Sequeira ocd
Dear Friends,
We had a grand celebration organized for Fr. Alwyn
Sequeira ocd. He arrived Vancouver on January 19th
and successfully completed his procedures in getting
all his initial documents for his stay in Canada. On
February 16th he met Archbishop Michael Miller and
the Vicar General Fr. Joseph Phung. Then he he was
introduced to various administrative departments in
the Diocesan Chancery. Then in the evening we had a
grand welcoming celebration at St. Edmunds community
with an introduction from Fr. Jeson Tellis and
prayer by Bro. Joseph Giroux, sumptuous dinner
arranged by Fr. Jerald D'Souza and Fr. Steny
Mascarenhas. Fr. Rajesh Madtha offered him flower
bouquet and welcomed him into Canadian Carmelite
Community. After our wonderful meal we gave him a
tearful sendoff praying that he will continue his
stay at Carmel Hill with Bro. Joseph Giroux OCD.
Fr. Rudolf V. D'Souza OCD www.carmelhill.ca click here for the photographs
Blessing of Belfry and Tabernacle in Kempton Park, South Africa 13th February was ndeed a great day for the parish
of Our Lady of Loreto, Kempton Park as the
archbishop of Johannesburg, Joseph Buti, presided
over the Eucharist concelebrated by the parish
priest, Fr. Peter and Arvin Tauro along with deacon
Keith Mackenzie to bless the Belfry and the new
tabernacle. During the Eucharistic celebration the
new tabernacle and image of mother Mary were blessed
and after the homily archbishop commissioned
proclaimers, and catechism teachers and ushers of
our parish. In his homily archbishop highlighted the
importance of mercy towards our brothers and sisters
which originates only being in the presence of God.
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LITTLE FLOWER MONASTERY - ALBUM NO. 30
Dear Friends,
After a long pause here I send you the latest photo
album of the Little Flower Monastery at Carmel Hill
- Canada. You will notice that the landscaping work
is complete and we have put two remote controlled
automatic gates at the main entrance and at rare
entrance of the monastery. It is interesting to note
that we have had quite a good number of students and
people who wanted to come and spend their time at
Carmel Hill; we have tuned down their requests as we
are yet to complete the work. We are waiting eagerly
to get the completion certificate and occupancy
certificate from FVRD who are eager to see the work
is completed. We are grateful to them. We are yet to
furnish the rooms. The construction inside the
monastery is almost complete and the commercial
kitchen work is on right now. A Generator for 24
hours uninterrupted power supply has been already
installed in the last week of January. Enjoy the
photos clicking the link below: Fr. Rudolf V. D'Souza OCD www.carmelhill.ca click here for the photographs
LITTLE FLOWER MONASTERY ALBUM NO. 29
Dear Friends,
Here I send you the missing album no. 29. This album
photos clicked between January 15th and February 2nd
(2016). The main focus in this album is installing
the generator to the monastery for 24X7 power
supply. There was a major shift of the methane gas
tank from near the monastery to another location as
the fire department wanted it to be away from the
monastery. Enjoy the photos. Fr. Rudolf V. D'Souza OCD www.carmelhill.ca click here for the photographs
Feast of Don Bosco Celebrated On 31st of January mother church celebrates the
feast of St. Don Bosco, the Patron of the youth. The
youth of St. Martin of Tours Parish, Mpandagindo
celebrated their patron’s day in a simple manner but
in a very meaningful way. The festive mass was
presided over by the youth Chaplin of the
Archdiocese of Songea, Rev. Fr. Stephano Muwonge and
concelebrated by the Parish Priest, Fr. Roshan Pinto
OCD and Fr. Raymond Santhanaz OCD. The youth raised
our hearts and minds to God with a melodious choir
and well organized meaningful liturgy. A few youth
leaders from the Archdiocese were also present for
the celebration.
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THE OCDS IN UNISON - First Provincial Congress October 30th to November 1st, 2015, will go down in
the annals of the Karnataka-Goa Province, as we
organized the First OCDS Provincial Congress at
Pushpashrama, Mysore. The campus was beaming with 70
Secular Carmelites from 8 local communities around
the Province (Mira Road – two communities,
Mangalore, Margao, Mysore, Koteshwar, Vijayanagar
and Kushalnagar). We had the esteemed presence of
Fr. Alzinir Debastiani OCD, Delegate General of the
Secular Carmel, who was making his maiden visit to
India. The Congress was inaugurated on 30th October
in the Pushpashrama hall.
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CHRISTMAS 2015 ST. PETER’S CHURCH. Each year in St. Peter’s Church, we begin our
Christmas Celebrations with the Season of Advent.
Advent begins four Sundays prior to Christmas Eve &
Christmas Day which is a spiritual season of love,
peace, hope & forgiveness with the lighting of a
candle to reflect each emotion. It is a beautiful
tradition with one of four candles lit each Sunday
until all four candles are lit. During this special
time we participate in anticipation the coming of
our Lord Jesus Christ. Our priest, Father Ronnie
encourages us to come each Sunday and all Sundays to
prepare our hearts to receive Jesus and to give
thanks to God our Heavenly Father for his Son.
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THE ANNUAL FEAST OF THE INFANT JESUS SHRINE,
PUSHPASHRAMA MYSORE THE
FEAST OF INFANT JESUS SHRINE, PUSHPASHRAMA MYSORE
was celebrated on the 3rd of Jan 2016. The solemn
mass was celebrated by Rt. Rev. Dr. Robert Miranda,
the bishop of Gulbarga. After the solemn mass Theru
procession with the Infant Jesus statue was done in
the streets of Naidu Nagar. At noon more than 5000
devotees of Infant Jesus participated in the
Annasantarpane (free meal). The feast was celebrated
with a good number of priests, nuns and the devotees
of Infant Jesus.
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HELEN TIAMPO'S 90TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION PHOTO
ALBUM
This is the photo album of Helen Tiampo's 90th
Birthday at Carmel Hill. At the end of the album we
can find a few beautiful photos of our almost
completed monastery at the backdrop of the snow
filled mountain.
VESTITION AT PUNE CARMEL We
rejoice as another candidate has joined the Teresian
fold. Miss Roschelle R. Martis was born in
Kuwait and she grew up in Bombay. She is a graduate
in Physics. Later she went on to pursue her Masters
in Space Science and her Doctorate in Aerodynamics.
In the midst of her studies, she experienced a
longing to deepen her faith and started reading
spiritual books and articles and through this got
introduced to the Liturgy of the Hours and started
praying it. But the desire for a deeper experience
of God kept growing. Once on her visit to the
Cloistered Carmel in Pune , to buy host for her
parish, she expressed her desire to make a retreat
to discern her vocation. She came inside as a
candidate to come and see life in Carmel and heard
God calling her to “go and sell everything” and come
follow Him. After 3 months she came back and joined
as a postulant.
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HELEN CHUA'S 90TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS AT CARMEL
HILL ON DECEMBER 28TH, 2015
Double Dhamaka at Emploi, Rome The
Empoli community had the pleasure of hosting double
joyful events: The celebration of 50th anniversary
of Religious Profession of Fr. Edwin Alleluia
Dinizand the Christmas wing-ding celebration of all
the Carmelites of Karnataka-Goa province working and
studying in Italy. The anniversary celebration was
held on the 27th of December. The solemn Mass
presided over by Fr. Edwin was held at 18.30. Since
it was a Sunday, the celebration was attended by a
large number of parishioners. Fr. Sunil in his
homily spoke about family life and the inspiring
life of Fr. Edwin. After the Holy Eucharist there
was a felicitation program together with the
parishioners. Fr. Edwin thanked all, thanked for his
religious life and God’s call. The private
celebration continued in our renovated monastery
with mouth-watering, sumptuous dinner.
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Grand celebration of Rainbow of seven landmarks
at Carmel Hills
Mangalore, December 21, 2015 Rev
Fr Charles Serrao, Provincial Superior of the Order
of Carmelites stressed on the importance of virtual
media to reach out to more and more people in its
efforts to spread the Word of God. He was presiding
over the celebrations to mark the 7th anniversary of
‘Naman Ballok Jesu’, the popular Konkani monthly,
organised last evening, 20th December 2015, at
Carmel Hills, in the premises of Infant Jesus Shrine
at Bikarnakatte. He said “Earlier the communication
media was not widely used for proclaiming Word of
God. However in the last 15 years there has been a
concerted effort to use the media to spread the Word
of God. The Carmelites have been carrying out this
task devotedly and successfully in the last 7
years.”
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Long awaited messiah is here!!! The
long awaited Messiah for South Africa arrived at
last in the person of Fr. Arwin Tauro who was
cordially welcomed by the people of South Africa.
The country was boiling with heat without rain for a
very long time. Since the arrival of Fr. Arwin till
date the they are blessed with rain every day. We
hope, the messiah who brought God's blessings in the
form of rain may fulfill the dream of the Province
of a retreat centre in Johannesburg Diocese. All the
best and happy stay Fr. Arwin.
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Opening of the Year of
Mercy St.
Joseph's Church Actonville inaugurated the year of
Mercy on Sunday, 13th of December. Meaningful
liturgy was organized for the event by the
parishioners. Divine Mercy picture is mounted at the
entrance door so that everyone who looks at it may
feel the abundance of God’s Mercy in their lives.
During the mass appropriate symbols were brought in
the procession. Twelve groups have been formed to do
the acts of Mercy every month where all the
parishioners have been encouraged to involve
themselves to do the charitable acts in this Holy
year. A banner has been put in the church depicting
different acts of mercy. A call has been given to
the parishioners to involve themselves more in the
spiritual activities and they are encouraged to
frequent the sacrament of confession to experience
the mercy of God.
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Jingling at the Eternal City December
15, 2015 Tuesday was the day of jubilation,
celebration, exultation, vociferation, jollification
and felicitation as the International community of
Scala celebrated the Christmas at the community
level. The festivity commenced with the Eucharistic
banquet presided by Fr Ephrem along with seventeen
concelebrants who are the priest students of Santa
Maria della Scala. Fr Michael in his homily
unraveled the attitude of the shepherds and Mary;
and inviting all to have an inner silence of Mary as
we celebrate the mystery of Incarnation. The prayers
of the faithful included ten intentions in different
languages of Africa and India.
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Dyanprasarak Mandal’s College Excels in ‘The
Power of Expression’ Dnyanprasarak
Mandal’s College Assagão represented by Ruben
Fernandes and Deepika Jha excelled in ‘The Power of
Expression’ an intercollegiate competition through
the medium of Power Point presentation organised by
the Emmaus Counselling Centre of the Carmelite
Fathers, Mapusa . They made their presentation on
the topic: Healthy Parent – Child Relationships :The
Foundation of Family Living Today The second place
was bagged by Yohann Santos and Alston D’souza of
St. Xavier’s College Mapusa who also presented on
the theme: Healthy Parent – Child Relationships :The
Foundation of Family Living Today while Asha Amona
D’Cunha and Sandhya Patil of Carmel College for
Women, Nuvem who presented on Youth and Social
Responsibility-The Need of the Hour , won the third
place
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Inauguration of the newly renovated Monastery of
Santa Maria a Ripa, Empoli, Italy It
is a great pleasure for us the Carmelites of Empoli
community, Italy, to inform you that we have
inaugurated the newly renovated Monastery on the
5thof December, 2015 at 17.00. His Eminence Card.
Giuseppe Betori had kindly consented to be the Chief
Guest at the inaugural ceremony. His Eminence
arrived at 17.00;the Parish Priest Fr. Donath
together with the community Fathers and the faithful
welcomed him. After the short prayer in the Church,
Fr. Edwin welcomed the Cardinal with his flowery,
refined, elegant Italian. He also thanked the
Cardinal on behalf of Karnataka-Goa Province for his
financial help in the renovation of the Monastery.
His Eminence in his address thanked the Carmelites
and Fr. Donath, the present Parish Priest for the
service in building the Parish community. He also
thanked the parishioners for their continuous
support and help in all the ventures of the parish.
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Confirmation at St. Joseph's Church, Actonville,
South Africa
43 candidates received the sacrament of confirmation
from His Grace Buti Tlhagale Archbishop of
Johannesburg. Fr. Peter Rebello was present
for the occasion.
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FLASHING ROAD SIGN at GUARDIAN ANGELS PARISH
PREMISES
Dear Friends,
A flashing sign at Guardian Angels Parish premises
is installed on November 7th and activated on
November 24th. This sign flashes the timings of the
services at our Church and indicates that it is a
Catholic Church. This sign is remote controlled and
has added features like announcing extraordinary
events at the Church. Please click the link below
for photos: FR. RUDOLF V. D'SOUZA OCD
PASTOR
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TRIPLE CELEBRATION AT ST. EDMUND’S PARISH,
VANCOUVER - CANADA On
Sunday, October 15, 2015 we had a triple
celebration; we celebrated the Feast of
St. Edmund of Abingdon, our beloved Pastor’s (Fr.
Jerald D’Souza) 25th Anniversary of his Religious
Profession and his birthday. It started with the
11:00am Mass; Father Tim McCarthy and Father James
Comey (retired priests from North Shore deanery)
concelebrated with Father Jerry, who did not know
they were coming, he said this was the nicest
surprise. Our Grand Knight and an Honour Guard were
there to process in with the priests and many of our
altar servers; who were excited and honoured to be
part of this celebration. At the Mass the children
from Children’s Liturgy presented Father with a
basket of cards and a beautiful little replica of
our church which they painted. The church was full
to capacity with parishioners and many lay
Carmelites of the lower mainland to show their love
and dedication to our beloved Pastor.
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First Holy Communion in St. Joseph's Church, Actonville - South Africa. 34 children received Holy Communion.
Teachers were honored at the end of the Mass.
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WONDERS AT KEMPTON PARK, SOUTH AFRICA With an immense joy, the parish of Our Lady of Loreto had a triple celebration. On the one hand Holy Mother Church celebrated the feast of Christ - the universal King and so it was an apt time to unveil the Risen Christ statue on the Cross. Then followed the blessing of a glorious Cross outside the Church and the newly constructed adoration chapel with the background picture of Jesus praying in the garden of Gethsemane. On this occasion the Vicar General Very Rev. Fr Duncan Tsoke from the Archdiocese of Johannesburg was the main celebrant and preacher along with the Parish Priest Fr. Peter Rebello and the Deacon. The concelebrated high mass was attended by 400 people parishioners. They were all overwhelmed by the work done by the Parish Priest - Fr Peter.
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Plenary Council and Province Day Plenary Council was held in Sadbhavana on the 17th
of November, 2015. Br. Amyas Quadros and Br. Ashwath
D’Souza invoked the blessings of God on the
gathering. The Plenary Council was inaugurated by
lighting the lamp. All the Superiors and Formators
along with those who volunteered to be in the
council participated in the triennial council. Rev.
Fr. Provincial welcomed everyone for an active and
fruitful participation. Fr. Archibald Gonsalves
briefed the floor about the General Chapter that was
held in the month of May. Then the agenda was taken
up for the discussion. The council concluded on the
next evening.
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OCDS Profession at Mira Road November 8th is a day to be written in the Golden
letters in the history of St. Joseph’s Church Mira
Road and especially in the books of OCDS. We were
fortunate to have Very Rev. Fr. Alzinir Xavier
Dabastiani, Delegate General for OCDS amidst us. He
was on fraternal visit but by God’s grace it became
memorable because 7 of our OCDS members made their
definitive promises and 5 of them made temporal
promises. The solemn Eucharistic mass was presided
over by Very Rev. Fr. Charles Serrao, the Provincial
Superior who also delivered a very thought provoking
homily whereas Delegate General received the
promises.
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First Holy Communion at Kempton Park The children received the Lord for the first time in
their lives on the 25th of October, 2015 in Kempton
Park parish. Rev. Fr. Peter Rebello assisted by Rev.
Keith Mackenzie presided over the Solemn Eucharist
attended by more than 800 people and instructed the
children about the most Holy Eucharist in his short
and sweet homily. Catechism coordinator Mrs. Ann
Morrow and catechism teacher Mr. Mark Reginald were
remembered in gratitude for their dedicated and
selfless service in training the children.
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Fifth book of Fr. Boniface D’Souza is released in South Africa 'Praying the Rosary with Mother Mary' the fifth book
of Fr. Boniface D’Souza was released on Sunday, 8th
of November. This book contains beautiful
reflections on the mysteries of the Rosary. Other
four books written by the author are, 'Speak to the
Lord' a book for the basic catechism, prayers and
Novenas. 'Be Sealed with the Holy Spirit' a book for
the catechism of the Sacrament of Confirmation.
'Learning my Faith' a book for the Sacrament of
First Holy Communion. 'A Walk to Calvary'
reflections on the stations of the Cross. All these
books have gained much appreciation from the
Archbishop and the people. First three books are
used for the catechism in the Archdiocese of
Johannesburg.
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INSTALLATION OF THE NEW PASTOR AT ST. ANTHONY OF
PADUA CHURCH - AGASSIZ - BC CANADA The
installation of Rev. Fr. Steny Mascarenhas at St.
Anthony of Padua parish as Pastor was celebrated on
November 1st, All Saints Day. Most Rev. J. Michael
Miller CSB, Archbishop of Vancouver presided over
the celebration and Rev. Fr. Rudolf V. D'Souza
concelebrated. The Eucharistic Celebration was
solemn with the Knights of Columbus marching towards
the Altar and saluting the celebrants. During the
Homily Archbishop congratulated Fr. Steny and
highlighted his duties towards his flock and
requested him to tend his flock with care and
concern. After the Homily the solemn installation
ceremony was conducted introducing the new Pastor to
the pulpit, confessional, to Baptismal font, to the
entrance of the Church, to the Altar, to the
Tabernacle and then to his seat. All this happened
while Archbishop recited the prayers of
installation. During the felicitation program in the
Church itself two sisters were felicitated: Rev. Sr.
Kitty and Sr. Theresa of the Little Flower
Congregation as they were very actively involved in
their apostolate among the Native Indians. Rev. Fr.
Rudolf encouraged Fr. Steny to bring unity and
harmony among the parishioners and to sow the seed
of God's Love among them and he cracked a joke
indicating that at the evening of our life we will
be asked to spell a password to enter heaven and
that password should be "Love" and not any other
complicated word like "Czechoslovakia". After the
mass Fr. Steny invited 170 parishioners and guests
to a great sumptuous meal. The whole ceremony and
celebration ended at 1 pm which had begun at 10.30
am. We congratulate Fr. Steny for being the third
Carmelite Pastor in Vancouver Archdiocese.
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BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION OF FR. JERALD D'SOUZA OCD AT
ST. EDMUND'S COMMUNITY ON NOVEMBER 5TH at 7 pm The
Grand Birthday celebration of Fr. Jerald D'Souza was
held at St. Edmund's Community North Vancouver at 7
pm on November 5th. Fr. Steny Mascarenhas from
Agazziz, Bro. Joseph Giroux from Little Flower
Monastery Deroche and Guardian Angels Community
members Fr. Rudy and Fr. Rajesh were present. The
Celebration began by turning Water into Wine and the
sumptuous banquet that was prepared by Fr. Jerry's
friends from his parish was ready on table. Fr.
Rajesh praised Fr. Jerry in 5 words of wisdom: J
that stands for JOY; E stands for ENCOURAGEMENT; R
stands for RESPECT and R stands for REJOICING and
finally Y stands for YEARNING FOR GOD. Fr. Rajesh
said he is a perfect Carmelite who combines in
himself both Carmelite Spirituality and Spirit of
Christ himself in his life. Bro. Joseph was the
official photographer. Gifts were lavished on Fr.
Jerry and balloons smashed during this joyous
occasion.
Thank you Fr. Jerry
Fr. Rudolf V. D'Souza OCD
Canadian Carmelites
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V CENTENARY OF THE BIRTH OF ST. TERESA OF JESUS : WESTERN CANADA OCDS As Carmelites worldwide celebrated the V Centenary
of the Birth of St. Teresa of Jesus, the Carmelites
of Western Canada OCDS culminated the year long
festivities on October 17, 2015 at St. Edmund’s
Parish, North Vancouver, BC with a lively
celebration attended by close to 200 of the faithful
who came to give honor to our Holy Mother, Master of
Prayer and Doctor of the Church. The day commenced
with Mass officiated by former Provincial, Fr.
Archibald Gonsalves and concelebrated by Fr. Rudolf
D’Souza, Fr. Manoj Braganza, Fr. Jerald D’Souza, Fr.
Mario Fernandes, Fr. Victor Fernandes, Fr. Godwin
Pinto and Fr. Jaison Tellis.
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CEREMONIES – LOWER MAINLAND COMMUNITIES : WESTERN CANADA October 31, 2015, the eve of All Saints Day, was a
perfect day for the Ceremonies of our Lower Mainland
Communities which took place at St. Edmund’s Parish,
North Vancouver, BC In spite of the pouring rain,
more than fifty OCDS members together with family
and friends witnessed the investiture and profession
of the candidates.
The Ceremonies were officiated by Provincial
Delegate Fr. Jerald D’Souza OCD. Four candidates
were clothed during the Morning Prayer, followed by
a solemn Eucharistic Celebration during which two
candidates made their First Promise and six
candidates made their Definitive Promise.
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INAUGURATION OF LITTLE FLOWER MONASTERY AT CARMEL HILL - VANCOUVER - CANADA Dear Friends,
Today is the day October 15th, 2015, the day that
the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it.
We the Discalced Carmelites of Karnataka Goa
Province in India and in Canada are grateful to God
and to all of you for coming here to participate in
our joy at the inauguration of Little Flower
Monastery at Carmel Hill. Our hearts turn to God for
his providence, inspiration and guidance. We
wholeheartedly thank Helen Chua Tiampo who
generously contributed towards this whole project in
memory of her loving parents Jaime and Josefina Chua
Tiampo. This is the first ever monastery by the
Karnataka Goa Province of the Discalced Carmelites
established in Canada - Vancouver.
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SOUVENIR OF THE INAUGURATION OF LITTLE FLOWER MONASTERY, CANADA Dear Fathers Brothers and Sisters, Please find attached the PDF file of the
'Souvenir' released on the occasion of the
inauguration of 'Little Flower Monastery' in Canada.
The printed copy runs into 135 pages and since the
paper is of superior quality, it is quite heavy,
making it difficult to send you a hard copy by post.
Kindly go through the attachment which gives a
glimpse of the history of this new foundation from
its conception to the inauguration. Once again
congrats to Fr. Rudy on this great achievement
towards implantation of our Order in Canada. It has
not been an easy task to pursue and oversee the
manifold aspects of the permissions and
construction. We pray that this house may help our
friars radiate the richness of our charism and draw
many vocations to Carmel. May God bless the donors
and all those who have toiled to realize the
project.
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DHYANAVANA DAY Dhyanavana
was full of joy and cheer as the day had dawned to
celebrate “Dhyanavana Day” – the Feast of ST. EDITH
STEIN, our Patroness on October 10, 2015. The
Director, Rev. Fr. Dominic Vas OCD, welcomed one and
all who amidst their busy schedules, found time to
join in our joy and celebration… The evening was
made colorful with a cultural programme consisting
of various cultural dances, skits and drama very
well performed by the student sisters. Fr. Leslie
Moras, Chief Guest for the programme addressed the
gathering which left the listeners spell bound
especially student sisters who found encouragement
and inspiration from his fluent and experiential
expressions. The programme concluded with a
meaningful vote of thanks followed by a delicious
fellowship meal.
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Fr. Charles Serrao begins Pastoral Visitation in Canada On October 6th 2015 Rev. Fr. Charles Serrao OCD
(Provincial) landed at YVR International Airport
Vancouver at 2.10 pm. Fr. Rudolf escorted him to
Guardian Angels Rectory. After a short time of rest
at 6.30 pm Fr. Jerald D’Souza superior at St.
Edmund’s community arranged a great dinner. During
this short meeting over this delicious dinner Fr.
Charles Serrao shared some important details of the
recent concluding St. Teresa’s V Birth Centenary
celebrations held in Vailankanni. Fr. Provincial
left for Prince George on October 7th early morning
for pastoral visitation and he will be visiting
Kilowna and Calgary before he lands back in
Vancouver on October 11th.
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Guardian Angels Parish feast : Canada Guardian Angels Parish feast was celebrated on
October 3rd in the Millennium Hall of the parish.
The celebration included a Magic Show, a Concert by
Chris and Galangar and a wonderful singing by Rachel
Dilman. Dinner was served and Frs. Rudolf and Rajesh
welcomed the guests and thanked them for their
support, friendship and their presence. We specially
thank the organizers of this event: Rizalina
Geronimo, Jenniefer Po, Cecil Boziac, Terri O’Niel,
Cathy Danford and other volunteers who made this
event a great success.
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Feast of our Patroness great St. Teresa of Avila @ Sadbhavana We, the community of Sadbhavana were overjoyed to
celebrate the feast of our Patroness great St.
Teresa of Avila on Monday, 5th of October. We were
elated to sing the praises of God along with the
Carmelite Family of Bengaluru, Carmel Kutam, Choir
Members of Sadbhavana and all everloving
neighbouring priests and religious. It was a
meaningful and fraternal get together. Rev. Fr. Joe
Mathias SJ, Rector of St. Peter’s Pontifical
Seminary, Malleshwaram, Bengaluru presided over the
solemn Eucharist and preached an inspiring homily.
After the Eucharist Rev. Fr. Charles Serrao,
Provincial Superior expressed the sentiments of
gratitude to one and all. Rev. Fr. Silvestre D’Souza,
Councilor in charge of Spirituality was felicitated
as he completed 25 years of Religious Life. After
the Mass all partook in the sumptuous monastic meal
prepared by a monk (Fr. Jerald Dsouza, Superior).
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Solemn Profession and Diaconate celebrations in Tanzania The Karnataka-Goa Province along with the Vicariate
of Tanzania rejoices in the dual celebration of the
Solemn Profession and Diaconate of Bros. Nelson
Osmond Vaz and Raymond Sangu. These two young men
committed themselves perpetually through the
evangelical vows on the 25th of September, 2015at
Kihonda, Tanzania. The Eucharistic Celebration was
presided over by the Regional Vicar Rev. Fr. Marlon
Rodrigues. It was a long-awaited dream in the life
of these brothers as they made their perpetual
commitment in the hands of the Regional Vicar.
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Pushpashrama the institute of Philosophy and
religion, situated at R. S Naidu Nagar, Mysuru,
celebrated on the 27th of September its Golden
Jubilee.
The
thanksgiving mass was offered at 10.30 A.M. presided
over by Most Rev. Dr. Thomas Vazapilly the Bishop of
Mysore and concelebrated by 78 priests. Thereafter
celebration was held at the institute auditorium.
The guest of honour was Rev. Fr. Saverio Cannistra
the Superior General of the Discalced Carmelite
Order. The stage was shared with him by another two
dignitaries namely Rev. Fr. Johannes Gorantla the
Definitor General and Rev. Fr. Charles Serrao the
Provincial. The students of Flos Carmeli School
invoked the presence of God through prayer dance.
Rev. Fr. Alfred Menezes the Rector, welcomed the
guests.
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Dear
Fathers, Brothers and Sisters,
Mr. Peter Rosario, the dad of Fr. Melvin
Rosario had a brain stroke on Monday breathed
his last today morning. The funeral will be tomorrow
at 4:00 PM in Kuppepadau Contact: Fr. Melwin Rosario on: 07829154669
Email: melwinpro@yahoo.com
Mr. Joseph Michael Dsouza, aged 90, paternal
uncle of Fr. Joseph DSouza Sr passed away
last night. The funeral will be held tomorrow
(Sunday) in St. Antony's Church, Padukone, at 3:30
pm Contact: Fr. Joseph Dsouza 8050384327
Monthi fest –Titular feast celebrated at Bajjodi, Infant Mary church. 08, September 2015.
The Monthi fest celebration commenced with a
procession from the Opus Spiritus Sancti convent to
the Infant Mary church, Bajjodi at 8 Am. All the
faithful, especially children took part in it with
great enthusiasm having basketful of flowers to be
offered to Mamma Mary. Rev. Fr. Shabas Crasta,
presided over the Eucharist along with the Fr. Deep
Fernandes, Fr. Christopher SJ, and Fr. Jocy D’souza.
Rev. Fr. Jocy D’ Souza preached the inspiring homily
saying, “ ‘Monthi fest’ - a feast that is close to
the heart of all Christians of Canara (Mangaluru)
has a special role to play in every Christian's
life;
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Monthi Fest at Sadbhavana Monthi Fest was celebrated with all solemnity and
joy in Sadbhavana on Sunday, 6th of September. All
the faithful gathered at the entrance to honor the
Infant Mary with the colorful flower brought by
little children accompanied by the melodious and
traditional hymn “Mariyek Hogolsiyam.” New corns
were blessed and in procession the devotees turned
their steps towards the altar of God. Rev. Fr.
Charles Serrao, the provincial superior presided
over the Eucharistic celebration while Fr. Lawrence
D’Cunha preached a meaningful homily. New corns were
distributed by the main celebrant and the children
were offered sweet sugar canes after the mass.
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Bajjodians Rock in Fancy Dress Competition August 16, 2015, Bajjodians for the first time
participated in the fancy dress competition
organized by Don Bosco Natak Sabha and to the
amazement of all Bajjodians gave a fantastic
performance under the leadership of Mr. Reethan
Cutinha and Mr. Deepak Albuquerque. The children
bellow-15 category bagged prizes in solo, duet and
group and obtained overall first place. In the
above-15 category Bajjodians secured the second
place.
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INTER - PARISH KONKANI SINGING COMPETITION AT BAJJODI August 16, 2015
The ICYM Youth of Bajjodi unit in collaboration with
ICYM City Deanery had organized Inter-Parish Singing
Comepetition on the eve of “Konkani Manyatha Divas”.
Fr. George Crasta, City Varado ICYM Director was the
Guest for the inaugural programme. Fr. Shabas Crasta,
the parish priest of Infant Mary Church, Fr. Jocy,
ICYM Director Bajjodi unit, Mr. Clanute Lobo,
President and Mr. Rainish D’ Souza, Secretory of
Bajjodi ICYM unit were also present. There was
active participation from different parishes. Mr.
Lancy Moras and Mr. Maxim Pereira were the judges
for the event. Mr. Godwin Rasquinha, the main
sponsor of the event felicitated the winners. Ms.
Jonita and Mr. David compeered the programme.
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“Para Vos Nací” @ Ávila The
international centenary celebration of St. Teresa
was held on August 10th – 14th, 2015 at the birth
place of St. Teresa, Avila, Spain. The celebration
was attended by the fathers, brothers, sisters and
the laity belonging to various Carmelite families of
the world. The groups were divided on the basis of
language and were accommodated at the various
centers in Avila. The Karnataka-Goa Province was
represented by Frs. Joseph D’Souza (Sr), Donath
Rebeiro, Vinod Lobo, and Ajay Nazareth.
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July 26 – Carmelite Family get together Mysore Carmelite family get together was held on 26 July in
Flos carmeli premises organized by Congregation of
Teresian Sisters (CTS). Meeting started with
Eucharistic celebration at 10:00 am. Rev Fr. George
Santhmayor was the chief celebrant of the festive
thanksgiving mass. He preached the word of God and
inspired the congregation to live in the spirit of
Carmel, by meditating and practicing the message of
Pope Francis 'to look to the past with gratitude, to
live the present with passion and work for the
future with hope.' After the Eucharistic celebration
Pushpashrama community organized the group dynamics
and then the group discussed about future
assignments led by under the able leadership of Rev.
Fr. Dominic vas followed by a fellowship meal.
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B'day of Fr. Rudy celebrated On Monday July 27, 2015, all the friars around
Vancouver came together at St. Edmund’s to celebrate
the birthday of beloved Fr. Rudolf D’Souza, Regional
Superior of Canada Region. Fr. Jerald D’Souza
organized the event and wished him well. He also
thanked Fr. Rudy for his initiative in the Canada
Region. He reminded friars about Fr. Rudy’s hard,
dedicated and committed work at Carmel Hill. Fr.
Rudy is a blessing to the Region and in turn he is a
blessing to the Province, a blessing to all the
Carmelite friars and Mother Church, he exclaimed.
Fr. Steny Mascarenhas, Pastor of St. Anthony of
Padua Church, Agassiz prepared a delicious meal. Fr.
Rajesh Madtha, chaplain of St. Paul’s Hospital,
wished Fr. Rudy with a bouquet of flowers on behalf
of everyone present. Br. Josef Giroux also joined in
the celebration. Long live Fr. Rudy. We are proud of
you
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Mount Carmel Feast at Carmel Hill, Mangaluru The Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel was celebrated
with great solemnity and devotion at Infant Jesus
Shrine, Bikarnakatte – Manlore on Sunday, 19th July,
2015. The celebration began with the Eucharist
presided over by Rev. Fr. Victor Machado, Parish
Priest of Holy Cross Church, Kulshekar - Mangalore.
The Celebrant in his homily highlighted the
significance of the feast and the devotion of the
Scapular: “Carmel which is the most beautiful
mountain in Israel is the origin of the Carmelite
Order and Mary whose feast we celebrate today, is
the patroness of this Order dedicated to prayer,
contemplation and apostolic actitivity.” He invited
the devotees to adorn themselves with Mary’s virtues
to be beautiful.
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First Profession in Tanzanina The Discalced Carmelite Vicariate of Tanzania
rejoices to have three newly professed brothers on
the 20th of July 2015 to mark the feast of Prophet
Elias the inspirer of the Carmelite Order. The
professed brothers had completed a year of intensive
spiritual preparation in the novitiate in Malawi.
Rev. Fr. Marlon Rodrigues OCD, the Regional Vicar
presided over the mass and received the vows of the
three novices. Six brothers also renewed their
temporal vows for another year. Twelve Carmelite
priests concelebrated the Eucharist which was
witnessed by the parents, relatives and a good
number of the religious brothers and sisters from
the neighborhood.
BRO. MALVINO ALFONSO HONOURED
Br. John Malvino Alfonso OCD was felicitated by Fr.
Freddy J Da Costa Memorial Trust and GULAB as the
BEST WRITER of GULAB a konkani monthly.
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Mt. Carmel Feast at Carmel Ashram, Koteshwar The titular feast of Our Lady of Mt Carmel was
celebrated in Carmel Ashram at Katkere, Koteshwar on
18th July, 2015 at 5.00 pm. The main celebrant of
the solemn Eucharistic celebration was Rev. Fr. Joe
Tauro OCD, rector of St Joseph Monastery,
Bikarnakatte. Priests from the deanery and a few
Carmelite friars concelebrated in the thanksgiving
mass. In the homily the main celebrant highlighted
the importance of the Mt. Carmel Feast and invited
the devotees to be be clothed in the virtues of
Mother Mary. At the end of the Eucharistic
celebration Fr. Felix Moras OCD Superior of Carmel
Ashram expressed his sentiments of gratitude to all
those who played the role in the festive
celebration.
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FEAST OF OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL IN ST. EDMUND'S PARISH In preparation for the Feast of Our Lady of Mount
Carmel, St. Edmund's Church held a Novena with
Masses celebrated by OCD friar, Fr. Jerald D'Souza.
On July 16 at 7pm, the Feast of Our Lady of Mt.
Carmel Mass was celebrated at St. Edmund's Church.
Parishioners, devotees of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
along with OCDS members, Religious and Secular
members filled the church. A beautiful flower
arrangement surrounded the statue of Our Lady of
Mount Carmel which stood prominently in front of the
altar. Bishop David Monroe of Kamloops was the
homilist and the main celebrant having especially
made the five-hour drive to North Vancouver. OCD
friars Fr. Rudolf D'Souza, Fr. Jerald D'Souza, Fr.
Steny Mascarenhas, Fr. Rajesh Madtha together with
Msgr. Gregory Smith, Fr. James Comey and Fr. Paul
Goo, priests of the North Shore Deanery,
concelebrated.
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Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Celebrated in Sadbhavana, Bengaluru Carmelite Fathers of Sadbhavana along with the
vibrant Carmel Kutam celebrated the Feast of our
Lady of Mount Carmel on the 19th of July, 2015 in
the Sadbhavana premises. The celebration began with
the solemn procession of our Lady of Mount Carmel in
a beautifully decorated chariot on Dr. Rajkumar
Road. Nearly four hundred people participated in the
pious procession reciting the Holy Rosary and
singing Marian hymns after V. Rev. Fr. Charles
Serrao, Provincial Superior of Carmelites of
Karnatak-Goa province blessed and incensed the
Chariot. After the solemn procession the statue was
installed in the chapel for veneration by Rev. Fr.
Archibald Gonsalves who presided over the festive
Eucharist.
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Secular Carmel (OCDS) started in Tapovana Tapovana unit of Secular Carmel (OCDS) at
Kushalnagar was started in August 2014 under the
initiative of Fr.Wilfred Rodrigues and the
collaboration of the Novitiate Community. After
almost a year's contact 16 lay faithful were
received into the Novitiate with the vestition
during the mass on 5th July 2015 by Fr. Charles
Serrao, the Provincial who was on pastoral
visitation of the community of Tapovana. Fr. Mari
Joseph working in South Africa who was on vacation
and came to spend 2-3 days in Tapovana preached an
excellent homily with his inimitable style urging
the faithful to see Jesus like the shepherds, to
experience Jesus even on Calvary like Mother Mary,
to touch Jesus like the woman suffering from
hemorrhage and take Jesus home like Jairus.
Breakfast was served to all after the Mass.
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Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel: In the silence of the cloister, we pray for the crisis in the world : by sr. Marie Therese ocd Mumbai (AsiaNews)
- In a small chapel adorned with flowers, this
morning the Carmelite nuns of the monastery of
Mumbai celebrated the feast of Our Lady of Mount
Carmel. The Mass was presided over by Cardinal
Oswald Gracias, archbishop of the city, along with
20 concelebrants. Welcoming the congregation, the
bishop thanked the nuns "for their prayers and the
grace offered to the Church of Mumbai and India."
"This solemnity - continued the prelate - gives us
great joy, for three reasons: we are in the year
dedicated to the consecrated life; the centenary of
the birth of Saint Teresa of Avila; Carmel
celebrates 50 years of its presence in our
archdiocese of Mumbai.
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Patroness honored @ Empoli July 16, 2015 – is an auspicious day to the entire
Carmelite family as they celebrated the solemnity of
Our Lady of Mount Carmel who is the Sister, Mother
and Patroness of the Carmelite Order. On this
propitious day, the Carmelites of Santa Maria,
Empoli along with the parishioners, friends, near
and dear ones celebrated the feast with hearts full
of joy and thanksgiving. The festivity commenced at
6-00pm with the Holy Rosary, Eucharistic Adoration,
Solemn Vespers followed by solemn festive mass
celebrated by Fr Manoj Braganza. Fr Donath in his
homily highlighted the protection of the Blessed
Virgin Mary and invited all to follow Jesus who is
the master and Lord of our life.
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Inauguration of 19th Dhyanavana Spirituality Diploma Course 19th Dhyanavana Spirituality Diploma Course was
inaugurated on 5th of July, 2015. This gracious
event was officiated by Rev. Fr. George Santhmayor
OCD, Vicor Provincial of Karnataka Goa Province and
Director of Dhyana Sadhana. Fr. George celebrated
the inaugural Holy Eucharist and Rev. Fr. Alfred Menezes, Rector of Pushpashrama Philosophy College
preached the word of God. He stressed on ascending,
horizontal and descending dimensions of our
spiritual growth. Rev. Fr. Dominic Vas, Director of
Dhyanavana welcomed and thanked the gathering for
their continuous support and encouragement to the
institute. After the Eucharistic celebration all the
invitees and the participants partook in the
fellowship meal.
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FATHER STENY'S SURPRISE FAREWELL BBQ On Canada Day, July 1st we surprised Father Steny
with a Farewell BBQ. Jady took him out for the day,
so we could get things setup. They returned around
5:30pm and we all said 'SURPRISE". There were CWL
ladies, Knights of Columbus and parishioners who are
actively involved in parish. We had good food & good
time & good drinks made by Father Jerry.
FAREWELL DINNER FOR FATHER STENY On the evening of Saturday, June 20th, St. Edmund's
Parish of North Vancouver, BC gathered to bid
Father Steny Mascarenhas a fond farewell and best
wishes as he becomes the Pastor of St. Anthony of
Padua, Agassiz, BC. A delicious dinner and wonderful
music was enjoyed by all. The Parish presented a
Chalice and Paten to Father Steny in thanks for his
ministry at St. Edmund's. Even though his tenure as
Assistant Pastor was less than a year, he was
involved in many aspects of the Parish among which
were establishing a Youth Group, enlarging the
number of Servers as well as taking them on a tour
of Holy Locations on the Lower Mainland. Added to
this, he and several Parishioners planted out a
beautiful rose garden. Our prayers go with Father
Steny as he takes this next step on his journey.
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Altar Servers Day At 7:30am on June 13th, 27 Altar Servers attended
Mass celebrated by Father Steny Mascarenhas, (at
that time, Assistant Pastor of St. Edmund's Parish,
North Vancouver, BC). Father Steny and the group
then boarded a bus and headed towards Westminster
Abbey, Mission, BC. Members of the Benedictine
Community lead the Servers on a tour of the
beautiful buildings and grounds of the Monastery.
Abbot John Braganza, OSB spoke to the group about
the importance of reverence when serving in Church.
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News from St. Joseph's Church Mira Road 21st of June was the happiest day for St. Joseph's
Church Mira Road as five of the newly ordained
priests celebrated their first masses in the parish
for the first time. Rev. Fr. Pawan Saldanha who is
presently working as the secretary to the bishop of Gulbarga presided over the solemn eucharist while
Fr. Noel D'Cunha who is presently serving as the
Rector of the minor seminary in Gujrath broke the
Word of God. Rev. Fr. Augustine Robert, presently
rendering his services in Fatima Retreat Centre, Fr.
Antony Stephen, presently working in Dhyanashrama,
Vasai, and Fr. Arun Bennis, serving in our mission
station at Gulbarga concelebrated.
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Death Notice
Dear Brothers and
Sisters in Carmel,
We are very sorry to inform you that Sr. Eileen
of Jesus, aged 73 years, from Pune Carmel,
passed away today morning (20-06-2015) at 3.30 am.
The funeral is at 4.00 pm today. May her soul rest in
peace.
Lectio Brevis - 2015 The academic year 2015-16 was inaugurated
on the 15th of June at Pushpashrama institute of
philosophy and religion.Rev. Fr. George Santhumayor
OCD was the main celebrant for the inaugural holy
Eucharist. Fr. Sunil Rodrigues, OCD preached the
homily highlighting the importance of our call in
the Church and the free and the serious response we
need to give to our call. The holy Mass was
followed by the Lectio brevis. Fr. VIjay D' Costa
OCD presented the lectio brevis on the theme 'the
Face of the Other according to Emmanuel Levinas.
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Inauguration of Weekend Course at Emmaus The second batch of theory and practice of
counselling course was inaugurated by Rev. Fr. Alex
Braganza, Superior of Carmelite Seminary, Mapusa,
Goa on 6th June 2015. This course is attended by 30
plus students. This course will run on 12 Saturdays.
This course includes: Major theories of couselling
(Psychodynamic, Cognitive Behavioural, Humanistic
and Eastern), application of the theory to a case,
micro skills of counselling with practical
demonstrations. The third batch will begin in
September 2015.
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HABEMUS DOCTOREM We the Discalced Carmelites of the K.G. Province
delight in the person of Rev Fr Wilfred Pais who
successfully defended his Doctoral thesis on the
theme “Women Discipleship: A Model for the Disciples
in the Gospel of Mark”. The defense was held at
Pontifical University of Urbaniana, Rome at 3-00pm
on June 10, 2015. The doctoral thesis of Fr Wilfred
was guided by Prof. Crimella Matteo, a renowned
biblical scholar and a professor at the Urbaniana.
The panel of examiners comprised of professors
Crimella Matteo, Gieniusz Andrzej and Bazzi Carlo.
The panel members expressed their whole hearted
appreciation for the systematic and comprehensive
presentation and development of the thesis.
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Solemn Profession at Infant Jesus Shrine, Mangaluru The Carmelites had more than one reason to thank God and celebrate on
29th May, 2015. It was a day that saw two brothers pronouncing their
religious vows for life at the Infant Jesus Shrine, Bikarnakatte -
Mangaluru. The rite of Solemn Profession guided by Fr. Prakash D’Cunha
OCD, were beautifully integrated in the Eucharistic celebration. Rev.
Fr. George Santhumayor the Vicar Provincial, exhorted the candidates to
be ‘men of God and men for God’, ‘men of integrity’ and ‘men of
service.’ The highlight of the ceremony was making the religious
profession in the hands of the Provincial Superior of the Carmelites,
Rev. Fr. Charles Serrao OCD.
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Report on the Celebrations held in Mangalore of Canonization of Blessed Mary of Jesus Crucified Certainly it was the power and presence of Blessed
Mary of Jesus Crucified (Mary Baouardy) that gave
the inspiration to the Sisters of the Sacred Heart
Monastery Cloistered Carmel Kankanady, Mangalore to
envisage a celebration locally, to mark the great
event of her Canonization by Pope Francis on May 17,
2015. The events planned and details worked
out were successfully accomplished.. All praise and
thanks to God through the intercession of St. Mary
of Jesus Crucified.
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100% Result at Mount Carmel School, Ramnagar They have made us proud again!!! The Mount Carmel
School, Ramnagar, Londa has achived 100% results in
CBSE 10th standard board exam. Master Yadnesh
has achieved 96% and 6 of them have scored above
90%. Congratulation to the staff and the Students.
NEW PASTOR TO HEAD INFANT MARY CHURCH, BAJJODI
23, May, 2015, 3.30 PM Infant Mary Church, Bajjodi, which was inaugurated
in the month of January is growing in spirit and
might. Within a short period of its establishment as
a parish under the able leadership of Fr. Melwyn D’
cunha, is now sadly wishes farewell to him as he is
tranferred to St. Joseph's Parish, Mira Road and
joyfully welcomes Fr. Shabas Crasta as her new
pastor! Fr Shabas Crasta on 23rd May, Saturday at
3.30 PM arrived at the parish as a new Pastor of
Infant Mary church. Fr. Melwyn and Mr. Joseph Pinto,
Vice President of the Parish, welcomed him with a
garland.
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Bazinga - Summuer camp at Mira Road St. Joseph Youth Association of Mira Road Parish
organized BAZINGA (Summer Camp) for Children up to
10th Standard. Nearly 250 Children participated in
Bazinga. It was a fun filled event with Games,
Dance, Treasure Hunt, Various Work shops and
Meditation. Bazinga ended with the 'Grand Finale' on
the 7th of May which included an exhibition of
talents of children. Parents were present in big
number to see their children perform on the stage.
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New Academic Year Inaugurated in Ramnagar The academic year of the Mount Carmel school
Ramnagar, Belgaum was inaugurated today. Rev. Fr.
Ajith Rodrigues was the chief guest of honour. Rev.
Fr. Antony D’Souza, the Correspondent of the School,
Rev. Fr. Venil D’Souza, the principal and Srs.
Roselina and Greta along with teacher and student
representatives lighted the lamp to mark the
beginning of the academic year. Fr. Ajith in his
address urged the students to begin well and put in
a lot of hard work to savor the sweetness of
success. Rev. Fr. Antony wished the students all the
very best for the coming academic year.
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RECTOR CELEBRATES IL SUO COMPLEANNO May 25, 2015 Monday was an auspicious day in the
historical monastery of Santa Maria Della Scala,
Rome as the rector Rev Fr Ivan Pinto celebrated his
birthday. The whole day was considered as the
Rector’s day as he received birthday greetings from
the members of the community and from various
corners of the world his near and dear ones. The
thanksgiving Eucharistic celebration was held at
6-30pm presided over by the birthday baby and
concelebrated by the members of the community. Fr
Wilfred Pais during the introduction invited the
entire assembly to pray for the intention of Fr Ivan
and gave a meaningful reflection on the day’s gospel
and gave a clarion call to follow the Lord with the
spirit of detachment and mortification. At the close
of the mass, the birthday boy expressed the words of
gratitude to all the members and faithful who
attended the mass.
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First Profession at Bangalore Carmel The Carmelite Family rejoices as Sr. Arokya Mary of
Jesus made her first profession in Bangalore Carmel
on the 22nd of May, 2015. The Eucharistic
celebration commensed at 7:00 am. Rev. Fr. Silvestre
D’Souza presided over the Holy Mass and Rev. Fr. Raj
Ratnam, who inspired Sr. Arokya to join the Carmel,
aged 82 years, who had come all the way from
Pondichery preached a meaningful homily. Frs.
Christu Raj, Sandeep Goveas and Richard Menezes
concelebrated.
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THE “INTERNATIONAL PILGRIM VIRGIN STATUE OF OUR LADY OF FATIMA” On May 9th, 2015, the precious miraculous statue of
our lady was brought to St. Peter’s Church in
Mackenzie, BC. Carrying lit candles and singing
“Gentle Woman” we welcomed our Mother into our
parish walking with her in procession. As we
approached our pews our Lady was secured near the
altar surrounded by flowers, candles and a large
beautiful Rosary. Father Ronald led us in a
commitment prayer to our Mother. This was followed
by the Fatima Message (see below) and history given
by Patrick Sabat, our Lady’s custodian.
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Sister Pooja of the Holy Trinity, made her 1st Profession On 1st May 2015 (Miss Pooja Khandekar) Sister Pooja
of the Holy Trinity, made her 1st Profession in the
hands of Mother Teresa Margaret of the Sacred Heart,
in the Carmel of God the Father, Ramwadi, Pune,
Maharashtra. Fr. Joy Francis OCD presided over the
Solemn Mass along with Fr. Denzil Veigas OCD, Fr.
Pradeep Pinto OCD and Fr. Conrad Noronha SJ. The
Parents of Sr. Pooja were present with her brother.
The Mass was well attended by Jesuits from De Nobili
and the people of Ramwadi along with Carmelite
Missionary Sisters. Fr. Joy in his homily
highlighted the importance of the three vows in
consecrated life.
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FOUR WOMEN RELIGIOUS DECLARED SAINTS May 17, 2015 on the feast of the Ascension of the
Lord, the Holy Father Pope Francis solemnly
proclaimed four women religious who lived during the
19th century as Saints for their life of holiness in
following Jesus Christ. They are St Marie Alphonsine
from Jerusalem; St Mary of Jesus Crucified from
Palestine; St Jeanne Emilie de Villeneuve was a
French nun and foundress; and St Maria Cristina of
the Immaculate Conception from Italy.
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Obituary of Sr. Rose Mary of St. Joseph
The silent hidden life of Sr. RoseMary of St. Joseph
has many shades of beauty not only in God's eyes but
in the eyes of all of us. Born to Mr and Mrs.Joseph
and Mary Kaniamparambil on 6th March 1919, she was
the eldest in a family of five sisters and 3
brothers in Alleppy, Kerala. After her graduation in
Trichy she taught and then at the age of 26 yrs she
joined the Carmel of Bangalore. What attracted her
to Carmel was her desire to give herself totally to
God. She joined a Carmel where she could be away
from her family.
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Once More!!! Rev. Fr. Saverio Cannistra This is the expression of the Carmelite Order as
they reelect Very Rev. Fr. Saverio Cannistra as the
Superior General of the Carmelites for the next six
years. He was elected as General in April 2009 in
Fatima and now after the completion of six years he
has been given the steering wheel again for another
term. This year the General Chapter is being held at
Avila, Spain, the birth place of St. Teresa of
Avila, whose fifth birth centenary is being
celebrated this year.
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NATIONAL SEMINAR ON ST. TERESA OF AVILA The Carmelite Family of India (CFI), organized a
National Seminar on St. Teresa to mark her 5th Birth
Centenary, at AtmaDarshan, Aluva, Kerala, from 6-8
February 2015. The initiative and leadership of Frs.
Wilfred Rodrigues OCD and Wilson Srampikal OCD
coupled with the generous services of the Executive
Committee Members of CFI bore fruit in “Journeying
with St. Teresa” for three days, each day taking up
a relevant aspect of her life viz: (1) Word of God
and St. Teresa, (2) Minor Works of St. Teresa and
Teresian Communities and (3) Teresian Spirituality
in the Indian Context.
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Marvels at Emmaus Two new well furnished sound proof, air conditioned
counseling cabins were inaugurated and blessed by
Fr. Alex Braganza Superior of Avila Jyothi, Mapuca
on 23rd April 2015. This date marks the handing over
of Emmaus to us in the year 2003 by Mr. Frank
Carvalho and his wife Olga Carvalho.
Congratulations.
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Ordination of Fr. Sandeep Goveas Rev. Fr. Sandeep Goveas, the Fourth Priest this year
for the Karnataka Goa province, the fifth carmelite
from the Diocese of Chikmagalur and first from St.
Antony’ Church, Mudigere was ordained on the 16th of
April by Most. Rev. Thomasappa Antony Swamy, Bishop
of Chikmagalur. Rev. Fr. Richard Menezes conducted
the liturgy. After the ordination ceremony there was
a felicitation programme to wish the new priest in
the order of Melchizedek. Rev. Fr. Richard Menezes
was the master of the ceremony. Rev. Fr. Joy Francis
raised the toast and wished Fr. Sandeep good health
and happiness n the life to come.
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Ordination of Fr. Antony Stephen It
was indeed a day to rejoice as Dn. Antony Stephen,
first Carmelite Priest from the Mt. Carmel Church,
Mariapura, Bangalore was ordained on the 15th of
April. The first flower from the garden of Mt.
Carmel Church to the Order of Carmel was fittingly
offered as the whole village joined together in the
ordination ceremony. Most Rev. Robert Miranda,
Bishop of Gulbarga raised our deacon to the order of
Melchizedek. Rev. Fr. Deepak Thomas conducted the
liturgy meaningfully. After the Eucharist a short
felicitation programme was organized. Rev. Fr.
Richard Menezes compeered the programme and
introduced the Newly Ordained to the gathering.
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Five Carmelites were Ordained at Infant Jesus Shrine, Mangaluru April 17th of 2015, was a special day in the life of the Karnataka-Goa
Province of Discalced Carmelites, as five more members were added to the
Priestly tribe! The Solemn Mass with the rich ceremony of Priestly
Ordination began at 03.30 pm as around 85 Priests processed in the
beautiful Infant Jesus Shrine at Bikarnatakatte, Mangalore. Most Rev.
Aloysius Paul D’Souza, Bishop of Mangalore was the ordaining minister.
The five new priests are:
Rev. Fr. Kevin Felix Fernandes, from St. Joseph the Worker Church,
Vamanjoor.
Rev. Fr. Arun Bennis, from St. Thomas the Apostle Church, Nirkan.
Rev. Fr. Prakash Lancy Rebello from St. Antony’s Church, Bannur – Puttur.
Rev. Fr. Joseph Cyril D’Souza (Jocy Siddakatte) from St. Patrick’s
Church, Siddakatte and
Rev. Fr. Pawan Alson Saldanha from Most Holy Saviour Church, Agrar.
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Easter celebration in our community at Maria Della Scala, Rome. As the
whole Church rejoices in the great feast of the
Easter, the Friars of the Karnataka – Goa and the
Vicariate of Tanzania working and studying in Italy,
came together on 8th of April to show their
fraternal love and to partake in the joy of the
Risen Lord in our community at Maria Della Scala,
Rome. The gathering began with the solemn
concelebrated mass presided over by Fr. Wilfred Pais.
Fr. Lancy Lewis broke the word highlighting the
Emmaus experience of the Apostles. The community
prepared a sumptuous meal. It was also an occasion
to celebrate the birthday of Fr. Edwin Denis. Fr.
Ivan Pinto the superior of the community thanked
each and everyone present.
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Maundy Thursday: Sadbhavana Maundy Thursday was celebrated meaningfully in
Sadbhavana. Rev. Fr. Charles Serrao presided over
the Festive Mass and Rev. Fr. Richard Menezes
preached the homily. Rev. Fr. Provincial washed the
feet of the disciples to commemorate the greatest
act of humility performed by our Lord Jesus Christ.
After the communion Fr. Richard conducted the
adoration. Frs. Sivestre D’Souza, Canute D’Souza and
Arun Lobo concelebrated. Good number of people
participated in the liturgy.
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Palm Sunday: Sadbhavana Palm Sunday was celebrated in all its solemnity in
Sadbhavana. Rev. Fr. Richard Menezes presided over
the liturgy. Rev. Fr. Ivan D’Souza preached the
suitable homily. Frs. Canute, Richard and Ivan
proclaimed the passion according to St. Mark. It was
indeed a homely celebration with a large number of
people. Mr. Maxim Lobo led the choir with
traditional hymns facilitating a devout and
meaningful celebration.
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Rev. Fr. Jerome Braganza OCD
passed away last evening in Avila Jyothi Monastery,
Mapuca, Goa. The Funeral is on
29th of March, Sunday at 4.00 pm at Carmelite
Monastery, Aquem, Margao.
May his soul rest in peace.
Birth: 30-08-1934 in Mapuca, Goa
Parents: Dr. Jeronimo Caetano and M.L. Blasia de
Remedios
Into Carmel: 1966, in Manjumel, Kerala
First Profession: 11-02-1968, in Podanur, Tamilnadu
Solemn Profession: 11-02-1973, in Manjumel, Kerala
Ordination: 30-12-1973, Ernakulam, Kerala
Death: 27-03-2015 in Mapuca, Goa
Sr. Sagaya Mary makes her first profession On the 19th of March, 2015, Sr. Sagaya Mary of
Bangalore Carmel made her first profession in the
hands of Mother Prioress. Fr. Clifford D'Souza
presided over the profession ceremony and preached
an inspiring homily on the life of St. Joseph
whereas Fr. Roshan D'Souza OCD presided over the
Solemn Euchristic Celebration. Fr.Richard Menezes
concelebrated. The parents of Sagaya Mary were
present along with a few neighbours of Cloister
Carmel. It was a meaningful liturgical celebation
with a meaningful litrugy condcted by the cloister
sisters. After the mass all the invitees broke the
fast with the tasty breakfast provided by the sister
in honour of Sr. Sagaya. Congratulation Sr. Sagaya.
May God bless you as you have taken the bold step to
follow him closely.
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Fr. Pradeep Pinto OCD successfully defended his thesis We are indeed privileged to have another master in
the person of Fr. Pradeep Pinto OCD as he
successfully defended his thesis titled ‘THE
RELATION BETWEEN BRAHMAN, JIVA AND THE WORLD IN THE
SRIKANTHA-BHASYA OF SRIKANTHA SAIVACARYA A
HERMENEUTICAL EXPLORATION’ on the 12th of march,
2015. He prepared his thesis under the scholarly
guidance of Fr. Henry D'Almeida S.J. and Fr. Stephen
Thadam S.J. was the reader for the defense. We
congratulate Fr. Pradeep for securing the highest marks
and topping the class in Systematic Philosophy. We
are proud of you. May you grow higher and higher.
Kudos!
A New Master in Philosophy!!! We are extremely happy to inform you that, on 16th
of March, Fr. Vijay D’Costa OCD successfully
defended his thesis titled "The Sense of the
Levinasian Subject and its Relevance Today" as a
requirements for the Licentiate in Philosophy.
(Emmanuel Levinas is one of the most influential
20th century post modern French phenomenologist and
ethical thinker.) His defense session was moderated
by Prof. Sidney Mascarenhas OFM, a well know
Levinasian scholar in India, who was also his second
guide together with Prof. Mathew Chandrankunnel from
DVK who guided him to draft his thesis and two
others readers. Fr. Vijay D’Costa also was awareded
a scholarship for his thesis this year. Fr. Vijay we
are proud of you. May God bless You.
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Fr. Arwin Tauro completed his Master’s degree in Theology On the 17th of March, Fr. Arwin Tauro completed his
Master’s degree in Theology at St Peter’s Pontifical
Institute Bengaluru as he successfully defended his
dissertation on the theme: KENOSIS AS PLEROMA: The
nada y todo Spirituality of John of the Cross andits
efficacy in shaping a better world. He drafted his
thesis under the able guidance of Rev. Fr. Alfred
Menezes OCD. Rev. Dr Prof. Jacob Parappally was the
co-moderator for his defence. Congratulations dear
Fr. Arwin Tauro and wish you all the very best for
the future.
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Fr. Roshan defends his Thesis Fr. Roshan D’Souza successfully defended his thesis
titled “The Paradox of Weakness and Strength: An
Exegetical Study of 2 Cor 12:1-10” under Rev. Dr.
Lucien Legrand, Moderator and Rev. Dr. Alfred
Joseph, Co-Moderator. The defence was at St. Peter’s
Pontifical Institute, Malleshwaram, Bangalore on the
16th of March at 4.00 PM. This completes his
Master’s degree in Biblical Theology.
Congratualations dear Fr. Roshan and all the very
best for your future ministry.
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Press Conference held at Mangalore Carmel Press meeting was conducted by Rev.Fr.Pius James
D’Souza OCD along with Rev.Mother Marie Celine OCD,
Sr.Mary Imelda OCD, Sr.Jacintha OCD, Sr.Linette AC,
Fr.Antony George SCJ, Sr.Linette AC, Mr.Elias
Fernandes, Mr.Stanly Bantwal, and Mrs.Hilda Madtha
in view of the Canonizaion of Bl. Mary of Jesus
Crudified which will take place on the 17th of May,
2015
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Foundation Stone laid for Mount Carmel School at Shivamogga The blessing and the foundation stone laying
ceremony of the New Mount Carmel school was held at
Shivamogga on March 8th at 12pm. Frs. Jerome Moras
and Ivan D'souza organized the prayer service at the
construction site. Rev. Fr. Veeresh V. Moras,
Director of Shimoga Multipurpose Social Service
Society(SMSSS) blessed the foundation stone for the
new Mount Carmel School. After the blessing
Fr. Jerome Moras proposed the vote of thanks.
Contractor Walter pinto and a few more distinguished
guests were present to witness this auspicious
moment. Snacks and soft drinks were served to all.
Wish you all the very best dear Frs. Jerome and
Ivan. Our prayers are always with you.
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30th Spiritual product of Fr. Rudolf V. D’Souza OCD The community at Sadbhavana, Bangalore was happy to
release the latest publication by our well-known
friar Rev. Fr. Rudolf V. D’Souza OCD. At the end of
the Sunday Eucharist on 1st March, 2015, Fr
Silvestre D’Souza OCD, Editor of “Springs of Living
Water” briefly introduced the book to the
congregation. Fr. Jerald D’Souza OCD, the
Delegate-Superior of the Carmelite community
formally unveiled the book: Seek and you will find.
The contents of this book first appeared in the form
of articles in the magazine of daily reflections
“Springs of Living Water.”
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Confirmation in Mira Road It was a joyful day for the parish and the Mother
Church as 215 young boys and girls received the
gifts of the Holy Spirit on the 28th of February, in
St. Joseph's Church, Mira Road. Most. Rev. Bishoph
John Rodrigues confirmed them during the Solemn
Eucharist concelebrated by the community Fathers.
May they be blessed abundantly and become the
effective instruments in the mighty hands of God.
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Junior Priests' Meet 2015 The meeting of Junior Priests of Karnataka- Goa
province was held in Stella Maris, Honnavar from 2nd
to 6th of February, 2015. Twenty four Priests and
Br. Malvino participated in this meet. Fr. George
Santhumayor, Councilor in-charge of On-going
formation presided over the inaugural mass and
preached an encouraging homily. Fr. Gregory D’Souza
enlightened the participants on the theme,
‘Carmelites Spiritual direction’ by his experiential
and wisdom filled input sessions. On the 5th of
February, a mass for the people was organized in St.
Sebastian’s Parish, Matadakeri where all the priests
concelebrated in the Eucharist and prayed for the
people.
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Ordination of Fr. Noel D’Cunha Dn. Noel D’Cunha was ordained by Most. Rev. Philip
Neri Ferrao, the archbishop of Goa and Daman on the
11th of February in the Carmelite Monastery, Acquem,
Margao. Frs. Ivo Dias and Mark Furtado organized the
meaningful liturgy. After the Mass Fr. Archibald
Gonsalves, the superior of the Monastery raised the
toast and wished the newly ordained all success in
his priestly ministry. Fr. Provincial expressed his
joy of having another young and bubbling priest for
the province and congratulated Fr. Noel. On this
graceful occasion he thanked his parents and honored
the benefactors who helped Fr. Noel to ascend the
altar of God. Fr. Noel thanked everyone who was
instrumental in making him a priest in the order of
Melchizedek.
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Karmel Dongrar Somyacho Pashav - 1 : Infant Jesus shrine, Mangalore Infant Jesus Shrine organized Karmel Dongrar
Somyacho Pashav - a spiritual program on first
Sunday of Lent i.e., 21st Feb, 2015. It began at 5
pm with a meaningful and creative Way of the Cross
held in the open air. Faithfull carried the Cross
and meditated on the timely reflections on the
Stations of the Cross conducted by Rev Fr. Stephen
Pereira, Carmelite. . Rev. Fr. Deep Fernandes,
Carmelite preached a fitting homily on one of the
last words of Jesus from the Cross - “Father forgive
them they do not what they are doing.” This
spiritual program was ended with the adoration of
the Blessed Sacrament and benediction.
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Medical mission inaugurated at Infant Jesus shrine Fr Joe Tauro , the superior of St Joseph's monestry inaugurated the
Infant Jesus Medical Mission, a health information center at Infant
Jesus Shrine on Thursday, February 19. Dr Naveen Rodrigues gave
information about the center. Mark D' Souza gave information about
alcohol addiction. Fr Elias D' Souza, director of the shrine, Fr
Barnabas Monis and Fr Steven Pereira were present. Deacon Joseph C D'
Souza compered and proposed vote of thanks. The service will be
available on every Thursday from 10 am till 12.30 pm.
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New beginning - CARMEL PRERAN With this Lent we the Carmelites have reached
another milestone in our media ministry by launching
CARMEL PRERAN in Daijiworld 24x7 local TV channel
which is available world wide through website and
android app. We are grateful to you for support and
encouragement to CARMEL KIRAN which ran into 537
episodes from 30 Aug, 2013 to till date. Please note
that CARMEL KIRAN will run as usual on Divine Word
TV everyday morning and evening at 8. CARMEL PRERAN
is being telecast on Daijiworld24x7 TV every day at
7.30 am. You can follow us on
http://www.Youtube/Carmelpreran and
on
http://www.Facebook/carmelpreran.
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Seminar on Consecrated Life in the Third Millennium: Hopes and Challenges : Dhyanavana, Mysore January 26, Dhyanavana
International Institute of Spirituality, Mysore organized a full day seminar on
Consecrated life in the third millennium: hopes and challenges. At 9:00 am
seminar started with registration and at sharp 9:15 am programme was begun.
Participant’s response was enthralling and mind boggling. Sisters from 53
congregations from Mysore, ten congregation sisters from Dhyanavana and four men
congregation brothers and fathers participated in the Seminar.
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Mission exposure programme : Dhyanavana, Mysore January
21 to 23, 2015, a mission exposure programme was organized for Dhyanavana
student sisters at Mariapura village in Kollegal district. It was guided by ODP
NGO’S Staff members and it was headed by Sr. Felicie U F S. They initiated this
exposure programme through P.R.A. method that is Participatory Rural Appraisal.
This method helps to trace the needs of the villagers.
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THE INAUGURATION OF THE 5TH BIRTH CENTENARY OF ST. TERESA OF AVILA AT MATEKA AND MPANDAGINDO, SONGEA.
As the whole Order of the Discalced Carmelites
rejoices to celebrate the 5th birth centenary of the
reformer St. Teresa of Avila (1515 – 2015), the
Carmelites of Songea along with the lay faithful had
the privilege to inaugurate this Jubilee year with a
solemn celebration.
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A
Carmelite at the helm of the CRI - Mysore:
On behalf of the Karnataka-Goa Province, we
congratulate Fr. Dominic Vas OCD, on being elected
as the President of the CRI (Mysore Unit) during the
general assembly held yesterday (15 February, 2015).
We promise him our prayers, so that he may be able
to animate the religious in the Diocese and make a
valuable contribution to the local Church.
INSTALLATION OF THE TABERNACLE AT THE PAROCHIAL HOUSE, MPANDAGINDO, SONGEA. “It is written,” he said to them, “My house will be
called a house of prayer, but you are making it a
den of robbers.” (Matthew 21:13). There was a real
need for a community chapel for the friars to have
their community prayers especially to have the
mental prayer at the Parochial House of the St.
Martin the Tour. After having received the
permission from the local ordinary, the Tabernacle
was installed in the Community Chapel by Rev. Fr.
Marlon Rodrigues OCD, the Regional Vicar during the
evening vespers on the day of Christmas.
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NEW YEAR CELEBRATION AT OUR LADY OF LOURDES SUBSTATION, MATEKA, SONGEA. ‘Begin Anew. Most of us will make resolutions as we
begin the New Year but the essential thing is to
keep up those resolutions. Mary lived by the promise
she made to the Lord and in the same way we need to
live by the promises we make to the Lord’ this is
what, Rev. Fr. Baptist Fernandes OCD, the new member
of the Carmelite Community preached in his homily
during the thanksgiving mass on 31st December.
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THE HOLY FAMILY FEAST AT NDILIMA LITEMBO SUBSTATION, SONGEA.
The family which prays together will live together,
was the theme on the Feast of the Holy Family. The
feast was celebrated with pomp and glory on 28th
December at Ndilima Litembo, one of the Substation
which is under the care of the Carmelites. The main
celebrant of the feast was Rev. Fr. Marlon Rodrigues,
the Regional Vicar. The celebration began with the
Holy Eucharist at 11 AM. There were a good number of
faithful present for the celebration.
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THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM AT OUR LADY OF LOURDES SUBSTATION, MATEKA, SONGEA. December 26th the Boxing Day and the feast of St.
Stephen the first martyr was solemnized by
conferring the sacrament of Baptism for 28 new born
children here at Our Lady of Lourdes substation,
Mateka. The Solemn Eucharistic Celebration was
presided over by Rev. Fr. Marlon Rodrigues, the
Regional Vicar of the Carmelites along with Fr.
Roshan Pinto. The mass began at 9 AM with a solemn
procession.
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THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM AT ST MARTIN THE TOUR PARISH, MPANDAGINDO, SONGEA. "Let the little children come to me, and do not
hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such
as these” said the Lord. On Boxing Day the
parishioners of St. Martin the Tour Parish,
Mpandagindo, solemnized the feast of St. Stephen,
the first Martyr, by having the baptism for 25
children. The solemn Eucharistic celebration began
at 9 PM. Rev. Fr. Vivian Menezes OCD, the Parish
Priest presided over the Eucharist and baptised the
little ones.
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BISHOP OF TRAPANI VISITS SCALA January 26, 2015: As the Indians celebrated the
Republic Day and had the privilege of welcoming Mr
Barack Obama, President of USA; the Carmelites of
Scala community in Rome had the honour of welcoming
His Excellency Most Rev. Pietro Maria Fragnelli,
Bishop of Trapani. Fr Wilfred Pais welcomed the
Bishop and thanked for his friendly visit to our
community which enhanced the joy of the community.
After having seen the relic of St Teresa of Avila
and the Church, He presided over the Eucharistic
celebration and during the homily taking into
consideration the rich legacy and the spirituality
of the Carmelite Saints invited all to walk in the
footsteps of St Teresa of Avila in following Jesus
Christ.
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The walking staff of
the first woman ‘Doctor’ of the Catholic Church
arrived Tanzania on the 14th Jan 2015 accompanied by
the team of pilgrims from Spain namely Amaya
Alvarez, Pablo Montesinos, Cristina Marcos and Fr.
Jerome Paluku, Asst mission secretary from
Generalate. The entire Catholic Church joining with
the Reformed Order of the Carmelites of St. Teresa
of Avila marks the 500th Birthday of St. Teresa who
is noted for her life of prayer, prayer for the
church and efforts to reform the Carmelite Order.
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RELIC ARRIVES IN DAR ES SALAAM - ST. TERESA OF AVILA SUB STATION 16th January, 2015 the relic was taken by flight
from Mwanza to Dar Es Salaam. The plane landed at
2.15pm and the relic was received at the airport by
Discalced Carmelite friars and the OCDS members. The
three cars decorated proceeded to St. Peter Claver
parish where the relic was received solemnly with
singing and celebration. There was exposition of the
Blessed Sacrament. At 5 pm there was the solemn
Eucharistic celebration presided over by Rev. Fr.
Benno the Dean and parish priest of Kibaha parish
and concelebrated by the Carmelite priests and
Diocesan priests.
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RELIC ARRIVES IN DAR ES SALAAM - ST. THERESE OF THE CHILD JESUS PARISH At 9 am the relic was taken to St. Therese of
the Child Jesus Parish where the people along with
children and sang and offered flowers expressing
their joy. The relic was taken in procession to the
church. The Eucharistic celebration was presided
over by Fr. Marlon Rodrigues OCD. The veneration of
the relic was held after the mass.
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RELIC ARRIVES IN MOROGORO - KOLA SEMINARY At 3pm the journey to Morogoro began and we
reached Kola formation community where the community
welcomed the relic at the gate with songs and
dancing. The vespers were sung and the community
spent some time in meditation till 9 pm.
RELIC ARRIVES IN KIHONDA OUR LADY OF MT. CARMEL CHURCH At 9.20 pm the relic was received at Kihonda Mt.
Carmel church, where religious and lay people
gathered and had the night vigil with exposition of
the Blessed Sacrament. On 18thmorning Sunday the two
masses were presided over by Rev. Fr. Mloka, the
Rector of St. Peter’s seminary Diocese of Morogoro.
In the afternoon at 1.30 pm the relic and the
pilgrims travelled to Dar es salaam to fly to
Madagascar via Kenya at 7.10 pm.
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Message
of Pope Francis to the Bishop of Avila, on the occasion of the opening of the V
Birth Centenary Year of St. Teresa of Avila
(1515-2015)
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Circular
Letter of Rev. Fr. General on the IV Birth Centenary
of Br. Lawrence of the Resurrection (1614-2014)
Rector’s day @ Avila Jyothi Seminary, Mapusa 18th Jan 2015 was a special day for Avila Jyothi
Seminary, Mapusa as it was celebrated as the
Rector’s day. The Brothers put up a mind blowing
cultural programme. The celebration began at 12.00
PM with a prayer song followed by variety of dances,
jokes, plays and songs. The programme came to an end
with the singing of Anthem. Priests and religious
from neighboring parishes and communities and
benefactors were invited along with the teachers who
teach our brothers throughout the year. After the
cultural bonanza the fraternal meal was shared. In
the evening volleyball match was held. It was indeed
a memorable day. A hearty congratulations to the
future Carmelites who made this day a great day.
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Mega B’day Celebration at Sadbhavana All our friars from Bangalore region came together
on Sunday, 18th of January, in Sadbhavana for a Mega
B’day celebration of our friars. Fr. William
Miranda, Fr. Lawrence D’Cunha, Fr. Walter Lobo, Fr.
Canute D’Souza, Fr. Clifford D’Souza and Fr. Praveen
Pinto were the B’day Babies. Fr. Joy Francis raised
the toast and wished them all the very best. Fr.
Provincial welcome and thanked the esteemed guests
of the day Fr. Gustavo and Fr. Mutato from Rome and
honoured them with a shawl each. All the B’day
Babies cut the cake together and after this all the
friars shared the fraternal meal brought from
different communities.
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Infant Jesus Feast at Sadbhavana Sadbhavana celebrated the feast of Infant Jesus on
Sunday, 18th of January, at 10:30 am. Rev. Fr.
Charles Serrao OCD, the Provincial Superior presided
over the festive mass and Rev. Fr. Alwyn Aranha OCD,
Dean of Dhyanasadhana Spirituality Centre, Mysore
preached a heart touching homily highlighting the
theme ‘Kutmacho Bandh and Sargincho Swad.’ Rev. Fr.
Gustavo from Spain and Rev. Fr. Mutato from Japan
who are presently working in Rome were present for
the Eucharist along with Rev. Fr. Roshan D’Souza
from Mira Road and the community fathers.
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Infant Jesus Feast @ Carmel Hill, Mangalore The annual feast of Infant Jesus Shrine, Carmel
Hill, Bikarnakatte here was held with great pomp and
religious fervour on Wednesday January 14. Thousands
of devotees took part in the celebrations. A solemn
mass was celebrated by Dr Ignatius D'Souza, the
Bishop of Bareilly. In his homily the bishop of
Bareilly said, "The motto of the feast is healthy
family. God is the one who protects us, God lives as
family, Father, son and holy spirit. Today the young
children are finding dificult to respect their
parents, it is easy to drop them in orphanage and
visit once a while. Family's are broken, divorces
have increased, greed has increased, there is no
spirit of sacrifice in life.
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THE FEAST OF INFANT JESUS SHRINE, PUSHPASHRAMA MYSORE THE FEAST OF INFANT JESUS SHRINE,
PUSHPASHRAMA MYSORE was celebrated on the 4th of
Jan. The solemn mass was celebrated by Rt. Rev. Dr.
Thomas Antony Vazhappilly, the bishop of Mysore.
After the solemn mass Theru procession with the
Infant Jesus statue was done in the streets of Naidu
Nagar. The feast was celebrated with a good number
of priests, nuns and the devotees of Infant Jesus.
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Fr. Shabas Crasta strikes gold! Fr. Shabas Crasta celebrated his golden jubilee of
birth on 30th December, 2014. The celebration began
with Eucharistic celebration presided by the Golden
Baby on the same day where we also had the privilege
of having Rev. Fr. Aristondo the Provincial of
Navara Province, Spain. The official celebration was
held on the 4th January 2015 Sunday noon. The
neighboring Religious communities together with the
OCDS and the leaders of the Our Lady of Mt.
Carmel,Quasi Parish were present. Fr. Marlon
Rodrigues the Regional Vicar in his speech he
thanked Fr. Shabas for his selfless service and
obedience from the time he landed Tanzania. The
programme was compered by the Kola brothers and at
the end food was served to all.
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Inauguration of the newly-built Infant Mary Church at Bajjodi The newly-built Infant Mary Church at Bajjodi built
by the Carmelites was solemnly inaugurated by the
provincial superior of the Carmelites of Karnataka-Goa
province Rev. Fr Charles Serrao OCD on Friday
January 2, 2015 at 9 am. It was a festive atmosphere
in Bajjodi as their dream of having a parish church
for the people of Bajjodi was realized thanks to the
able leadership of Fr. Melwyn D'Cunha assisted by
Fr. Deep Fernandes and the community of Carmel Hill,
Bikarnakatte.
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Infant Jesus Feast and Asha Deepa Day at Asha
Deepa, Madanthyar The annual feast of Infant Jesus was celebrated with
all joy and jubilation at Asha Deepa, Madanthyar on
the 4th of January at 5 o’clock. The concelebrated
high mass was presided over by V. Rev. Fr. Charles
Serrao, OCD, the provincial of Karnataka Goa
province. Friars from various communities and
neighboring parishes were present to partake in our
joy. The grand celebration of the Eucharist was
followed by 'Asha Deepa Day' where brothers
entertained the people gathered with their talents
of Music, Dance and Acting. “Sallyo” a play written
by Deac. Joseph Cyril D’Souza OCD and directed by
Fr. Prakash D'Cunha OCD was enacted by brothers,
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Infant Jesus Novena at Infant Jesus Shrine, Pushpashrama The Triduum celebration in preparation for the Feast
of Infant Jesus was inaugurated with the hoisting of
the Infant Jesus flag by Rev. Fr. Valentine Kumar.
The Masses were held in the evening in Tamil,
Kannada and English At 5 pm, 6pm, and 7pm
respectively. All three masses were well attended by
the people. The preachers preached on the theme of
'Experiencing the Heavenly Joy in the the family
relationship' and catechised the people on the
importance of the family life.
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NEW SHOOTS IN THE GARDEN OF CARMEL! With this dictum “Called to Drink by the Brook
Cherith” the 13 Novices having finished their
Novitiate fruitfully committed themselves to the
Lord in Carmel as they boldly pronounced their Vows
on 14th December, 2015, at Tapovana, Kushalnagar.
Rev. Fr. Charles Serrao, our dear Provincial, who
presided over the solemn Eucharist not only
complimented the brothers and the parents, but also
invited them to be committed Carmelites in the
footsteps of St John of the Cross. This year the day
being Sunday added special colour to the Profession
Day.
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LAST HOUR TO FIRST HOUR IN EMPOLI December 31, 2014 a day of thanking the Lord for the
marvelous year and to inaugurate the New Year 2015
with full enthusiasm and eagerness. To mark this
event at Santa Maria Church, Empoli, Italy an
adoration to the Blessed Sacrament was conducted by
Fr Manoj Braganza, Assistant parish priest. During
this hour all the faithful on their knees adored the
Eucharistic Lord and expressed their gratitude for
the year 2014. After which at 6-00pm, thanksgiving
Holy Eucharist was presided over by Fr Donath, the
parish priest. Fr Roshan Lobo preached a homily
explaining the presence of Jesus a midst us and the
role of Mary, the Mother of God in the church and in
the life of humanity.
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CARMELITE JINGLING AT EMPOLI December 27, 2014 on the feast day of St John the
Evangelist, the Carmelites of K.G Province studying
and serving in Italy congregated together at Avane,
Empoli to celebrate the Christmas Joy and the
fraternity. The get together commenced with the
Eucharistic celebration presided over by Fr Vinod
Lobo at St Jacob’s Church, Avane. Fr Roshan Lobo
preached a touching homily explaining the role of
beloved disciple John and invited all to become the
beacon of love in our day today life. Frs Rudolph
and Manoj through their melodious singing raised our
minds and hearts to God.
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‘STAR WARS’ AT INFANT JESUS SHRINE, MANGALORE Stars, bigger stars, stars of all sorts made by
human hands in imitation of the heavenly stars,
stars everywhere minus the film stars, brought in by
the little walking stars. The Christmas Eve was
invading and 41 stars from all over the Mangalore
and outside were fighting a winning battle at the
grotto of Infant Jesus.No doubt his Infant Presence
in Bethlehem was alerted by a star with a blazon
tail, so says the Scripture detail.
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Pushpashrama organized an inter-religious program ‘Sadbhavana day' Pushpashrama organized an inter-religious program
‘Sadbhavana day' at 4.00 pm, on the 25th of December
in the auditorium. The programme began with the
lighting of the traditional lamp by the Chief
Guests, Swami Shanthi Vratananda, Ramakrishna
Ashrama, Yadavagiri, Mysore, Mouli Mohammad
Saaduddin (Munawar E Masjid) and Rev. Fr. Alfred
Menezes OCD, Rector, Pushpashrama. The Chief guests
enlightened the people of Naidunagar with thought
provoking and inspiring speeches.
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Christmas Celebration in Pushpahsrama The
Christmas vigil was celebrated with all solemnity in
Pushpashrama on 24th of December at 11 pm beginning
with the carol singing followed by the solemn
Eucharistic celebration at 11:30 pm. Rev. Fr. Alfred
Menezes presided over the vigil mass and Fr. Oswald
Crasta preached a meaningful and heart touching
homily. Frs. Paul, John and Joseph concelebrated the
mass and brothers facilitated the faithful to
celebrate the Eucharist with their angelic choir.
After the Eucharist ‘Housie Housie’ game was
conducted by Br. Ajay and the sweets were
distributed to all followed by the Santa’s Christmas
dance.
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Christmas Celebration at Carmel Welfare Centre, Pushpashrama Carmel
Welfare Centre, Pushpashrama and Carmel Play home
had jointly organised an anticipated Christmas
celebration on the 23rd of December. Rev. Fr. Alfred
Menezes and Fr. Joseph Pinto were present for the
programme. Fr. Alfred gave a beautiful Christmas
message. Children cheered the people gathered
through their dances adn songs. Christmas gifts were
distributed along with the mouth watering Christmas
sweets.
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A Hearty Congratulations to the Brothers of Pushpashrama Hip hip hurrrre! This time as well brothers of
Pushpashrama have rocked the stage in the carol
singing competitions held in Mysore region.
1. Catholic association of Mysore conducted carol
singing competition on 7th of December at St.
Philomena’s high school Mysore: Pushpashrama
brothers have obtained the following prizes: Religious institutions category
Kannada language: first place, English language:
second place , Other regional language: first place
Professional’s category:
English language: second place, Other regional
language: third place
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SR. MARY NAOMI OF THE EUCHARIST TURNS GOLD! The Cloistered Carmel at Hassan (Carmel Matha
Ashram) wore a festive look on 23rd December, 2014,
as relatives, friends and acquaintances of Rev. Sr.
Mary Naomi OCD, from all directions, gathered to
celebrate her 50 years in consecrated life. The main
celebrant Rev. Fr. Charles Serrao OCD, Provincial
Superior of the Discalced Carmelites of the
Karnataka-Goa Province, to which this Cloistered
Carmel belongs, was the main celebrant.
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CARMEL CHOIR COMPETITION 2014 The Kihonda Carmelite Fathers hosted a Choir
Competition as a sign of evangelization for the
Morogoro vicinity on the 13th December, 2014. The
competition began with the invoking of God’s
blessings by Rev. Fr. Marlon Rodrigues, the Regional
Vicar of the Carmelites, Tanzania. Rev. Fr. Shabas
Crasta, the Superior of the Carmelite Community of
Kihonda, welcomed the gathering and introduced the
chief guest Rev. Fr. Leander Jaka, the parish priest
of Chalinze and the Director of the Education board
of the Morogoro Diocese.
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Carmel day celebrated @ Carmel Hill, Mangalore Come December, and the shrine campus has multiple
events and happenings of all sorts, and one among
them is the Carmel Day, loved by its devoted
audience who want to be there, rain or sun. Carmel
Day is a performance event staged by the community
of Carmelites at the Infant Jesus Shrine,
Bikarnakatte just to remind all that there is a
solid community of 25 young men giving fishing
touches to their 14 year long seminary formation to
be Carmelite priest.
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MUSEO EBRAICO DI ROMA On December 15, 2014 the Scala community had a
unique privilege of visiting the historical “Museo
Ebraico di Roma” (Jewish Museum of Rome). This
particular Museum is a unique place to discover the
traditions, religion and the history of the Jewish
people. The community members were fortunate to see
two beautiful synagogues: The Great Synagogue and
the Spanish Synagogue. The exclusive opportunity was
possible due to the acquaintance of Fr Ivan Pinto
with His Excellency Dr Zion Evrony, the ambassador
of Israel to the Vatican.
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ANTICIPATED BUON NATALE December 16, 2014: Santa Maria Della Scala (Rome,
Italy) community along with its members rejoiced and
celebrated the Birthday of our Saviour. Due to the
pastoral commitments of our members in different
parishes during the Christmas time, the community
anticipated the Christmas celebration. The
celebration commenced with the thanksgiving
Eucharistic banquet presided over by Fr Theodose M,
followed by Christmas carols, wishing, and message
in different languages.
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Inauguration at Baroda, Gujrat 23rd November 2014 is a historical day to be
remembered by the Carmelite Order and the People of
Baroda. First Mission house which is dedicated to
St. Therese of Child Jesus was blessed by Most Rev.
Godfrey de Rozario, Bishop of Baroda and Inaugurated
by Rev. Fr. Charles Serrao OCD, Provincial Superior
of Karnataka-Goa Province . More than 700 people
witnessed this event, and received the blessings
from the hands of more than 20 Priests from the
altar. Rev. Fr. Jerome Moras OCD, gifted his
Miraculous statue of the Infant Jesus to the Church
on this auspicious day. All partook in the
fellowship meal before they left for their homes
sweet homes.
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Ryshivana organized the year for the Consecrated people The community of Ryshivana organized the year for
the Consecrated people in a meaningful way The
celebration began with the Eucharist at 11 AM. Rev.
Fr. Charles Serrao, the provincial of the KG
Province presided over the Eucharistic celebration.
Rev. Fr. Pius James the Director of Ryshivana, Fr.
Joseph dsouza, Tanzanian Missionary, Fr. Richard
Saldanha and Fr. Canute Tauro from Dhyanavana, Fr.
Sagaya Raj, Pallotine, Fr. Alvito, Fr. John Pinto
and Fr. Jaison Tellis.
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Mira Road youth win the first prize
Mira Road youth win the first prize in an online
dance competition at St. John the Evangelist Church,
Marol.
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Farewell and welcome: St. Mary's Hagerville, Canada A large congregation of parishioners gathered for
the 10:30 service, which began with a procession,
accompanied by the music of the choir, consisting of
organist Barb Matten, soloists Karen Trainer and
Vanessa Matten and Mary Lane. The procession was led
by altar servers Desert-Ray Nguyen, Hayden Mattice,
Heidi Mattice, Darren Nguyen, Logan Mendes and
Conner Mendes and included lector Max King and other
Knights of Columbus members, Frank Dubniczkny, Theo
Dykstra, John Goldsmith, Bill Kelly, Bill Klunder,
Ed Kruis, Greg Lougheed, Bill Pelletier, Wes
Poirier, Dominic Ross, Andrew VanExam, followed by
Father Ron Sequeira, OCD, outgoing pastor, and
Father Victor Fernandes. OCD, incoming pastor.
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Province Retreat at Sadbhavana Two retreats were held in Sadbhavana from the 17th
to 21st of November and 24th of to 28th of November
back to back. Rev. Fr. Peter Chakiyat, the well
known Scholar in Indian Philosophy and Teresian
Spirituality from Malabar province was the preacher.
The preacher with his vast knowledge on St. Teresa
of Avila and his personal experience of Carmelite
way of life prepared all the priests participated in
the retreat for the V centenary of St. Teresa’s
Birth in the best manner possible. All those who
participated were extremely happy with the preacher
and the retreat as all were enabled to imbibe the
spirit of Carmel as desired and taught by St. Teresa
of Avila.
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Childrens’ Day at Sadbhavana Children’s’ day was celebrated in Sadbhavana on the
16th of November. Rev. Fr. Lawrence D’Cunha, the
Councilor in charge of temporalities was the main
celebrant as his B’day was celebrated on this joyous
day. He preached an inspiring homily highlighting
the importance of making use of the talents given by
the Lord for the greater glory of God. After the
communion Rev. Fr. Pius James D’Souza, the Episcopal
Vicar for the Religious in Mangalore prayed for the
children and blessed them.
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Dhyana Sadhana: Patron'd Feast Dhyana Sadhan, Centre for Hollistioc Spirituality
celebrated the Patrons day- Feast of Bl. Elizabeth of
Trinity on Nov. 8th with religious solemnity. The
inmates together with the 20 neighbouring religious
communities came together in a spirit of fraternity
to celebrate the day. The Concelebrated Eucharist
was presided over by V. Rev. Fr. Charles Serrao.
Provincail and Fr. Sylvester D'Souza, Councilor of
Spirituality preached the Trinitarian doctrine and
indwelling presence in the life of the Patron.
Animated liturgy and Music embellished the
celebration. Home made Festal Dinner satiated all.
HAPPY FEAST OF BL. ELIZABETH F THE TRINITY !
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Confirmation at Kempton Park, South Africa It was a great day for the parishioners of our Lady
of Loreto, Kempton Park as 21 children received the
sacrament of confirmation on the 21st of November,
2014. The sacrament was conferred by the Very Rev.
Fr. Duncan Stoke, the Vicar General of the
archdiocese of Johannesburg. He preached a very
meaningful homily on the role of the youth and the
significance of the sacrament of confirmation. Mass
was concelebrated by Rev. Fr. Boniface D’Souza OCD,
Rev. Fr. Peter Rebello OCD, the parish Priest and
deacon Rev. Keith Mekenzi.
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ST. EDMUND’S PARISH, NORTH VANCOUVER, BC, CANADA SAYS ‘FAREWELL’ St. Edmund’s Parishioners gathered in the Parish
Hall after 11:00am Mass on November the 9th to bid
Father Godwin Pinto a fond farewell. Everyone
thanked him for his faithful ministry over the past
year and wished him a safe journey to his new Parish
in Calgary. A decorated cake was on the main table
in his honour and gifts were given to him. We ask
God to continue bestowing many blessings on Father
Godwin.
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First Holy Communion Celebration at St. Joseph's Actonville, South Africa First Holy Communion was celebrated in the parish of
St. Joseph's Actonville, South Africa. Eight
Children received the the Lord for the first time
into their life. Beautiful liturgy was conducted by
the children. At the end of the Mass the Catechism
teachers were thanked and honoured with gifts. Since
darkness invaded the land, which happened after many
years, whole celebration went on in darkness.
Children rejoiced with the internal light of Jesus
with the external darkness.
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Seminar on “Collegio De Christo” November 16: Carmelite family of Mysore organized a
seminar on “Collegio De Christo” in Pushpashrama
premises under the able leadership of Rev. Fr.
Dominic Vas. The resource persons of the seminar
were Rev. Fr. Alfred Menezes and Jevan Tauro.
Seminar began at 9:30 with registration and
refreshments. At 10:00 AM the seminar began with
invoking blessings on seminar and on each one,
followed by warm words of welcome by Rev. Fr.
Dominic. Then Rev. Fr. Alfred dealt on the theme
“Colegio De Christo”. Colegio de Christo means
school of Christ.
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Mass Marriage and the Feast of St. Martin the Tour at Mpandagindo, Songea Archdiocese, Tanzania. November 9th was a great day for the Discalced
Carmelite Fathers working in the Parish of St.
Martin the Tour at Mpandagindo, in the Archdiocese
of Songea as Mass Marriages were held on the
Occasion of the Patron’s Feast.
This Dual Celebration began with the concelebrated
Holy Eucharist. Rev. Fr. Renatus Payovela OCD, the
first local Discalced Carmelite Priest from Tanzania
was the main celebrant. The Celebration began at 10
PM. There were 5 couples who got married on this
auspicious day.
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Blessing of the FORM 4 Students by the Carmelite Priests in Tanzania In the vicinity of Archdiocese of Songea there are
many Secondary Schools and this year we Carmelites
had a special privilege to have a special Holy Mass
in different schools and Hostels to Bless the
Students of FORM 4 (SSC/SSLC/10THSTD) prior to their
Board Exams. Fr. Vivian and Fr Roshan were invited
to the Centenary Secondary School, St. Josephs
Hostel and Mateka Secondary School to celebrate Holy
Eucharist and to bless the Students of FORM 4 before
their Board Exams.
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Day of Prayer and Healing at St. Martin the Tour Parish, Mpandagindo, Songea Archdiocese, Tanzania. St. John of the cross, the Carmelite Mystic says,
“Whoever flees Prayer flees all that is good”. Yes
prayer is a strong instrument which builds a bond
between man and God. So knowing the need of time we
the Carmelite Priests have set a day of Prayer and
Healing at our Parish at Mpandagindo. It’s arranged
on every first Tuesday of the month. The Day begins
with Praise and worship at 9 AM followed by
Preaching and two hours of Adoration of the Holy
Eucharist.
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COMMEMORATION OF ALL CARMELITE SOULS November 15, 2014: On this special day, the
Carmelites of Scala, Rome along with the entire
community members commemorated and prayed for our
Carmelite departed members giving thanks for all
that they have done and praying that they may enjoy
eternal bliss in the kingdom of God. To mark this
distinctive event a prayer service was conducted
after the Holy Eucharistic celebration. Fr Ivan
Clifford Pinto, the Superior of the community led
the prayer service at the ancient Carmelite cemetery
of the Roman Province. May all our dear Carmelites
brothers and sisters obtain the mercy of God through
the intercession of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and a
sure sign of hope, consolation and admission to the
courts of heaven!
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NOTTE MISSIONARIA AT SCALA, ROME November 15, 2014 - A group of youths who are
members of “Gioventù e Famiglia Missionaria – una
nuova evangelizzazione” (Youths and Missionary
Family : the new evangelization) who are the lay
members of the Legionario di Cristo – a religious
order founded in Massico held a vigil at Santa Maria
Della Scala, Rome from 8-30 pm to 12-00am. The vigil
commenced with a Holy Mass where the missionaries
received a "mandate" after which they began a long
adoration which included Eucharistic adoration with
divine praises, prayers and moments of silence.
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Leadership Camp for the young adults of Khanapur Zone, Belgaum Diocese organized at Mount Carmel CBSE School, Ramnagar Belgaum Diocese: Khanapur CRI Zone organized an
overnight stay Leadership Camp at Mount Carmel CBSE
School, Ramnagar on 1st and 2nd of November 2014.
234 Children from VII std to II PUC gathered from 12
parishes and their substations. There were 12
religious priests and 24 religious sisters present
for the inauguration. Whole programme was conducted
by Fr. Richard Menezes OCD and Fr. Rayan Pais OCD.
Though it was called as a Leadership Camp, the
purpose behind it was to promote vocations.
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Major Superiors and Junior mistress get together Under the theme in your presence is our delight a
get together was held in order to meet the major
superiors and junior mistress of our student sisters
on 9th November. Meeting started at 9 o’clock.
Dignitaries were solemnly welcomed by our student
sisters and grace of God was invoked on all the
participants. Rev. Fr. Dominic Vas Director of
Dhyanavana welcomed all in his inaugural addressed
especially Rev. Fr. Charles Serrao Provincial of
Karnataka Goa province who is also the president of
the institute and Rev. Fr. Sylvester D’ Souza
Councilor in charge of Spirituality.
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VISIT FROM THE CITY OF ALBA DE TORMES November 11, 2014: The Discalced Carmelites of the
Karnataka-Goa Province at Santa Maria Della Scala in
Rome had the unique privilege of extending a cordial
welcome to Dr Concepciòn Miguèlez Simòn, the Mayor
of the city of Alba de Tormes, Salamanca (where the
body of St. Teresa of Avila is laid to rest). She
was accompanied by her secretary Mrs. Blanca Sanchez
Boyero and the Councilor for culture Dr Pilar Brinon
Dominguez .They spent their precious few moments in
prayer at the chapel where the right foot of St.
Teresa is preserved and venerated.
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Fr. Provincial's Visit to Vancouver , Canada On 24th October 2014 Rev. Fr. Provincial arrived in
Vancouver and began his visitation at St. Edmund’s
Church Community. 27th evening a grand celebration
was organised at St. Edmund’s Church to solemnly
begin the meeting of all the Carmelites. The Secular
Carmelites with the parish team arranged the liturgy
and Fr. Charles being the main celebrant, Fr. Rudolf
preached the homily. Fr. Jerald D’souza the Superior
of the community introduced each priest of Canada
Region and offered a token of love to each member.
At the end of the mass all sang Salve Regina and the
days program ended with a sumptuous meal served by
St. Edmund’s community.
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REGIONAL MEETING WITH FATHER PROVINCIAL, CANADA The Secular Carmelites were pleased to make a
presence at the opening Mass of the Regional Meeting
of the Discalced Carmelites of the Kanataka-Goa
Province in Canada which was held on October 27-28,
2014 at St. Edmund’s Parish, North Vancouver, B.C.
Mass on the evening of October 27th was officiated
by Very Rev. Fr. Provincial Charles Serrao and
concelebrated by sixteen Carmelite friars of Canada.
The Secular Carmelite Choir sung at Mass accompanied
by the parish organist.
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First Holy Communion at Kempton Park, South Africa 53 children received the Lord into their lives in
the form of the Holy Communion for the first time on
the 26th of October. Rev. Fr. Peter Rebello
celebrated the Holy Eucharist and preached a very
inspiring homily explaining the children how
important is the Holy Eucharist in Christian life.
More than a thousand people witnessed this event and
prayed for these children. A Hearty Congratulation
to all the children and the Parish Priest.
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SECULAR CARMELITES CEREMONIES 2014
LOWER MAINLAND, VANCOUVER Another two memorable days for the Secular
Carmelites of the Lower Mainland Vancouver area
occurred on October 18 and October 25, 2014.
On October 18th before the celebration of the Mass,
with Fr. Jerry D’Souza officiating, we witnessed the
investiture of three aspirants. On Saturday,
October 25th, the weather forecast predicted a cold,
rainy Saturday, but this did not dampen the spirits
of the Secular Carmelites as they walked into a warm
and brightly lit St. Edmund’s Church for Mass and
Profession ceremonies officiated by Father
Provincial Charles Serrao and Provincial Delegate to
the OCDS, Fr. Jerald D’Souza. Five candidates made
their First Promises and two candidates made their
Definitive Promises.
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Welcome to Fr, Charles in St. Mary's church Canada. On Tuesday, October 14, 2014, St-Mary’s
Parish welcomed Father Charles Serrao OCD, Carmelite
Provincial Superior from India who is visiting
Canadian Carmelite parishes. The Parish was well
represented with St-Mary’s Elementary School
principal, Ms Charmaine Hanley, all the teachers,
about135 students and approximately 35 parishioners
in attendance. Fr. Ronnie our pastor began by
introducing and welcoming Father Charles to the
Parish and he said Fr, Charles is a provincial
superior to the Carmelite fathers. He has a deep
experience of Carmelite way of life, the long time
he was in Rome, and two terms he served as an
assistant to the General superior. Even he has
concelebrated the Eucharist six times with saint
pope john Paul 2nd. In the month of April he was
appointed as a provincial superior.
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Six Lay people solemnly commit to be Carmelites It was a historic day not only for Carmel Hill but for the entire
Province as 6 of the Secular Carmel members made their Solemn Promises
in the hands of V. Rev. Fr. George Santhumayor, OCD, Vicar Provincial on
Thursday, 16th October 2014 at Infant Jesus Shrine during the Thursday
Mass. During the solemn celebration the members recited their promises
in the presence of the Vicar Provincial, vowing to live the Teresian
spirituality in evangelical perfection in the spirit of the evangelical
counsels of chastity, poverty and obedience and through the beatitudes.
Fr. George presented a cross as a taken of acceptance and appreciation.
Later a fraternal meal was shared in the refectory after each member was
congratulated by offering a flower bouquet. Fathers from the Mangalore
region as well as OCDS members joined for the celebration.
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ARCHBISHOP OF GOA VISITS SANTA MARIA DELLA SCALA, ROME October 19, 2014 Sunday: Most Rev Filipe Neri Ferrao,
Archbishop-Patriarch of Goa along with his secretary
Fr Joaquim Loiola Pereira and other two priest
students who are pursuing their higher studies in
Rome paid a fraternal visit to our community at
Scala, Rome. Rev Fr Ivan Pinto, Rector of the
community welcomed the Archbishop. After which the
entire community friars greeted the Archbishop.
Later he visited our Church and the historic
pharmacy which became the official Pope’s pharmacy
and became known all over the world.
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GUARDIAN ANGELS PARISH FEAST CELEBRATED ON 5TH OCTOBER 2014 65th year Guardian Angels Parish Feast was
celebrated on October 4th at the Millennium Hall. It
was a grand celebration with presence of Fr. Rajesh
Madtha and Fr. Godwin Pinto. The parishioners
organised a program and dinner was served. Frs.
Rajesh and Godwin prepared two delicious dishes:
Mangalorean Pork and Mysore Chicken Curry.
Parishioners spontaneously shared some of their
unique talents by way of singing, dancing and
cracking some rare jokes that made the atmosphere
enjoyable and great.
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Dhyanavana Launches a new Website
Dhyanavana, Spirituality centre, Mysore has prepared
a new website. Kindly log on to
http://www.dhyanavana.com for more
information of the institute, its programs, courses
and retreats.
Solemnity of St Teresa of Jesus & Silver Jubilee of Fr Wilfred Pais at Santa Maria Della Scala, Rome October 15, 2014 is a greatest day for the
Carmelites all over the world as they celebrate the
solemnity of St Teresa of Avila (Jesus), the
reformer of the Carmelite Order. The Carmelites of
Scala community had a reason to rejoice and
celebrate on this festal day for two reasons. First
of all, the community celebrated the solemnity of St
Teresa of Jesus by inaugurating the fifth birth
centenary of our Holy Mother. Secondly the community
members glorified the Almighty God for the Silver
Jubilee of the Religious Profession of Fr Wilfred
Pais.
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Study Tour to Golden Temple at Kushalnagar : Dhyanavana, Mysore The
Nine Month Course sisters of Dhyanavana had a study tour on Sunday 12, October,
2014. The day started at 6 am with a prayer in the chapel. We boarded the hired
bus for the tour, and proceeded to Dornahalli, Mysore, Shrine of St. Anthony of
Padua. We offered mass in the shrine and visited the place where the Statue of
St. Anthony was found. Fr. Gilbert D’Silva, Rector of the shrine explained to us
the history of the shrine. Around 150 years ago when a Hindu man ploughing the
field he got a statue of St. Anthony.
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Centenary Celebration of St Mary’s Hagersville and St Ann’s Alpole, Canada. On Sunday morning, October 5th, 2014, members of the
parish of St Mary’s Hagersville and St Ann’s
Walpole, along with their guests gathered to
celebrate 100 years of the Roman Catholic faith
community in Hagersville. In the weeks preceding
this celebration, parishioner Dave Lane had
published in the Haldimand Press a series of
interesting and informative articles, accompanied by
pictures, outlining the history of the church in
Hagersville, which served to prepare the
congregation for the milestone event. The church was
beautifully prepared and decorated for the occasion
by church secretary Mary Lane, custodian Luann
Watson, school librarian Marie Peart and the
children of St Mary’s School.
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Province Day at Sadbhavana The feast of the Patroness of our Province (Province
Day) was celebrated in Sadbhavana at 6:30 on the 7th
of October with all Solemnity. Rev. Fr. Xavier E.
Manavath, the Episcopla Vicar for the Religious in
Bangalore Diocese presided over the Eucharist. Rev.
Fr. Provincial, the Councilors and all the superiors
of our Province along with the priests of our
neighboring communities concelebrated the festive
Eucharist. Sisters, Friends, Benefactors and well
wishers joined in our celebration.
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New Community at Shimoga Fr. Jerome Moras and Fr. Ivan D’Souza have done it.
They succeeded in getting a rented house to venture
into a new project at Shimoga. It was a joyous day
indeed when Rev. Fr. Provincial along with Fr.
George Santhumayor, Fr. Silvester D’Souza and Fr.
Richard Menezes visited the house on the 29th of
September to encourage our friars in the pioneering
work. In the evening V. Rev. Fancis Serrao, Bishop
of Shimoga Blessed the house and wished all the very
best to the Fathers to work in his Diocese.
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Celebration at St. Michael’s Church, Belur The feast of St. Michael was celebrated on 3rd of
October in our parish at Belur. Rev. Fr. Charles
Serrao presided over the Solemn Eucharist and Rev.
Fr. Rajesh D’Souza broke the Word of God. Priests
from our communities and the neighboring parishes
joined in the festive mass. Since it was also the
day of Ayudha Puja, Vehicles were blessed before the
recessional hymn. After the Holy Mass all partook in
the festive meal prepared by the parishioners.
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A New Property in Canada Helen, a great benefactor of Fr. Rudolf V. D'Souza
has added another 20 acres of land to Carmel Hill
Property at North Deroche Road – Fraser Valley. The
property is adjacent to our property where we are to
build our monastery. This new property has trees,
two barns and a 3 bedroom house. Now the total acres
in our name is 126 and another 20 acres are with the
company of Helen which eventually will come to us.
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'Handing Emotions' Workshop at Emmaus Counseling
Centre, Mapusa
REACHING OUT TO CANADA The Archbishop of Vancouver has requested the
services of one of our friars for 4 months.
Accordingly we have sent Fr. Vijay Martin who has
served IN Canada and also had a valid visa to travel
immediately. Fr. Vijay Martin has been appointed
administrator of St. Antony of Padua Church at
Agassiz (near Harrison Hot Springs). The Church
campus is 6 kilometres from our 86 acres of property
and 27 kilometres from Carmel Hill. Here are the
photos of the Church, Residence, and the campus of
the new parish under our care.
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FEAST OF THE PATRONESS OF THE MISSIONARIES IN THE ETERNAL CITY October 1, 2014: The Carmelites of Scala
Communitytogether with the priest students in Rome
solemnized the feast of St Therese of Child Jesus,
patroness of the Missionaries. The entire community
assembled around the table of the Lord at 6-30pm to
solemnize this feast through the celebration of the
Eucharist. Rev Fr Edwin presided over the
celebration and preached a meaningful homily. After
the mass the roses were blessed and distributed to
all the people along with a souvenir.
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Stress Management workshop at Emmaus Counseliing Centre On 21st of September 2014, Stress Management
workshop was conducted at Emmaus Counseliing Centre.
Fr. Alex Braganza, the Superior welcomed the
participants. Workshop consisted of 3 parts. General
awareness, Stressors and Self help. Stress occurs
when people perceive that pressure is higher than
the resources at hand. S = P > R. Some of the
important stressors discussed were, physical
environment, social interactions, rudeness,
bossiness from the authorities at work place,
breakdown of machines, life style, daily hassles
like misunderstanding, arguments, misplaced things,
excessive work load, lack of sleep, lack of time for
rest and relaxation, major life events like death of
a loved one, lost job, marriage of son or daughter.
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Report of the Carmelite Parish Priests’ Meeting
(Sadbhavana, Bangalore: 16-17) The Parish Priests from our Province, participated
in a meeting that was held at Sadbhavana, Carmelite
Provincialate on September 16th and 17th 2014. The
inauguration was held in the presence of Fr. Charles
Serrao, Provincial Superior, Fr. Jerome Moras, Prov.
Councilor in-charge of Apostolate and Fr. Silvestre
D’Souza, Prov. Councilor, by the lighting of a lamp.
Fr. Melwin D’Cunha led the gathering in prayer.
Later Fr. Jerome Moras Councilor in-charge of
Apostolate welcomed the gathering and introduced the
resource person Rev. Fr. Jervis D’Souza, Judicial
Vicar of the Archdiocese of Bombay.
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MEETING OF CORRESPONDENTS AND PRINCIPALS
Karnataka-Goa Province : (Sadbhavana, Bangalore: 15
September, 2014)
A meeting of all the friars involved in the
‘apostolate of education’ was called on Sept. 15,
2014 at Sadbhavana, Bangalore which was attended by
the following:
1. The Provincial: Very Rev. Fr. Charles Serrao
2. The Councillor in charge of apostolate: Fr.
Jerome Moras
3. Secretary for the Education: Fr. Gregory D’Souza
4. Correspondent of Mt. Carmel School, Belur: Fr.
Cyprian Fernandes
5. Correspondent of Mt Carmel School, Ramnagar,
Londa: Fr. Anthony D’Souza
6. Correspondent of Mt. Carmel School,
Hoovinahadagalli: Fr. Joseph D’Souza
7. Correspondent of St. Joseph’s School, Mira Road
Mumbai: Fr. Diogo F. Proenca
8. Principal of the school in Belur: Fr. Prakash
Tauro
9. Principal of the school at Hoovinahadagalli: Fr.
Suresh Saldanha
10. Principal of the school at Londa: Fr. Venil
D’Souza.
Fr. Charles Serrao, the Provincial presided over the
meeting, Fr. Gregory D’Souza, the Secretary
moderated the sessions and Fr. Jerome Moras recorded
the proceedings.
Monthi Fest at Sadbhavana The B’day of our Mother ‘Monthi Fest’ was celebrated
in Sadbhavana on 7th of September with all
solemnity. The offering of the flowers and Blessing
of the Corn was done at the main entrance. With the melodius chorus of traditional hymn ‘Moriyek
Hogalsiya’ all children gathered offered the flowers
to Baby Mary joyfully. Rev. Fr. Charles Serrao, the
Provincial presided over the Eucharist and preached
a wonderful homily on the life of Mary highlighting
her qualities we need to imitate.
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MEETING OF THE SPIRITUAL ASSISTANTS OF SECULAR CARMEL – 2014 (Sadbhavana, Bangalore: 2-3 September, 2014) Carmelite Seculars, together with the Friars and
Nuns, are sons and daughters of the Order of Our
Lady of Mount Carmel and St Teresa of Jesus. It is
the earnest endeavour of the Karnataka-Goa Province
to promote vocations to the Secular Carmel from all
walks of life. Around 10 years ago we began forming
the first communities and today we have a good
number of members who have made their promises.
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Report of the Meeting of the Not-So-Young Priests
at Xellim
Date:19-8-2014 to 22-08-2014 The Fifth Not-So-Young Priests’ meetbegan on August
19th morning at Xellim - Goa. 19 Fathers were
present for the meeting. Fr. Joy the convener of the
programme welcomed everyone. It was inaugurated by
lighting the lamp by Rev. Fr. Charles Serrao, the
Provincial and 5 representatives from each batch.
Thereafter Fr.Provincial presided over the
Eucharistic celebration which was concelebrated by
Fr. Peter D'Sa and Fr.Sunil Monis. During the homily
Fr. Provincial invited everyone to reflect on the
Carmelite life and the importance of the three
Evangelical Counsels.
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ANNUAL OCDS RETREAT : “COLLEGIO DE CRISTO” More than 40 Secular Carmelites of the Lower
Mainland Communities, British Columbia, came
together on August 8 to 10, 2014 for the Annual
Retreat at Westminster Abbey in Mission, B.C. The
theme was “Collegio de Cristo” (College of Christ),
led by Rev. Fr. Jerald D’Souza, Provincial Delegate
for OCDS of Western Canada. The theme, one
that examined community life and prayer life, was
also this year’s theme of the XII Provincial Chapter
of our Karnataka-Goa Province in India.
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ANNUAL MEETING OF WESTERN CANADA OCDS
The 5th Annual Meeting of Western Canada took place
over the weekend of August 22 to 24, 2014 at the
Seton House of Prayer, Kelowna, BC. Rev. Fr, Jerald
D’Souza OCD, Provincial Delegate, met with Officers
of the Secretariat, Community Presidents and
Directors of Formation. The weekend commenced on
Friday with Evening Prayer and Mass in the Chapel on
the hill overlooking the 160-acre retreat centre.
After dinner, the meeting convened during which the
reports and business matters were dealt with leaving
the following day free for a formation workshop and
open forum on challenges and resolutions.
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Dhyanavana Institution Day Dhyanavana institution day was held on 15th August
and saluted the patroness St. Edith Stein who led a
heroic life for her faith. We began the day with
prayer Service and later saluted our nation by
hoisting the flag by Sr. Nathaline CCR. At 11:30 a.m
we had Eucharistic celebration officiated by Rev.
Fr. Charles Serrao Provincial of Karnataka Goa
Province. Fr. Sylvestre D Souza preached
thought-provoking homily and gave a clarion call to
live and witness dynamic faith of St. Edith Stein.
At 6:00 p.m we had prayer service conducted by Fr.
Oswald Crasta OCD on Edith Stein, followed by
enthralling cultural programme by student
participants.
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Independence Day @ at Infant Jesus Shrine, Mangalore 68th Independence Day was celebrated at Infant Jesus
Shrine, Bikarnakatte – Mangalore on Friday morning.
Mr. Roy Castelino, President of Karnataka Konkani
Sahitya Academy hoisted the flag and thereafter
addressing the gathering he highlighted the fact
that India is an emerging power in the world. In IT
sector or in the medical field, India has shown its
caliber and within five years India will have an
enormous youth power (youth below 45 years).
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Anticipated B’day of Rev. Fr. Provincial and Releasing of the Festschrift in honor of Fr. Paul It was a great day as Sadbhavana Community along
with all the formators and Superiors of the
formative communities celebrated Rev. Fr.
Provincial’s anticipated B’day. The Celebration
began with a Holy Mass at 6:30 PM. Fr. Provincial
Presided over the Eucharist and Rev. Fr. Oswald
Crasta preached an inspiring homily. After the mass
all gathered in the refectory for the double
celebration. Rev. Fr. George Santhumayor spread the
carpet of red roses to one and all. Fr. Ronald
D’Souza compered the programme with his witty
comments and sweet jokes.
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Anti child labor day : Carmel Jyothi public charitable trust Carmel Jyothi Public charitable trust is known for
its social development activities. Now it is two
year that the trust has started “child laborers’
residential school” in the campus of Carmel Seva
Sadan. At present there are 45 children. These
children are from different villages surrounding
Hadagalli taluk. All of them are either school
dropouts or child labourers who did not see the face
of a school. All of them are given shelter, food,
clothing, education and above all the love of
Christ.
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Carmel Jyothi public charitable trust conducts
women empowerment course for women Huvina hadagali, 14th July, 2014, Carmel Jyothi
public charitable trust and JCI Huvina Hadagalli
royal conducted women empowerment course for women.
Women empowerment course was organised in the campus
of Carmel Seva Sadan.This program was organised to
empower the anganwadi workers of Hadagalli taluk.
Around 200 women participated in this seminar. Fr.
Rajesh D’Souza and the CDPO Mr. Somanna inaugurated
the program by lighting the lamp.
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Dual Celebration in Tanzania 28th of July, 2014 will go down in the history of
the Discalced Carmelites in Tanzania because of the
dual celebrations namely inauguration and
consecration of the newly built chapel at Kihonda
and the priestly ordination of three of our deacons,
namely, Dn. Edwin, Dn. Theophil and Dn Elius. The
celebration began at 9:00am with the solemn
procession. There were around 60 priests both
religious and secular. More than 1500 people
gathered to witness the historical celebration.
Liturgy began with the blessing of the surroundings
of the church by the bishop and cutting of the
ribbon by Fr. Charles Serrao the provincial of
Karnataka – Goa province.
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Carmel Jyothi public charitable trust conducts
world population day 11th July 2014, Huvinahadagali, Carmel Jyothi public
charitable trust and the taluk hospital under the
joint collaboration conducted the world population
day. Awareness program was conducted on the streets
of Hadagalli town by the students of G. P. G.
College students. Afterwards stage program was
conducted in the campus of Carmel Seva Sadan. Mr. P.
Badyanaik THO of Hadagalli taluk was the president
of the program. Fr. Rajesh D’Souza, Mr. H. N.
Thimmappa CO of taluk panchyath, Mr. S. Basavangowda,
principal of GPG College, were the chief guests of
the program.
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Handling Emotions-Workshop First workshop of this year was conducted at Emmaus
on 27th July 2014. The theme of the workshop was
“Handling Emotions”. There were 15 participants. Fr.
Alex Braganza the superior welcomed the
participants. Dr. Fr. Praveen D’souza was the
resource person. Thinking is the foundation of our
emotions and behaviour. As we think so we feel as
feel so we behave. To feel better we ought to change
our thinking. Tips were given as to how to alter the
cognitive distortions into more positive and helpful
thinking patterns. The workshop was well appreciated
by the participants. They unanimously requested to
conduct more short term programmes on weekends so
that they all can participate.
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FEAST OF OUR LADY OF MT. CARMEL AT ST. EDMUND’S,
NORTH VANCOUVER BC CANADA The Feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel was
preceded by a nine-day novena to our Heavenly Mother
at St. Edmund’s Church, North Vancouver. The novena
was notably well received and attended by
parishioners of St. Edmund’s, Secular Carmelites and
devotees as evidenced by the increased numbers this
year. On July 16, 2014 7:00 p.m., a solemn
Eucharistic celebration was presided over by Bishop
Stephen Jensen of Prince George and concelebrated by
our Carmelite friars, Regional Superior Fr. Rudolf
D’Souza, Fr. Jerald D’Souza, Fr. Godwin Pinto, Fr.
Stany Mascarenhas, and several priests including
Monsignor Pedro Lopez-Gallo. The church was filled
to capacity with standing room only.
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We cannot progress if we do not educate our
children. In order to encourage the poor children and to
create in them the interest to study, “Carmel Jyothi
Public Charitable Trust" distributed free note
books. Around 75 children belonging to different
religion were given free note books, pen, pencils
and the color pencils. This included the children
from kayaka nagara Govt School, children from Carmel
boys home, children from child labor residential
school and the poor children from Hadagali. Fr.
Rajesh D’Souza, the director of Carmel Jyothi Public
Charitable Trust distributed the books and asked the
children to study well. Rev. Fr. Joseph D’Souza the
Superior of Carmel Bhavan and the village leaders of
kayaka nagara were present.
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Sadbhavana Celebrates the Feast of Our Lady of
Mount Carmel The Community of Sadbhanavana along with the Carmel
Kutam of Bangalore celebrated the Feast of Our Lady
of Mount Carmel on 20th of July, Sunday in
Sadhbhavana with all jubilation and solemnity. Rev.
Fr. George Santhumayor presided over the Eucharistic
celebration and preached a heart touching homily
highlighting the role of Mother Mary in protecting
and guiding the Christians in the footsteps of
Christ. Good number of Carmelite priests from near
and far participated in the celebration. 500 people
from different parts of Bangalore joined in the
celebration and honored and thanked Mother Mary for
her maternal protection.
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A Get-together of the Carmelite Family of Mysore July 20th was a great day for all the members of
Carmelite family of Mysore as they celebrated the
feast of our lady of Mount Carmel. This great event
was organised under the able leadership Fr. Dominic
Vas. CCR sisters were the hosts of the celebration.
Fr. Dominic presided over the Eucharistic
celebration. In his homily he highlighted Mother
Teresa’s devotion towards Mother Mary. Liturgy was
organised by AC sisters, choir by Carmelite brothers
from Pushpashrama, offertory gifts were brought by
Ocds brothers and sisters.
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World environment day Huvina Hadagalli, 5th June 2014, Carmel Jyothi
public charitable trust (R) and Mount Carmel school
Huvina Hadagalli under the joint collaboration
conducted the world environment day. Fr. Rajesh
D’Souza the director of Carmel Jyothi public
charitable trust (R) was the president of the
program. Fr. Prakash tauro head master of Mount
Carmel school was the chief guest. Children from the
child labour school and the children from Mount
Carmel school were present. During the program all
the children were asked to develop an ardent love
for the nature. To mark this event children cleansed
the streets of Hadagalli and many people
participated in this.
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Fr. Provincial's Visit to South Africa The parish of St. Joseph's, Actonville, South
Africa, rejoiced at the visit of our Provincial Rev.
Fr.Charels Serrao on 13th July. Mass was celebrated
by Provincial. He was welcomed by the parishioners
with flowers at the beginning of the Mass and was
honored with gifts at the end of the Mass.
Provincial thanked the parishioners for all the
support they give to the priests and for our
misssion. After the Mass lunch was served and all
the leaders of the parish interacted with the
Provincial at the Table.
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17 Lay people commit to be Carmelites It was a historic day not only for Carmel Hill but
for the entire Province as 17 of the Secular Carmel
members made their promises in the hands of V. Rev.
Fr. George Santhumayor, OCD, Vicar Provincial on
Thursday, 17th July 2014 at Infant Jesus Shrine
during the Thursday Mass. The first promise takes
place upon completion of a two-year formation period
with the approval of the local council. Each
candidate makes a temporary promise for a period of
three years. At the end of that time, the definitive
promise is made.
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Feast of the Scapular celebrated Feast of our Lady of Mt. Carmel is a important
yearly happening at Carmel Hill, Mangalore. It
recalls the rich faith the Carmelite Bishops and
missionaries in the Diocese of Mangalore 150 years
ago left behind. It is still vibrant and prophetic.
The sober Marian piety they handed over through
various hymns and devotions to the scapular and
rosary are still very much nurturing the faith of
the people. The church celebrates Mary's feast
on 16th of July as the day of our lady of Mt.
Carmel; but by popular demand it is being celebrated
at Carmel Hill on a Sunday previous to the feast.,
which falls this year on the 13th when everyone who
comes is taking away a scapular for personal use.
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CARMEL HILL – CANADA – WORK PROGRESS REPORT The inauguration ceremony of the Formation House
“THE LITTLE FLOWER” and the first foundation stone
of the Discalced Carmelites of Karnataka Goa
Province “CARMEL HILL” in Canada were held on 11th
September 2012 at Benedictine Abbey (Mission –
British Columbia). We organized the ground breaking
ceremony on 27thDecember 2013 on the Birthday of our
Benefactor at Carmel Hill. We have already sent you
the detailed report and the photographs put already
on the Province Website.
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The inauguration of the academic year 2014-15 in
Pushpashrama The inauguration of the academic year 2014-15 in
Pushpashrama, Institute of Philosophy & Religion was
held on Monday 7th of July 2014. Fr. George
Santumayor, the Vice-Provincial and the Councilor
in-charge of formation and on-going formation
presided over the Holy Eucharist at 9.00 am, which
was concelebrated by 14 Carmelite priests. Fr.
Alfred Menezes, the Rector of the college in his
meaningful homily highlighted our vocation to search
for the eternal wisdom, God himself. A meaningful
liturgy was conducted by the students.
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Inauguration at Avila Jyothi, Mapuca 'Harvest is plenty but the labourers are few.' The
Carmelites of KG province are extremely happy as the
Lord has blessed us with abundance of vocations this
year. Rev. Fr. Provincial inaugurated the course of
initiation by lighting the lamp. He presided over
the Holy Eucharist and preached a heart touching
homily on the role of the Holy Spirit in the Church.
The new community was also presented to the people
during the Eucharist. Fr. Silvestre D'Souza, II
Councilor and all the vocation promoters were
present on this occasion.
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Inauguration at Carmelite Monastery, Margoa 'The Lord called his disciples to be with Him and
then to be sent out'. The Lord has called again 16
young and energetic men to be with Him in the Garden
of Carmel. These young men after having come and
seen the life in Carmel take a daring step to be a
member in the same order. On the 9th of June, 2014
in the presence of Rev. Fr. Provincial Charles
Serrao, and Rev. Fr. Silvestre D'Souza 'Postulancy'
was inaugurated by lighting a lamp. Rev. Fr. Ajith
Rodrigues highlighted the importance of this stage
of formation and animated the prayer service.
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Brief Report of Dhyanavana Inauguration 18th Academic diploma course of Dhyanavana was
inaugurated on 2, July 2014. Most Rt. Rev. Dr.
Thomas Vazhapilly, the Bishop of Mysore was the main
celebrant. Bishop during the homily stressed on the
meaning, origin, development, and present
significance of the spirituality. He gave a clarion
call to become persona of Christ. This year we are
blessed with 43 participants from various religious
congregations. Newly appointed director Rev. Fr.
Dominic Vas welcomed the gathering and the students.
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Jocy honoured with Adademy's YUVA PURASKAR
Umashree, Minister for Kannada and Culture presented the Karnataka
Konkani Sahitya Academy’s YUVA PURASKAR to Br. Joseph Cyril D’Souza, OCD
(Jocy Siddakatte) in a glittering ceremony held at Dr Patil Puttappa
Auditorium of Karnataka Vidyavardhaka Sangha premises, Dharwad on Sunday
June 22. Minister for Kannada and culture Umashree presented the awards
to nine eminent personalities in recognition of their service to the
promotion and preservation of Konkani language, culture and literature.
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Jocy Siddakatte, Carmelite bags Konkani Sahitya
Academy’s YUVA PURASKAR
The Carmelites of KG Province have a great reason to rejoice: Karnataka
Konkani Sahitya Academy will present the YUVA PURASKAR for Litreature on
Jocy Siddakatte (Br. Joseph Curil D’Souza) in a ceremony to be held at
Dr. Patil Puttappa Hall of Vidyavardhaka Sangh in Dharwad on June 22 at
4 pm. Yuva Puraskar will be presented by Meena Chandavarkar, vice
chancellor of Karnataka Women's University, Bijapur.
Bp. Francis Serrao ordains 9 Deacons The Carmelites had more than one reason to thank God and celebrate on
30th May, 2014. It was a day that saw two brothers pronouncing their
religious vows for life and nine others dedicating themselves to a life
of service in the diaconal ministry. The beautiful Infant Jesus Shrine,
Bikarnakatte, Mangalore was filled with relatives, friends and
well-wishers, as around 40 concelebrants processed along with Most Rev.
Francis Serrao SJ, Bishop of Shimoga.
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Newly elected Provincial Council
Fr. Charles Serrao - Provincial, Fr. George
Santhumayor - I Councillor, Fr. Silvestre J. D'Souza
- II Councillor, Fr. Lawrence D'Cunha - III
Councillor, Fr. Jerome Moras - IV Councillor
A NEW PROVINCIAL SUPERIOR FOR THE CARMELITES! In the session held on 30th April, 2014, Rev. Fr. Charles Serrao OCD was
elected as the new Provincial Superior, to guide the Province in the
next three years. Rev. Fr Charles Serrao, OCD was born on 26 August,
1950 at Vamadapadav, Bantwal in the Diocese of Mangalore. He made his
first religious profession on 19th March, 1971 and was ordained a priest
on 23 December 1978. After the formation of the Karnataka-Goa Province
in 1981, he held the offices of Director of the Aspirants at the
Vocation Home - Mangalore, Master of Theology Students - Mangalore,
Vocation Promoter and Provincial Councillor.
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Congratulation and Prayerful Wishes to our newly
elected Provincial Superior Rev. Fr. Charles Serrao
OCD
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Eight Carmelite Priests Ordained! April 23, 2014, was a special day in the life of the Karnataka-Goa
Province of Discalced Carmelites, as three more members were added to
the Priestly tribe! The Solemn Mass with the rich ceremony of Priestly
Ordination began at 10.00 am as around 72 Priests processed in the
beautiful Infant Jesus Shrine at Bikarnatakatte, Mangalore. Most Rev.
Henry D’Souza, Bishop of Bellary was the ordaining minister. The
three new priests are: Rev. Fr. John Pinto from Arva Parish. He joined
the Carmelites after some years of work experience and completed his
theological studies at St. Pius X Seminary, Goregaon. Rev. Fr. Richard
Francis Saldanha from Pakshikere. He is the eldest among the two sons of
William and veronica. Rev. Fr. Robert Rayan Pais from Madanthyar is the
third among the four children of Henry and Rita Pais.
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ALL ROADS LEAD TO MOUNT CARMEL SCHOOL The Annual Day of Mount Carmel CBSE School, Ramnagar,
Londa was celebrated on the campus ground amidst the
pristine landscape on the 29th March 2014. The
Carmelite Community at Holy Family Church, Londa
headed by Rev.Fr. Jerome Moras, the Superior and Co-ordinator
of Mount Carmel, Rev. Fr. Venil D’Souza, the
Principal of Mount Carmel CBSE School, Rev. Fr.
Elias D’Cunha, the Administrator had the privilege
of hosting a triple celebration on same day. On 29th
of March 2014, we witnessed the inauguration of the
function hall at Watara in the morning at 10:30a.m.;
the inauguration of the Residential block at the
School Campus at Mount Carmel, Ramnagar; the
blessing of the PUC block at 03:30p.m.and the Grand
Annual Day Programme commencing at 05:30p.m.
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REV. FR BERCHMANS PINTO CELEBRATES GOLDEN YEARS! March 25, 2014 Tuesday on the Solemnity of the
Annunciation of the Lord, the Carmelite friars along
with the Pinto family celebrated the golden jubilee
of the religious profession of Rev. Fr Berchmans
Pinto, OCD. The celebration commenced at 5-00pm at
Infant Jesus Shrine, Mangalore with the thanksgiving
Holy Eucharist presided over by the jubilarian along
with other 25 concelebrants. Fr Deep Fernandes
preached a thought provoking homily highlighting the
consecration of the religious in the modern society.
After the spiritual celebration all the friends and
relatives assembled together inside the monastery
premises where a short felicitation programme was
held. Fr Prakash D’ Cunha compeered the programme.
Fr Pius James D’ Souza, Superior of the Monastery
welcomed the gathering.
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IPCI LEVEL PASTORAL COURSE FOR NEW PRIESTS The Inter-Provincial Conference of India (IPCI) has
organized two weeks of pastoral course for the newly
ordained priests and the deacons at Dhyanavana,
Mysore from March 23 to April 5, 2014. The formal
inauguration of the course was held on March 24,
2014 at 7-00pm with the Holy Eucharist presided over
by Rev Fr Archibald Gonsalves, President of IPCI and
the Provincial of K.G. Province. Fr Silvestre D’
Souza, Provincial Councilor shared his thought
provoking reflections on the readings of the day and
invited the participants to make the best use of the
given opportunity.
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7000 Catholics Participated in the Walking
Pilgrimage from Mira Road to Uttan Mumbai, Mar 22: For the second time St Joseph Church
and Deanery Parishes organized a walking pilgrimage
from Mira road to Uttan shrine. More than 7000
pilgrims from all the Deanary parishes participated
in this mega walking event. The procession began at
St Joseph Church by prayer service by Bhayandar
Deanery Dean Fr. Anselm G. & Fr Dominic Vas after
the first station of the cross pilgrims began their
journey by procession singing hymns, reciting
prayers and devotionally participating in the way of
the cross.
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IPCI COMMUNICATION SECRETARIES CONGREGATE AT
SADBHAVANA, K. G. PROVINCE The meeting of the Communication Secretaries was
held on Friday March 21, 2014 at Sadbhavana,
Carmelite Provincialate, Bangalore. The gathering
commenced at 9:30 am through a prayer service led by
Fr Archibald Gonsalves, Provincial of K.G. Province
and President of IPCI. Later he welcomed all the six
participants from different Provinces. They are Fr.
Prasad from Manjumel, Fr. Vincent Dominic from Tamil
Nadu, Fr. Joseph Chalichirayil from Malabar, Fr.
Jose from Delhi, Frs. Stephen Pereira and Deepak K.J
Thomas from K.G.Province.
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MARGAO MONASTERY TURNS INTO PLATINUM Karnataka Goa Province has a reason to celebrate and
rejoice on the solemnity of St Joseph as the
Carmelite Monastery at Margao completed its seventy
five years (Platinum Jubilee). To mark this event on
March 19, 2014 a thanksgiving Eucharistic
Celebration was organized at the monastery chapel at
5-00 pm. Most Rev Filipe Neri Ferrao,
Archbishop-Patriarch of Goa presided over the mass
along with other forty concelebrants. In his homily,
the archbishop highlighted the virtues of St Joseph
and appealed to the faithful to show concern and
love towards others in our families, neighborhood
and at the work place.
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Kalvarir Rajisandaan - book released Kalvarir Rajisandaan - a book containing reflections
on the Way of the Cross was released on 12th March,
2014 by Rev. Fr. Pius James D’Souza, Carmelite, the
Episcopal Vicar for Religious, Diocese of Mangalore
at Infant Jesus Shrine, Bikarnakatte - Mangalore.
Young poet and writer, Br. Joseph Cyril D’Souza, a
Carmelite theology seminarian, known by his pen-name
‘Jocy Siddakatte’ has penned three sets of
reflections on the Way of the Cross which is a
Christian penitential practice of the season of
Lent. Since this year is the Year of Reconciliation
in the diocese of Mangalore, this book contains
reflections centred on the theme of Reconciliation.
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Blessing the Foundation Stone of the New Church
and Monastery @ Gorwa, Vadodara A good number of Carmelite friars along with the
faithful of the Gorwa parish and some parishioners
from Mira Road, Mumbai, assembled at the new
property of the Carmelites in Gorwa, Vadodara on
March 1, 2014. Frs. Melwin Rosario and Sunil Monis
organized the prayer service near the construction
site. First of all the Carmelite friars were
welcomed in traditional Gujarati style. Later Fr.
Archibald Gonsalves, Provincial superior led the
prayer and blessed the foundation of the new church
and monastery. The new Church will be dedicated to
the Infant Jesus and the Monastery will be placed
under the protection of the Little Flower. After the
blessing Fr. Melwin Rosario (Superior) acknowledged
the financial support of all the donors, and
especially the Mira Road parishioners. He also
thanked all those who made it to this ceremony.
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FIRST CARMELITES FROM GUJARAT ORDAINED PRIESTS!!! March 1, 2014 was a memorable day for the Discalced
Carmelites of the Karnataka-Goa Province as the
first two deacons from Gujarat, namely Kaushik
Parmar and Daniel Christian were raised to the Order
of Priesthood. Though this territory was assigned to
us in 1981, we could set our feet in this state only
in 2004 and had to wait another decade for the first
fruits! The ordination ceremony was held at St.
Mary’s Church, Nadiad, Gujarat at 4-00pm. Most Rev.
Dr. Godfrey Rozario, SJ Bishop of Baroda Diocese – a
good friend of the Carmelites, was the ordaining
minister.
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Son of the Soil was raised to the Order of
Priesthood at Mira Road Mira Road: Feb.27th 2014 was indeed an auspicious day for the Carmelites
of Karnataka Goa Province and for St. Joseph’s Church, Mira Road. On
this gracious day the son of the soil, Deacon Nitesh Rodrigues was
raised to the Order of Priesthood by his Excellency Most Rev. John
Rodrigues, the Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay. Fr.Nithesh haild from Rajodi,
Vasai diocese (second Carmelite Vocation from the Diocese). The bishop
in his homily highlighted the duties and responsibilities of the priest
and invited the faithful to pray for priests and also to pray for
vocations in the vineyard of the Lord. About 40 priests concelebrated at
the Eucharistic banquet and a large number of faithful took part in the
Liturgy with greatest devotion. Fr. Ivan D’souza animated the Liturgy.
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YOUNG RELIGIOUS PRIESTS GET-TOGETHER AT ANUBHAV,
MUMBAI The young priests of the Karnataka Goa Province
gathered together for the yearly meeting at Anubhav,
Mira Road from February 03 to 07, 2014. There were
25 participants together with Br. Malvino who was a
young religious. The meeting commenced with the
inaugural mass celebrated by Fr. Dominic Vas,
Provincial Councilor for Spirituality who
highlighted the various qualities of leadership and
how the youngsters’ have to imbibe these qualities
in their diverse ministries as religious and
priests. Frs. Dominic Vas, Michael Shenoy – Superior
of Anubhav community and other representatives among
the young priests lighted the lamp and thus formally
inaugurated the meet.
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WORKSHOP STRESSING THE ESSENCE OF INTERPERSONAL
RELATIONSHIPS One Day workshop on Interpersonal Relationships for
teachers was organized by the Emmaus counseling
Centre, Mapusa, on 12th February, 2014. It received
participation from a total of 27 teachers. The
resource persons for the day Ms. Merlyn Fernandes,
Counsellor and Ms. Tina D’Cunha, Assistant
Professor, St. Xavier’s College, Mapusa, delivered
interactive sessions on Transactional Analysis,
Emotional Intelligence and Interpersonal
Relationships between teachers and students. The
highlight of all the sessions was that as educators,
every teacher works tirelessly to prepare every
child for the future and works towards increasing
the students’ potential to face the world.
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Family Retreat at St. Joseph Church, Mira Road Feb.7th-9th: Mira Road: With the theme ‘The Kingdom
of God is at hand’, Fr Augustine Vallooran,
director, Divine Retreat Centre, Potta and his team
preached three days retreat at St. Joseph Church
grounds, Mira Road. More than 8,000 people from
different parishes participated in the retreat to
praise the Lord and feel his presence. Fr Augustine
Vallooran and his team led the faithful with praise,
thanksgiving, sharing and adoration.
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INFANT JESUS IS HONOURED IN THE SILICON CITY January 26, 2014 Sunday, the devotees of Infant
Jesus came together in Sadbhavana to celebrate the
annual feast of Infant Jesus. The festal mass
commenced at 10.30am presided over by Rev. Fr
Archibald Gonsalves, Provincial Superior along with
other twelve Carmelite priests and three diocesan
priests from St Peter’s Pontifical Seminary. Fr
Provincial in his homily highlighted the various
aspects of prayer and invited all to take the
example of St Teresa of Avila who is the teacher in
the Catholic Church in the field of prayer.
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REV FR. JOSEPH D’ SOUZA CELEBRATES RUBY JUBILEE January 21, 2014 Tuesday, the community of
Hegdenagar celebrated the ruby jubilee of the
Ordination of Fr Joseph D’ Souza at Geddalahalli,
Bangalore. The celebration was attended by good
number of Carmelites, neighbouring religious sisters
and the friends of the Carmel Welfare Centre. The
Thanksgiving Eucharist was presided over by the
Jubilarian along with twenty Carmelites including
the parish priest Fr Jerome. Fr Pius James D’ Souza
preached an inspiring homily quoting Pope Francis
highlighted the qualities like Simple, Joyful,
Peaceful and connected the same to the life of Fr
Joseph D’ Souza. After the mass a short felicitation
programme was held. Fr Jacob C. welcomed the
gathering and Fr Deepak Thomas compeered the
programme.
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FIRST CARMELITE TO BE ORDAINED
IN 2014 January 18, 2014 Saturday, on this gracious day
Deacon Cannio Remedio Cardozo, OCD was raised to the
Order of Priesthood by his Excellency Most Rev.
Anthony Alwyn Fernandes Barreto, Bishop of
Sindhudrug. The Ordination ceremony was held at Our
Lady of Candelaria Church, Camurlim, Salcette, Goa
at 10.00 am. The Holy Eucharist was attended by more
than fifty five priests and large number of
faithful. The bishop in his homily highlighted the
duties and responsibilities of the priest and
invited the faithful to pray for priests and also to
pray for vocations in the vineyard of the Lord.
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Blessing of the Renovated Cemetery at Carmel
Hill, Mangalore On January 15, 2013 Wednesday the blessing of the
renovated cemetery at Carmel Hill, Mangalore was
held after the morning Eucharistic celebration. Rev.
Fr Archibald Gonsalves, Provincial Superior
conducted the prayer service and blessed the
renovated cemetery along with other Carmelite
fathers, brothers and faithful of the vicinity. Fr
Gregory D’ Souza who took keen interest in restoring
the cemetery welcomed the gathering and proposed the
vote of thanks. Finally Fr Provincial appreciated
and congratulated the hard work of Fr Gregory D’
Souza and the members of Carmel Hill Community.
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Infant Jesus feast at Carmel Hill, Mangalore The annual feast of Infant Jesus was celebrated on
January 14 at the shrine at Carmel Hill, with deep
devotion and fervor, and brought about a lot of
spiritual nourishment in the hearts of many
devotees. The theme was “Prayer – the Core of
Christian Life” and was chosen in preparation for
the 5th Birth Centenary of St. Teresa of Avila, a
Carmelite mystic and teacher of the way of prayer.
The preachers for the novena days, well-versed in
the Teresian doctrine on prayer, gradually developed
this theme during the novena days by reflecting on
various sub-themes each day. During these days,
there were also special prayers offered for various
intentions. There were 7 masses on each of these
days.
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Feast of Infant Jesus & Inter-Religious Dialogue
at Mira Road
"Save the Family life". The lively and dynamic St Joseph Church Celebrated
the Infant Jesus feast and conducted an
Inter-Religious Dialogue session, on Sunday, January
12th at 6.30 pm on St Joseph Church Grounds.
Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay Most Rev. Dr Dominic
Savio Fernandes presided over the solemn festal
Eucharistic celebration along with other six
Priests. Soon after the mass the Inter-religious
dialogue commenced with a prayer dance led by Parish
youth. Bishop Dominic Savio, presided over the event
with various speakers from across the religious
spectrum.
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JUBILANTLY IN EMPOLI 27th December 2013 was a memorable day for the
Karnataka Goa Province members in Italy, as we had
the solemn ground breaking Christmas gathering at
our house at Avane in Empoli. It was a shiny day
after days of incessant rains throughout the
Christmas days. Good many friars made it a point to
attend the venue quite in advance and spend time
sharing the joys and sorrows. Fr. Donath and his
community offered warmest welcome to all confriars
with impeccable preparations and delicious flavours
and savours in food.
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GROUND BREAKING CEREMONY OF
LITTLE FLOWER FORMATION HOUSE, FRASER VALLEY, CANADA WWell begun is half done! The Canadian Carmelites of
the Karnataka-Goa Province (India) under the
leadership of Fr. Rudolf V. D’Souza have taken
another bold leap. The ground breaking ceremony of
LITTLE FLOWER Formation House at Fraser Valley,
North Deroche Road 10789 was held on 27th December
2013, the Birthday of our generous and benevolent
benefactor Helen Chua Tiampo. Though the day began
with incessant rains making it difficult for the
invitees to reach the destination on time;
providentially it all subsided when the ceremony
began.
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Invitation
Dear Rev. Fathers, brothers and Sisters, We the Canadian Carmelites of the Karnataka Goa
Province (India) are launching the construction of
our LITTLE FLOWER Formation House at Fraser Valley,
North Deroche Road 10789 on 27th December 2013 at 12
noon, the Birthday of our Benefactor Helen Chua
Tiampo. We will have approximately 50 people for the
ground breaking ceremony. We have obtained all
permissions from the Fraser Valley Development
Authority, the Architects Final Drawings of the
building; landscaping and Car Parking Facilities are
in place.
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Mega Christmas Carol Carnival in Mira Road The Four days Mega Christmas Carol Carnival was
organized by St. Joseph Church, Mira Road under the
leadership of Small Christian Communities on 14th to
17th December, 2013. The carnival was blessed by
Rev. Fr Dominic Vas, Parish Priest of St. Joseph
Church and inaugurated by Fr Ivan D' Souza & Mr.
Clifford Faria. Since the theme of this year was
"Joy in the Family-Joy to the World" the purpose of
this Carnival was to spread peace and religious
harmony and to create awareness of Family Values
said Fr Dominic before beginning the Carol Carnival.
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Kindly take some time to go through the Christmas
Brochure which highlights the various activities and
events that took place at the various quarters of
our Province in the year 2013.
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Silver CARMEL DAY staged Carmel Day was staged on the Dec. 14, 2013. This annual event had a
special significance this year as it was the ‘Silver Carmel Day’, i.e.
the silver jubilee of this celebration. The programme was presided over
by Rev. Fr. Archiebald Gonsalves OCD, Provincial. Mr. C. G. Pinto,
General Manager, Corporation Bank, was the Chief Guest, and the
Guest-of-honour was Mrs. Hilda Goveas, AAO, Police Commissioner’s
Office, Mangalore. The programme began at 6 pm with a prayer dance,
following which the Superior of the Monastery, Rev. Fr. Pius James
D’Souza welcomed the gathering. The audience was then entertained with a
dance, after which the Chief Guest, Mr C.G. Pinto gave his message.8 read more
U TURN released First Kittal Yuva Puraskar winner, Jocy Siddakatte’s third book titled U
TURN was released on 14th Dec at St. Joseph’s Monastery by Mrs. Hild
Goveas, AAO, Police Commissioner’s Office, Manglore on the occasioin of
the FIFTH year celebration of Naman ballok Jesu - Konkani Monthly. This
contains a collection of inspiring thoughts written Jocy which featured
as a regular column in the well-known magazine of the Carmelites, Naman
Ballok Jesu, of which Fr. Steven Pereira is the Chief Editor. This is
Br. Jocy’s third book, after Pausa
Dhonu and Moran Sandlelim Pakam.
Speaking on the occasion Wilma Bantwal, a young writer in Konkani and
winner of Kittall Yuva Puraskar 2013 said, “Through U TURN, Jocy has
paved a way for a new genre of writing in Konkani litereature. U TURN
contains neither, poetry nor prose. Hence it is a new mode of writing
which exists in Kannada but not in Konakni. It’s a well meditated prose
and an extended poetry.” She continued, “I had known Jocy as a poet. But
I come to know him as a well-seasoned philosopher and a mature
dramatist.” 8 read more
Nine young men enter Carmel December 14, 2013 on the solemnity of St. John of
the Cross, the Karnataka Goa Province has a reason
to rejoice and celebrate as nine young men make
their commitment to the Lord through the religious
profession. Fr. Archibald Gonsalves officiated over
the Eucharistic celebration along with other 30
concelebrants and invited the youngsters to walk the
path of perfection according to the teachings of St.
John of the cross. The novices through their
melodious singing raised the heart and mind of the
faithful to God.
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Carmel Jyothi public charitable trust conducts
drawing competition Huvina Hadagalli, 11th November, 2013, on the
occasion of children’s day, Carmel Jyothi public
charitable trust and Mount Carmel school conducted
the drawing competition for the Huvina Hadagali
taluk children. The programme was inaugurated by Fr.
Rajesh D’ Souza, director of Carmel Jyothi public
charitable trust by lighting the lamp. BRC Mr.
Basavaraj was the guest of honour.
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Demand draft distribution to the poor children Huvina Hadagali, 13th November 2013, Carmel Jyothi
Public Charitable Trust and the district child
protection, Bellary, distributed the demand draft to
the poor school going children. Carmel Jyothi Public
Charitable Trust had started child labour
residential school with the purpose of collecting
the child labour children and to educate them in our
residential school and seeing their intellectual
capacity send them to the school.
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Working women gathering Huvinahadagali, 28th of October, 2013, Monday,
Carmel Jyothi public charitable trust and AITUC
Hadagali conducted the get together of the working
women of Hadagali taluk. Working women gathering
included the Anganavadi women, Devadasi women, Asha
workers, and Bisiyuta women. Around 300 working
women were present for the gathering. Mr. K.S.
Janardan inaugurated the gathering.
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St. Xavier’s College Excels in the Power of
Expression St.
Xavier’s College, Mapusa represented by Ms. Aileen
Almeida and Ms. Joanita Lobo excels in ‘The Power of
Expression’ an Intercollegiate competition through
the medium of Power Point presentations organized by
the Emmaus Counseling Centre of the Carmelite
Fathers, Mapusa . They made their presentation on
the topic: Identity: An adolescent concern--- The
second place was bagged by Ms. Megan Fernandes and
Ms Nayantara Almeida of Carmel College for Women,
Nuvem.
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The Annual Feast Celebrated at Mira Road The Annual Parish Feast of St. Joseph Church, Mira
Road known as the 'Family Feast’ was celebrated in a
befitting manner on Sunday Dec.1st at 5 p.m. on the
Church premises. In view of a worthy preparation for
the feast, nine days novenas were held on the
various themes focusing on promoting Christian
values in our families”. The theme "Family” was
Chosen for the festal Mass. Episcopal Vicar of
Bhayander Deanery Fr. Barthole M. presided over the
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Multiple celebrations at Actonville, South Africa Multiple celebrations were held at the parish of St.
Joseph's Actonville, South Africa on the first
Sunday of Advent on December 1, 2013. Though the
year of faith concluded on 24th of November the
concluding ceremony was held on December 1st. First
of all the two parish communities jointly organized
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NEW BOOK : AND IT YIELDED A HUNDREDFOLD “In
the Liturgical Year A in the Catholic Church’s
lectionary of Scripture readings for Mass, the
Gospel passage almost every Sunday is taken from St.
Matthew. In the New Testament we meet St. Matthew
only indirectly through the Gospel that bears his
name. Matthew’s Gospel is one of the longest books
in the New Testament and has exercised great
influence in Christian life over the centuries. It
has even been called the most important book ever
written. Fr. Rudolf has already published Homilies
for Cycle B and C and now with this publication the
Cycle becomes complete. Though there are a number of
books published to assist Catholic Preachers, the
compendium of Fr. Rudolf is one of its kind, a
treasure to be stored in the book shelf of every
preacher.”: Rev. Dr. Archibald Gonsalves, OCD,
President: IPCI; Provincial: Karnataka Goa Province.
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CARMEL KUTAM CELEBRATES FAITH IN BANGALORE Carmel Kutam, Bangalore celebrated the closing of
the Year of Faith on Sunday, 24 Nov. at Sadbhavana,
Carmelite Provincialate, Bangalore. The day began
with the retreat preached by renowned preacher, Fr.
Wilfred Frank, ocd. Then the statue of the
Immaculate Heart of Mary was brought in procession
by the Brothers of the Heralds of the Gospel. In the
evening Fr. Archibald Gonsalves, the Carmelite
Provincial presided over the Eucharist along with
other priests.
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MUSINGS FROM NORTHEAST INDIA Historically CRI was the initiative of Pope Pius XII
who called a Congress of Religious in Rome in 1950
and recommended setting of National Conferences of
Religious. The first meeting of Indian Religious was
at Delhi in 1962. In 1963 the Holy See formally
erected CRI by approving its Statutes. The Golden
Jubilee Celebration of this event was solemnized
from 7-9 November 2013 in Guwahati, aptly dubbed as
the Gateway to the Northeast. The event was attended
by nearly 500 Major Superiors, besides, several
other delegates and religious from around India.
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Farewell Programme and Eucharistic Celbration,
Actonville, South Africa Catholic Primary School. On this day the school had
organized a thanksgiving Eucharistic Celebration and
a send-off programme for the 7th grade children. The
liturgy was creatively animated by the children with
a moral skit. During the mass all the outgoing
children were felicitated. Fr. Boniface D’ Souza,
the parish priest presided over the mass and gave an
inspiring homily which touched the hearts of every
children. Fr. Boniface in his homily highlighted the
goals in the life of children, the responsibility of
the children towards the parents, teachers and the
society.
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RAISED TO THE PRIESTHOODThe Karnataka-Goa Province has another Priest! The
place was Our Lady of Hope, Chinchinim, Salcette-Goa.
The day was 11th October, 2013, and the person at
the centre of it all was Deacon Mark Peter Furtado.
He had landed in Goa a couple of months ago, after
completing his theological studies in Teresianum,
Rome.
Most Rev. Filipe Neri Ferrão, the
Archbishop-Patriarch of Goa and Daman conferred the
Sacrament of Holy Orders during the Eucharisitic
celebration concelebrated by around 80 Priests in a
Church packed to capacity.
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CARMEL FEST 2013 - a mega gathering of our
formees! The maiden attempt to bring together our seminarians
from different stages of formation was a land mark
in the history of the Karnataka-Goa Province. The
planning had begun in February 2013 with a little
seed sown by the Provincial. The Formators along
with the Provincial Councillor in-charge of
formation, formed a core-committee pooling in their
ideas and resources. By August 2013, the four groups
(Mt. Carmel, Avila, Duruelo and Lisieux,) were
formed by diving all the formees from each stage of
formation (EXCLUDING THE NOVICES).
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OCDS SPIRITUAL RENEWAL
CONFERENCE AND LOWER MAINLAND OCDS COMMUNITIES
CEREMONIES at St. Edmund’s Parish, North Vancouver,
B.C. It was the First Friday and First Saturday of the
month and a perfect weekend to hold the OCDS
Spiritual Renewal Conference and the Ceremonies of
the Lower Mainland OCDS Communities which was held
at St. Edmund’s Parish, North Vancouver, B.C.
Indeed, great blessings and graces poured down from
heaven on members of the Secular Order of Discalced
Carmelites, Western Canada as they gathered on
October 4 and 5, 2013. Approximately fifty ocds
members together with a few family and friends
participated.
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A Memorable day with 600 Senior citizens Miraroad: Senior Citizen's Day was celebrated in the
Community Hall at St. Joseph Church, Mira Road on
Sunday Oct. 13th. The program began with the
Eucharistic Celebration. Rev. Fr. Ivan D'souza
celebrated the solemn mass at 9.30am. Fr. Dominic
Vas preached an inspiring homily. Soon after the
mass a renowned Speaker Mr. Goshal gave a talk on
Health Tips. It was really an enriching and
meaningful insight to the Senior Citizens. The
cultural program began with a prayer song. Later SCC
members entertained the crowd with dance and songs.
Senior citizens also shook their hips to peppy filmy
numbers. This was followed by spot prizes conducted
by the SCC animators.
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World mental health day 10th October 2013, Thursday. Carmel Jyothi public
charitable trust and the taluk advocates association
Hadagali conducted world mental health day. The
whole program was conducted in the campus of Carmel
Seva Sadan. Mr. C.K.M. Basavalinga Swamy, president
of the lawyers association Hadagali, was the
president. Mr. Jagdish G. Bisirotti , Public
Prosecutor of Hadagali taluk, Mr. A.B. Vijay Kumar,
Thasildar of Hadagali taluk, Fr. Rajesh D’Souza,
director of Carmel Jyothi public charitable trust,
Sr. Ida, ASMI and Sr. Dr. Shilba ASMI were the guest
of honor.
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Ayuda Pooje 13th October 2013, Sunday, Huvina Hadagali, Carmel
Jyothi Public Charitable Trust conducted Ayuda Pooje.
On the occasion of Ayuda Pooje all the vehicles of
Carmel motor driving school. Carmel Seva Sadan,
Carmel Jyothi Public Charitable Trust and Mount
Carmel school were blessed. At the same time the
computer systems, tailoring machines, impliments of
Carmel automobile training centre and the impliments
of Carmel welding training centre were blessed.
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Child labor work shop 30th September 2013, Monday, Carmel Jyothi Public
Charitable Trust conducted one day work shop on the
child labor to the Anganavadi workers. Mr. Vijay
Kumar, Thasildar of Huvina Hadagali taluk was the
president of the program. Mr. Mohanesh, officer of
child labor project Bellary district was the chief
guest. Mr. Eshwaraiah, field officer of child labor
project Bellary district, Fr. Rajesh D’Souza,
director of Carmel Jyothi child labor school and Mr.
Ravi Kumar, labor inspector, Hadagali were the guest
of honor. Around 30 anganavadi workers participated
in the work shop.
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GATHERING FOR VOLUNTEER AT ST. THOMAS MORE
PARISH, CALGARY - CANADA St.
Thomas More parish is one of the mega parishes in
the diocese of Calgary, Alberta, Canada whose
pastoral care is taken by the Carmelites. The parish
has a great number of volunteers helping the parish
in different ministries. As usual every year the
parish office hosts a dinner to appreciate these
parishioners who render their voluntary service.
This year the appreciation dinner was held on 11th
of October 2013 in the church hall and around 225
volunteers attended the function.
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Annual Feast of Guardian Angels’ Church –
Vancouver Guardian Angels Church feast was celebrated on 5th
October after 4 pm mass. The celebration was held in
the Millennium Hall of the parish. Fr. Rudolf V.
D'Souza felicitated all the volunteers and
benefactors of the Church with a flower bouquet
each. A sumptuous dinner was served and Fr. Boniface
D'Souza graced the meal with a spontaneous prayer.
That was 64th Birthday of the Church. We thank the
parishioners for making this occasion memorable.
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Ryshivana
Institute of Indian Christian Spirituality
Inauguration and Blessing of the Retreat Block and
the New Chapel An additional Block of the Retreat Centre and a new
chapel was inaugurated and blessed at Ryshivana,
Institute of Indian Christian Spirituality and
centre for Inner Silence and Contemplative Prayer on
3rd October 2013 at 5-30 pm. Rev. Fr. Dr. Archibald
Gonsalves, the Provincial of the Discalced Province
of Karnataka-Goa Province inaugurated the additional
block and Rt. Rev. Dr. Aloysius Paul D’Souza, Bishop
of Mangalore Blessed the New Chapel and presided
over the Eucharistic Celebrations.
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Feast of Little Flower and the 80th Birth Day
Celebration of Fr. Paul at Pushpashrama The feast of our patroness, St. Therese of the Child
Jesus (Little Flower) and the 80th birthday of Rev.
Fr. Paul D’ Souza was celebrated on the 1st of
October, 2013 at Pushpashrama College of Philosophy,
Mysore. The Holy Eucharist was presided over by Rev.
Fr. Leslie Moras, Principal of St. Philomena’s
Degree and PG College, Mysore. He in his homily
highlighted the desire of little Therese to follow
Jesus in her life. Her sincere desire and love for
Jesus made her a powerful instrument in God’s
vineyard.
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SEMINAR ON THE BOOK OF FOUNDATION – MYSORE
CARMELITE FAMILY A
Seminar on the Book of Her Foundations was held on
the 22nd of September 2013 for the Carmelite Family
Mysore in Flos Carmeli Convent, Hale Kesare. Fr.
Wilfred Rodrigues was the resource person for the
whole day except for a little intervention by
another scholar Fr. Jeevan Tauro. As many as 80 to
85 members of various Carmelite congregations
participated and profited a lot from it. They were
divided into 8 equal groups for discussion on the
chapters they were allotted by the resource person
covering the whole book, which was later reported.
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VESTITION OF TWO NOVICES AT SAN JOSE - CALIFORNIA
PROVINCE September 7, 2013 was a great day for the Canadian
Carmelites as two of the candidates to our region
entered the novitiate after their successful
Postulancy experience for 6 months. Bro. Josef
Giroux and Fr. Alfredo Pereira along with three
member of California province officially began their
novitiate with a solemn ceremony of vistition. Rev.
Fr. Mathew with a homily invited the members to pray
for them. Rev. Fr. Archibald R. Gonsalves received
the two members of our Province into Novitiate.
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MONTI FEST IN VIENNA The Mangalorian Community in Vienna celebrated the
Nativity of Mother Mary (Monti Fest) on the 14th of
September. The festivity commenced at 4.30 p.m. with
the solemn Eucharistic celebration presided over by
Fr. Rathan Nicholas Almeida, OCD. In his homily, he
reminded the faithful that we all have to contribute
generously, try and reform our families so that they
reflect and demonstrate qualities, seen in the Holy
Family of Nazareth. The role of a mother in the
family was highlighted and certain awareness was
created as regards respect towards her.
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‘Interpersonal Relationships’ course at Emmaus,
Mapusa A course on Interpersonal Relationships was
organized for the women religious (nuns) by the
Emmaus Counseling Centre, Mapusa, Goa from 10th –
13th September, 2013. This four day course attracted
participation from nuns belonging to various
congregations from communities in Goa and Pune. The
Inaugural programme to the course was held on 10th
September, 2013 at 9.30 a.m.
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Birthday of Infant
Mary at Sadbhavana The birthday of our Heavenly Mother Mary which is
popularly known as the Monthi fest was solemnized on
September 8, 2013 at Sadbhavana, Bangalore. The
celebration commenced at 7-45 am offering of the
flowers to Infant Mary by the little children
followed by the blessing of the new corn and
thereafter the solemn mass presided over by Fr.
Vinod Lobo along with other three priests namely
Frs. Jossey Rodrigues, Canute D’ Souza and Vijay D’
Costa.
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Inauguration of Carmel Kiran We, the Carmelite Fathers of Infant Jesus Shrine,
Bikarnakatte, have always been committed to our
mission of proclaiming the Word of God and spreading
the values of the Gospel. Being aware of the
constant call of the Holy Father to use the
available technologies and mass media for this
purpose of evangelization, we have been active in
this ministry of the media for many years; our
presence in the print media is most expressively
seen in the publishing of the magazine Naman Ballok
Jesu, dealing with various religious and social
topics, which has been successfully running for the
past five years; and our involvement in the web
ministry, carried out mainly through the Shrine
website
www.infantjesusmangalore.net
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CARMELITES OF BANGALORE UNITE! The annual gathering of the Carmelite Family in
Bangalore was held at Mount Carmel College, on
Sunday 18th August, 2013. It began with an
invocation by the students of the College, followed
by a solemn Eucharist at the beginning of which
representatives of the Congregations present (OCD,
CMI, CSST, AC, CTC, CM, CMC and the CSST Associates)
lighted the lamp. Rev. Fr. Archibald Gonsalves OCD
(Provincial Superior), the main celebrant recalled
his association with Fr. Bernard Nunes, of revered
memory.
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CALLED TO SERVE The Mira Road community is glad to have five newly
ordained deacons this year. On 11th of August 2013,
Most Rev. Agnelo Gracias, Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay
and former Rector of the Seminary, ordained 12
brothers as Deacons - 7 diocesan and 5 Carmelites,
namely Bros. Nitesh Rodrigues, Cannio Cardozo,
Kaushik Parmar, Daniel Christian and John Pinto. The
ceremony began at 11.00 am with a Solemn Mass during
which the Bishop preached a beautiful homily based
on the Gospel. He highlighted the 3 aspects of a
servant: readiness, alertness and detachment.
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O.L.OF THE ROSARY HSS Excels in Poster
Competition Our Lady of Rosary Higher Secondary School,
Donapaula (Mavis Rodrigues, Roseann Vaz and Richa
Srivastava) won the First place in the Poster
Competition organised by the Emmaus Counselling
Centre of the Carmelite Fathers Mapusa at the
centre. They have depicted their creative ideas on
the theme: Gender Equality: Awareness and
Sensitization. The creative process involved in
artistic self-expression helps people to resolve
conflicts and problems, develop interpersonal
skills, manage behaviour, reduce stress, increase
self-esteem and self-awareness, and achieve insight.
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Carmel jyothi charitable trust conducts zonal
level sports and games On the 30th of July, 2013, Carmel Jyothi Charitable
Trust in collaboration with M.P.Prakash higher
primary school, Huvina Hadagali, conducted sports
and games meet at zonal level. This meet was held in
the campus of Carmel Seva Sadan and it was basically
for primary as well as for the higher primary level.
Mr. Vijay Kumar BEO of Huvina Hadagali inaugurated
the meet; Mr. Santhosh Jain Corporator of 9th ward
Huvina Hadagali hoisted the flag.
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Triple Joy at Mira Road Mira Road: August 4th, It was an atmosphere of
Celebration morning till the night. There was
glorious Birthday celebration of Parish Priest Fr.
Dominic Vas, Vianney Sunday and Friendship day. All
the community Fathers and Brothers were present. The
celebration began by coming together around the
altar of the Lord at 8.15 to thank the Almighty for
the numerous blessings that He had showered upon Fr.
Dominic Vas. The birthday baby presided over the
Eucharistic celebration.
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Parents Day Celebrated at St. Joseph Church, Mira
Road
"THANK YOU LORD FOR CREATING PARENTS" The Feast of Sts. Ann and Joachim, grandparents of
Jesus, was celebrated on July 27,2013 at St.
Joseph’s Church Community hall from 6 pm - 8 pm by
the Para-liturgy Section (Stds I, II and III) of
Sunday School. This event was eagerly awaited by
parents, because, on this day they experience the
love, affection and gratitude from their little
innocent ones on the stage through a song and dance,
which helped them to sustain the balance throughout
364 days of the year.
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Launching of the New Block at Mount Carmel
School, Hadagali July 27, 2013 was the greatest day in the
surrounding area of Hadagali. The formal
inauguration of the new block of the Mount Carmel
School was started with supreme earnestness. The
inaugural programme commenced at 11.00 am presided
over by Rev. Fr. Archibald Gonsavles, Provincial
Superior along with other eminent dignitaries. Fr.
Prakash Tauro, Principal welcome the gathering. Fr.
Archibald Gonslaves invoked the blessings of the
Almighty through a prayer service and lighted the
lamp and Mr. Nandhihalli Hallappa, Ex minister of
Hadagali cutting the ribbon inaugurated the new
block of the school building and appreciated the
works of Christians and in particular the Carmelites
in the vicinity of Hadagali.
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OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL FEAST IN THE CAPITAL
CITY The feast of our Heavenly Mother, Our Lady of Mount
Carmel was solemnized on July 21, 2013 at
Sadbhavana, Bangalore. The members of Carmel Family
and the devotees of Mary gathered around the altar
of the Lord at 10.30 am. The solemn Eucharistic
celebration was presided over by Rev. Fr. Archibald
Gonsalves, Provincial Superior and concelebrated by
ten Carmelites of Bangalore and other places. Fr.
Deep Fernandes preached an inspiring homily
highlighting the qualities of Mary.
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Our lady of Mount Carmel feast at Hadagali Huvinahadagali, July 16, 2013 Tuesday, Carmel Bhavan,
Carmel Jyothi Charitable Trust, Carmel Seva Sadan
and Mount Carmel school together celebrated the
feast day of their patroness our Lady of Mount
Carmel. It was the day to thank our Lady for all the
blessings She had showered on our institutions.
Celebrations began with the solemn mass at 11.30.
a.m. Rev. Fr. Stany D’Souza, parish priest of
Harihar shrine and the Dean of Deanery was the main
celebrant, and preached an inspiring homily.
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Our Lady of Mount Carmel Feast at Guardian Angels
Church, Vancouver The Solemnity of Our Lady of Mount Carmel was
celebrated with pomp and gaiety on 15th July at 7 pm
in Guardian Angels Church - Vancouver. Bishop Gary
Gordon of White Horse Diocese was the main
celebrant. He invited people to celebrate this feast
as members of the God's Garden of Carmel, with great
devotion to Mother Mary, devotion to Holy Scapular
and imitating her virtues of humility, obedience and
contemplation.
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CARMELITE FAMILY OF MYSORE CONGREGATE AT DHYNA
SADHANA The Daughters and Sons of our Lady of Mount Carmel
in the Mysore region celebrated the Solemnity on
Sunday, 14th of July. In all 131 Carmelites came
together under the banner of “Carmelite Family of
Mysore” for the Holy Eucharist presided over by Dr.
Fr. Clifford D’Souza OCD along with 11
concelebrants, at the Cloistered Carmel and for the
get- together at Dhyana Sadhana in Bogadi. Welcoming
the new members, praying for the departed, family
recreation, planning the seminar on St. Teresa,
fixing the date for the next year’s celebration of
the feast, family meal etc. marked the celebration
that strengthened the family ties and Marian bonds
that bring us together year after year.
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The Project Title: Formation House of the
Discalced Carmelites. 20 rooms self contained, suite size (350 sqft); with
the intention of multi purpose
Dining hall, chapel, library, lobby, laundry,
meeting rooms etc.
Time line- completion: 2015 June-July
Permission Granted from Fraser Valley Development
Authority
Architect: John Clarke
Executive body: Fr. Rudolf V. D'Souza, Mr. Francis
Wong, Darrell Wickstrom (Helen's lawyer); Helen C.
Tiampo Start date: End of February 2014.
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OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL
VENERATED IN CAPE TOWN Our Fathers reached Cape Town a year ago.
This year for the first time in the Regina Caeli
Parish, our friars celebrated the feast of our Lady
of Mount Carmel on July 4, 2013. Parishioners from
the neighbouring parishes participated. His Grace
Archbishop Emeritus Lawrence Henry was the main
celebrant and the three Carmelite fathers
con-celebrated at the festive mass. We appreciate
the efforts of Fr Victor Fernandes (parish priest)
to spread the Carmelite devotions in Cape Town.
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A VOICE FROM PERU It’s a year since Fr. Vijay Kumar landed in Peru, to
offer his services in the region, at the request of
Rev. Fr. Angel Zapata, the Commissar. There are 28
members in Commissariat and the older ones are
mostly from Navarra, Spain. Of the 8 monasteries,
one is a formation house for Philosophy students and
the other minor stages of formation and another, a
Centre of Spirituality. On his arrival, Fr. Vijay
stayed for three weeks in the Philosophy Seminary
and attended a crash course in Spanish. Later he was
sent to the Parish of San Jose, Jesus, Maria, Lima,
which is the first and the biggest community of the
Carmelites in the country.
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SUPERIORS’-FORMATORS’ MEET 2013 & BIRTHDAY
CELEBRATION OF REV. FR. PROVINCIAL The annual meet of the Formators and the Superiors
of Formation houses was held at Sadbhavana,
Bangalore from 2-3 July, 2013. It began with a
prayer service conducted by Fr. Sunil Rodrigues.
There were input sessions in the morning of the
first day by Rev. (Dr) James Kannanthanam, cmf
(Provincial of the Claretians) on ‘Appreciative
Inquiry’. He showed how it could be applied in the
formation of our seminarians, and proved its various
benefits. At the end of his sessions, the
participants were given an opportunity to raise
questions and clarify their doubts.
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Kannada kuwara- kuwari June 29th Saturday 2013, Huvina Hadagali, Carmel
Jyothi charitable trust and Kannada Sahitya
Sammelana Huvinahadagali jointly conducted the
felicitation function to the students who secured
highest marks in Kannada in SSLC examination. The
programme was organized in the campus of Carmel Seva
Sadan. Mr. P. T. Parameshwar Naik, Honorable
Minister for Labor, Karnataka state was the
president of the programme. He felicitated the
children who got 125 marks in Kannada and gave them
5000 rupees as the education scholarship. Around 45
children who scored above 100 marks were honored
with the title of Kannada Kuwara and Kuwari.
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Tailoring center inaugurated at hiremallana kere-
hadagali As a self employment program, new tailoring center
was inaugurated at Hiremallana Kere, Hadagali on
15th June, 2013, by Carmel Jyothi NGO. Fr. Rajesh
D’Souza, Director of Carmel Jyothi Charitable Trust
blessed and inaugurated the tailoring center. Sr.
Ida and Sr. Joseena of Assisi Convent, Hadagali and
Mr.Shiva Ramappa, were the chief guests of the
program. Mr. Pakki Reddy, Mr. Mallikarjuna Dambula
heads of the village, Mrs. Vanjakyamma, Mrs,
Kotramma member of the Gram Panchyat, Mrs. Roopa,
tailoring teacher, and 50 men and women were
present.
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Diamond Jubilee bells ring at St. Aloysius Chruch,
Kitchener, Canada. St. Aloysius Catholic Church celebrated its 60th
jubilee year as a Catholic Christian faith community
on Sunday, June 23. His Excellency Bishop Douglas
Crosby, Bishop of Hamilton celebrated the Mass,
along with Fr.Jerome Mascarenhas, parish priest, and
Fr.Vijay Martin, the associate priest. Bishop gave a
meaningful homily highlighting the past and present
with the sense of gratitude and enthusiasm, and gave
a call to go to the future with confidence. The
community came together and put on a stunning
celebration.
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ASCENT OF THE MOUNT AT DHYANAVANA, mysore
(Inauguration of the 17th Diploma Course) The inauguration of the nine months diploma course
at Dhyanavana, International Institute of
Spirituality was held on June 29, 2013, the
Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul. The new academic
year was inaugurated by the traditional lighting of
the lamp. Rev. Fr. Archibald Gonsalves, Provincial
Superior presided over the Eucharistic celebration
along with nine other concelebrants. During the
homily, he invited the participants to focus their
life on the person of Christ and make their life
Christo-centric. He highlighted the contemplative
and apostolic dimensions of Sts. Peter and Paul and
invited the sisters to embrace the person of Christ
through contemplation and action.
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ALLURED BY CARMEL! Avila Jyothi, the Carmelite Seminary at Mapusa, Goa,
welcomed 21 young boys on 8th June, 2013. There was
a solemn concelebrated Mass on the following day
along with the people, presided over by Fr.
Silvestre D’Souza OCD , Provincial Councillor
in-charge of formation along with all the friars of
the community and Fr Joachim Rodrigues OCD, the
regional vocation promoter for Mangalore. The new
aspirants entered in procession at the beginning of
the Mass and were introduced by Fr. Ajith Rodrigues
OCD, the director, at the end of the celebration.
Fr. Archibald Gonsalves, the Provincial Superior,
air-dashed from Hyderabad - where he participated in
the blessing of a Shrine built by the Carmelite
Fathers - so that he could be present in the evening
and address the boys.
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THEY HAVE DECIDED TO FOLLOW JESUS IN CARMEL
–Postulants 2013 “We have a treasure in clay jars” said Fr. Archibald
Gonsalves OCD, Provincial, quoting St. Paul (2 Cor
4:7) as he addressed the 16 postulants who have
decided to embrace religious life in Carmel. The
inaugural function was held during the Vespers, on
10th June, 2013, along with the community of the
Carmelite Monastery, Margao, Goa, which will become
their abode for the next 6 month, till they enter
the novitiate. After offering a brief reflection,
Fr. Provincial lighted the lamp, as a hymn invoking
the assistance of the Holt Spirit was sung. Each
Postulant was then called forward and handed over a
personal copy of the ‘Life of St. Teresa’.
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INAUGURATION OF LAR The new unit of Lar de Sta Teresinha a home for the
little ones was inaugurated on 10 June at 3.30 P.M.
by V. Rev. Fr. Archibald Gonsalves, Provincial, the
Plaque was unveiled by Fr. Alvito Fernandes, and the
edifice with a beautiful chapel was blessed by His
Beatitude, Archbishop Philip Neri Ferrao. During the
homily and the reception thereafter, Archbishop
appreciated the good work of the Carmelites and he
expressed his special thanks to Fr. Alvito for his
selfless service. Fr. Provincial then thanked Fr.
Anthony D’Souza and Fr. Joseph D’Souza for
overseeing the last stage of the construction work.
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PALVONCHA SHRINE The construction of the Shrine was started by Fr.
Guilbert in the year 1990 and completed in 2013. The
structure looks gorgeous; the interiors of the
church remind us of Roman architecture with Baroque
details. With 8 Bishops from Andhra, over 100
priests, 300 nuns and thousands of devotees, it was
a scintillating experience. The IPCI meet was
relocated to coincide with the Blessing of the new
Marian Shrine at Palvoncha. All the seven
Provincials and the three Regional Vicars were
present.
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K.G.Province IN AUSTRIA Fr. Provincial’s trip to Austria to visit Fr. Rathan
and Fr. Jason became memorable when he dashed to
Linz to spend an evening with Mrs. Anna, our
benefactor. Fr. Rathan, the expert Schaeffer
commuted the journey between the two Austrian cities
in a record time of just over two hours! The candle
light dinner at the Kloster Restaurant was
fantastic. For Anna every detail of our Province is
ever fresh, ever new along with the memory of Fr.
Thomas Baretto! She has conveyed her love and good
wishes to all!
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How blessed the Lower Mainland Communities to have
their Ceremonies on October 1, 2015, the Feast of
St. Therese. The Ceremonies took place at St.
Edmund’s Parish, North Vancouver, BC during a solemn
Eucharistic Celebration officiated by Fr. Jerald
D’Souza with St. Edmund’s parishioners, OCDS
members, their family and friends in attendance.
Seven candidates received their scapulars, one
candidate made her First Promise and four candidates
made their Definitive Promises. The Vancouver
Community has much reason to be particularly joyful
for a bonanza year with seven of the twelve
candidates being members of their community. The
candidates radiated pure contagious joy which was
shared by all present with tears and smiles. The
occasion culminated with refreshments and fellowship
in the parish hall. 
Secretariat officers, Molly Diaz and Leslie Blair,
met with Provincial Delegate Fr. Jerald D’Souza on
September 29 for a curia meeting at St. Edmund’s
Parish, North Vancouver BC. There was a briefing and
discussion of the past year’s events and future
plans were tabled. The following day, September 30,
2016, they were joined by the Presidents and
Directors of Formation of all the communities for
the annual meeting. The meeting commenced with
Morning Prayer and Mass followed by morning
refreshments after which it convened in the basement
of the church. The Calgary and Vernon
representatives were acknowledged for their
sacrifice, time and expense to attend at the
Vancouver venue. Reports were presented by everyone.
Community officers were able to share how they
conducted their meetings and how they implemented
the formation syllabus. 
On the 28th of September 2016, the community of
Pushpashrama celebrated the Birthday of Fr. Paul D’
Souza and Fr. Ronald D’ Souza, the master of
Philosophy Students, whose Birthday was on the 14th
of September. The birthday program began with a
prayer hymn followed by an entertainment song and a
dance. The brothers also performed a skit, an
orchestra and a joke. The highlight of the event was
the musical piece played by Fr. Paul on the violin
which raised the eyebrow of all the members of the
community. Fr Oswald Crasta on behalf of the fathers
and Br Viltan on behalf of the brothers enumerated
and acknowledged the contributions of the birthday
babies towards the community and the formation of
the brothers. 
Pushpashrama community privileged to honour its
patroness St Therese of Child Jesus on the 1st of
October 2016. It was an auspicious day to celebrate
and rejoice with our patroness for the manifold
blessings that Pushpashrama received through the
intercession of St Therese. The day commenced with
the solemn lauds (Morning Prayer) where the entire
community congregated at the seminary chapel to sing
the praises of God. The festal mass was presided
over by Rev Fr Vincent Fernandes, the rector of
Minor Seminary, Mysore diocese at 11-15am along with
other 16 concelebrants from the neighboring
communities. The religious sisters, Dr Kanthraj and
Family and Mr Joychen and family were the privileged
guests of honour who joined the celebration to
honour the patroness. Rev Fr Vincent in his homily
highlighted the little way and the spiritual
childhood of St Therese and invited all to walk in
the footsteps of St Therese in following the Lord.
The third batch of friars from the Province gathered
at Sadbhavana, from 19th of September to 23rd of
September 2016, for the annual retreat. It was
preached by Rev. Dr. Ivel J. Mendanha C.Ss.R, the
Provincial of the Vice-Province of Majella. There
were 24 participants who were inspired by the
thought provoking reflections of the preacher. Fr.
Jeevan Tauro expressed the sentiments of gratitude
to Fr. Ivel on his hat trick retreat for the
Carmelites. Fr. George Santhumayor offered a gift to
the preacher as a token of our love and appreciation
and Fr. Jossy Rodrigues, the former superior of
Sadbhavana acknowledged the hospitality of the
present superior by offering him a flower. The
kitchen staff was thanked for their whole hearted
service all through these days. 
Infant Mary Parish, Bajjodi bagged overall
championship in all the competitions held during the
year-2016. In the beginning Fr Peter Cyprian D’Souza
welcomed the gathering. The prizes of the
competitions were distributed by the KNS president
Fr Peter Cyprian D’Souza along with Santosh Sequeira,
proprietor of Santhosh Arrangers. KNS vice president
Prem Lobo, general secretary Sunil Menezes and joint
secretary and others were present. Sunil Menezes
read the list of prize winners and congratulated
them on behalf of Konkani Natak Sabha and proposed
vote of thanks. After returning there was a
procession from bikarnakatte to Infant Mary Church.
The atmosphere at the church was like carnival
procession. The parishioners young and old alike
danced together to the rhythm of band and celebrated
the victory.
LONDA: Holy Family Church, Londa organised a day
seminar/workshop for the youth of Londa Parish on
the theme, “All Ye Youth! Proclaim Life.” Br.
Malvino Alfonso OCD was the resource person. Br.
Alfonso clarifying the terms youth and datholic
youth appealed the youngsters to respect life and
proclaim it. He highlighted the importance of living
a good life. He also dealt with the topics like
‘challenges faced by the catholic youth,’ ‘love v/s
infatuation’ and ‘interpersonal relationships.’ The
participants also presented role plays on the
contribution of youth to the society, family and the
church. Fr. Anthony D’Souza OCD, Parish Priest of
Holy Family Church, Londa welcomed the youth and
proposed vote of thanks. 
The second batch of friars from the Province
gathered at Sadbhavana, from 12th of September to
16th of September 2016, for the annual retreat. It
was preached by Rev. Dr. Ivel J. Mendanha C.Ss.R,
the Provincial of the Vice-Province of Majella.
There were 23 participants who experienced the love
of the Lord in the silence of Sadbhavana cloisters
in pursuit of being mystics in the metropolitan.
Mangalore, Sep 11: The family feast celebration in
Infant Mary Church, Bajjodi began with the
Eucharistic celebration on Sunday, September 11. The
solemn mass was celebrated by Mangalore diocesan
Vicar General Monsignor Denis Moras Prabhu along
with Fr. Manoj Braganza, Fr. Adolf, Fr. Melwyn
D’cunha, Parish Priest Fr. Shabas Crasta & Asst.
Priest Fr. Ivan D’souza. The cultural programme
began at 10.30am in the Community Hall. Vicar
General Fr. Denis Moras, Corporator Keshav, South
MLA J.R. Lobo were the chief guests of honour on
this occasion. Fr. Melwyn D’cunha, Fr. Shabas Crasta,
Fr. Ivan D’souza, Mr. Joseph Mascarenhas, the vice
president and Irene Pinto, the secretary shared the
stage with these dignitaries.
On September 11 St. Andrew the Apostle church,
London Ontario, Canada, celebrated the Golden
Jubilee of the Parish. St. Andrew the Apostle church
was established in 1966. Through the generosity of
Joseph Fallon who donated the land in memory of his
deceased wife Alice Fallon, we are grateful to have
St. Andrew’s Church to worship in. The parish was
named St. Andrew the Apostle in recognition of many
years of service to the Diocese by Monsignor Andrew
P. Mahoney as the rector of St. Peter’s seminary and
Vicar General of the Diocese. Before the mass, there
was a small power point presentation on all the
priests who served the parish.
September 11, 2016 Sunday, the Konkani Kutam of
Mysore region celebrated the solemnity of the
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the Infant
Jesus Shrine, Pushpashrama. The Children and the
elders congregated around the statue of Infant Mary
and offered flowers. The new corn was blessed at the
grotto of our Lady which was followed by the
concelebrated festive mass which was presided over
by Fr Vinod Lobo. Rev Fr Dominic Vas, the Director
of Dhyanavana in his homily highlighted the
decadence of the family values in the modern world
and invited all to follow the virtues of Mary in our
Christian families. The Pushpashrama philosophy
brothers along with the youth of Konkani Kutam gave
an angelic outlook to the celebration through their
melodious voices. 
The Carmelite friars of Ranithota, Pushpashrama had
a great reason to rejoice and celebrate at the
birthday of our heavenly Mother which was solemnized
on the 8th of September. The family celebration
commenced at 1-00pm where the entire community
including the domestic staff congregated at the
decorated refectory of the monastery. The philosophy
brothers through an enactment highlighted the
traditional importance of the family feast. Later
the community gathered for prayer service, where the
selected friars prayed for various intentions in
fifteen different languages. Fr Alfred Menezes, the
rector gave a message of unity and invited all to be
messengers of unity and peace in the community.
After which the senior most friar Fr Paul mixed the
new corn with the milk and prayed the grace before
the meals. Thus the family fest at the Ranithota was
a grand celebration which included 48 dishes of
vegetables.
The first batch of friars from the Province gathered
at Ryshivana, Ranipura from 29th of August to 2nd of
September 2016, for the annual retreat. It was
preached by Rev. Dr. Ivel J. Mendanha C.Ss.R, the
Provincial of the Vice-Province of Majella. All the
36 participants appreciated the rich reflections
offered by the preacher and the natural scenic
beauty of the place. Thanks to the community of
Ryshivana for making the experience spiritually
enriching and rewarding.
August 24, 2016 – on the feast day of St
Bartholomew, the faithful of Gorwa parish along with
the parish community and the young priests of the
K.G. Province celebrated the anticipated birthday of
Rev Fr Charles Serrao, the Provincial Superior. The
formal celebration commenced at 6-30pm where the
birthday baby along with the 11 young priests and
Frs Kaushik and Noel gathered around the altar of
the Lord to celebrate the Sacrament of love and to
thank the Lord for the gift of life. Since the mass
was in Gujarati language, Fr Sunil Monis, Superior
and Parish priest presided over the Eucharist and
preached a meaningful homily highlighting the
experience of the Lord in our day today lives.
Towards the end of the celebration, Fr Sunil made
known to the community the intention of the
celebration and the birthday baby was requested to
cut the cake. 
The young priests of the K.G. Province congregated
at the newly inaugurated monastery which was
dedicated to St Therese of Child Jesus at Gorwa,
Vadodara for their annual meeting which commenced on
22 and concluded on 25 august 2016. The formal
inauguration of the meeting was held on August 22 at
7-30 pm, where Rev Fr George Santhumayor, Councilor
for Ongoing formation presided over the Eucharistic
celebration along with the 11 young priests of our
province. The traditional way of lighting the lamp
which gave a green signal for the meeting. Fr George
in his homily invited all the young priests to be
witnesses in our religious communities by becoming
the role models and exemplary religious. 
The Superiors and formators meet was held on 21st of
June, 2016, which was also the setting for some
rejoicing.
Sadbhavana community was extremely happy to
celebrate the B’day of Fr. Isidore D’Silva on the
2nd of August. All the communities of Bengaluru
region gathered to wish many returns of the day to
Rome return B’day baby. Fr. Isidore is stepping into
his 75th year and on this auspicious occasion Fr.
Provincial raised the toast and acknowledged his
dedicated service now in the province and in the
Generalate in the past. The province missed out the
chance to celebrate his B’day for last 51 years as
he was rendering his services in Rome (A golden
jubilee of missing his B’day in province). All the
fathers gathered wish him many more years to come
after which all enjoyed the home-made delicacies
prepared under the able leadership of Fr. Jerald,
superior of Sadbhavana. 
17th July, 2016 was a special day for Our Lady of
Mount Carmel (OCDS) community of Margao, Goa. On
this day 10 members of the community made their
promises in the presence of Rev. Fr. Charles Serrao
OCD, Provincial Superior. Fr. Silvestre D’Souza, the
Councillor in-charge of Spirituality, Fr. Archibald
Gonsalves, Superior and Fr. Peter D’Sa from Xellim,
concelebrated at the Mass during which there was the
liturgical ‘rite of Promises.’ The Church was packed
to capacity with the faithful, among whom were
family members and friends of those going to make
their promises..JPG)
The
feast of our Lady of Mount Carmel was celebrated in
Sadbhavana on 24th of July at 8:30am. Fr. Pius James
D’Souza, Episcopal vicar for Religious in the
diocese of Mangalore presided over the Eucharistic
celebration and broke the word of God highlighting
the Mercy of God envisioned in the life of Mary. All
the friars from Sadbhavana along with Fr. Stephen
Pereira and Fr. Gregory D’Souza concelebrated. Fr.
Charles Serrao, Provincial Superior distributed the
blessed candles to the donors and wished all the
participants a very happy feast and expressed his
gratitude for all their support and encouragement in
the past twenty years as Sadbhavana completes twenty
years of its inauguration. (Sadbhavana was
inaugurated on the 25th of July, 1996.) 
Br.
Don Tony D’Souza was ordained deacon on the 16th of
June in St. Jeppu Seminary along with his diocesan
batchmates. This year we have only one deacon in the
person of Br. Don Tony D’Souza who hails from Miyar,
Mangaluru. It was a joyous vocation to witness the
diaconal ordination as Br. Don Tony along with his
seventeen companions who were given the privilege to
ascend the altar to preach the word of God and
administer the Sacraments. We wish him all the very
best for the diaconate ministry and the exams to
come. 
The
feast of our lady of Mount Carmel was celebrated on
16th of July, 2016 at Benoni, South Africa. It was
indeed an important day in the history of South
African Mission. Rt. Rev. Dr Buti Tlhgale the
Archbishop of Johannesburg blessed the new
tabernacle and declared that the church dedicated in
honor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel as a virtual
parish. In his speech, the Archbishop thanked the
Carmelite Fathers for their selfless service to the
faithful in his archdiocese. The Solemn Festal Mass
was at 5.00 pm. During the Mass, new batch of
Secular Carmelites were admitted for a period of
formation through the rite of Admission. Archbishop,
in his homily explained the 15 new candidates the
importance of Carmelite Spirituality for laity and
asked them to discern their vocation as Secular
Carmelites through the spirit of Prayer and
commitment.
It
was indeed glad to have his grace Archbishop Buti
OMI to confer the sacrament of confirmation for 34
students of the parish. During his homily the
archbishop instructed the students to remain
faithful to their commitment to Our Holy Mother
Church and also emphasized to have a faithful
devotion to our Blessed Mother and explained the
importance of the sacrament of confirmation. He was
assisted by Fr. Peter Rebello OCD the energetic
parish priest and Berniece Eales who animated the
liturgy meaningfully accompanied by the angelic
singing church choir. 300 parishioners gathered to
witness the ceremony. After the celebration Fr Peter
thanked the Archbishop and all the newly confirmed
candidates and Archbishop applauded the parish
community for the generous service and commitment.
After the mass all gathered in the hall for
refreshments.
Mount
Carmel feast was celebrated on the 16th July 2016 at
Katkere, Koteshwar. The Holy Eucharist was presided
over by Rev Fr. Pius James D’Souza, superior of
Ryshivana and Episcopal Vicar for the religious of
Mangalore diocese. In his inspiring homily he
invited the faithful to derive inspiration from our
lady of Mount Carmel in being merciful towards the
others. Fr. Anil, the dean of the Kundapur deanery
and many other priests concelebrated. The scapulars
were distributed after the mass as a sign of Marian
protection to all those who wear it. 
July
16th: Parishioners of bajjodi along with the vibrant
Secular carmelite members celebrated the Feast of
our Lady of Mount Carmel on the 16th of July, 2016
in Infant Mary Church at 5.30pm. Rev. Fr. Joe Tauro,
Rector of St. Joseph Monastery Carmel Hill presided
over the festive Eucharist and preached a heart
touching sermon highlighting the motherly character
of our Lady with a request to remain close to her to
feel her affection and protection. Carmelite priests
from near and far along with Parish Priest Fr.
Shabas and Asst. Fr. Ivan concelebrated in the
thanksgiving sacrifice. The angelic choir led by
Clerita added flavor to the prayerful celebration.
Scapulars, the sign of the motherly protection of
Mary were distributed to the faithful after the
mass.
“Into
the land of Carmel I have brought you to enjoy its
fruits and its blessings” Jeremiah 2:7
LONDA:
Carmelite Friars of Carmel Nivas Londa celebrated
feast of their patroness Our Lady of Mount Carmel at
the Holy Family Church Londa. “ 'Let us imbibe the
virtues of Mother Mary specially the mercy lived and
proclaimed by Mother Mary' said Fr. Teodozio
Fernandes OCD in his heart touching homily. Fr.
Fernandes was preaching homily on the theme:- Mary,
Mother of Mercy. Fr. Anthony D’souza OCD, Superior
and Parish Priest of Holy Family Church presided
over the Eucharistic celebration. Fr. Venil D’souza
OCD concelebrated. Elaborating on the mercy of
Mother Mary Fr. Teodozio, referring to the different
passages from the Gospel, reminded the faithful how
Mary showed concern and mercy towards her Cousin
Elizabeth, wedding at Cana, etc.
The
Annual Feast of St. Aloysius Parish, Kitchener, ON,
Canada was celebrated for the first time on 26th
June 2016. Bishop Mathew Ustrzycki, the Auxiliary
Bishop of Hamilton presided over the solemn
Eucharistic celebration at 11.00am which was
attended by not less than 250 people. In his
inspirational homily Bishop Ustrzycki preached on
the Mercy of God and invited everyone to experience
His mercy personally and to become sharers of mercy.
This celebration was solemnized with the presence of
Knights of Columbus. Fr. Jerome Mascarenhas, the
pastor meticulously planned for the day and it was
indeed appreciated by the parishioners. The joy of
this celebration was enhanced with the Parish Picnic
consisting of Music and Entertainment, Games,
Display Counters and Canadian BBQ . 
The
20th Diploma Spirituality of Dhyanavana was
inaugurated on Sunday, 3rd July 2016, during the
Eucharistic celebration which was officiated by Rev.
Fr. Silvestre D’Souza OCD, Councillor in charge of
Spirituality. More than 25 Carmelites and other
religious priests and around 100 sisters and
brothers attended the celebration. During the homily
Fr. Silvestre explained the spirituality of St.
Thomas the Apostle inviting the participants to be
courageous as the brave apostle. This year God has
blessed the institute with 41 participants. Some
more participants for the short courses are expected
along with a good number of Day Scholars from
different congregations. 
On
25 June 2016, the members of Parish Pastoral Council
and Parish Finance Committee of Our Lady of Loreto
Catholic Church, along with the Parish Priest Fr
Peter Rebello, came for the annual retreat at
Carmelite Retreat House Benoni. Fr Arvin Tauro, the
Director of the Center preached the retreat on the
theme 'Integrity in Ministry.' In his preaching, Fr
Arvin explained how the church promotes and
encourages integrity of lay leadership in all
aspects of pastoral ministry. He said, “by various
kinds of lay leadership in the church, clergy and
lay leaders enter into a covenantal relationship
with the people of God. It is a relationship modeled
on God’s steadfast love and faithfulness.” 
Around
one hundred youth gathered on 18 of June, 2016 at
Carmel Retreat House, Benoni, South Africa for a
day’s retreat. 'Transform for Triumph' was the theme
of the retreat. Fr Peter Rebello, the superior
welcomed the Youth at 10 am. Fr Arvin Tauro and Mr
Chris Shaw, a Charismatic leader preached the
retreat, animating the youth in praise and worship
and spiritual talks. A great number of youth were
present from Kempton Park and Actonville Parish,
where Fr Peter and Boniface D’Souza are parish
priests respectively. There was also a small group
of youth from other parishes who participated in the
retreat. The retreat concluded with the celebration
of Eucharist at 6.00 pm.
June
23, 2016 – was a red letter day in the life of Fr
Alphonse Britto and the Karnataka Goa Province, as
he successfully defended his doctoral thesis on the
theme – “Integration of Christian Spirituality and
Contemplation in the life and teachings of Pope John
Paul II: A Study with a special reference to His
Apostolic Exhortations Christifideles Laici,
Pastores Dabo Vobis and Vita Consecrata”. The
doctoral defense was held at the Pontifical
Theological Faculty and Pontifical Institute of
Spirituality, Teresianum, Rome. It was commenced at
16-00 hours which was attended by sizeable number of
Carmelites from Teresianum, Santa Maria della Scala
and Santa Maria Empoli and his friends.
The
first phase of Mount Carmel School, Kalaburgi,
consisting of 4 classrooms was blessed on the 16th
of June, 2016. Rev. Fr Jerome Moras, Provincial
Councilor in-charge of social work and apostolate
was the chief guest. The programme started at 10:30
am. with the blessing of the new edifice, by Fr.
Jerome Moras. The Superior, Fr Sylvester Pereira
welcomed the gathering. Fr. Nelson Pinto compered
the programme. Fr Arun Bennis proposed the vote of
thanks. Fr. Arun Bennis while expressing his
sentiments acknowledged the generous contribution
from the Canada region, especially the benefactor:
Miss Helen Chua Tiampo, through the relentless
efforts of Rev. Fr. Rudolf V. D’Souza, the support
of the Provincial Administration and the committed
and dedicated efforts of Fr. Lawrence D’Cunha,
Provincial Councilor in charge of temporalities who
meticulously took care of the construction from the
beginning. 
Lectio
Brevis of the current academic year took place on
the fifteenth of June, 2016 in Pushpashrama. The
celebration began with the Holy Eucharist presided
over by Rev. Fr. Silvestre D'Souza, Councilor in
charge of spirituality. He also preached a
meaningful homily inviting the brothers to grow in
wisdom. After a sumptuous tea-break the inaugural
ceremony of the academic year took place in the
seminary auditorium. Br. Elvis compered the
programme and Rev. Fr. Alfred Menezes Rector of the
College spread the carpet of red roses to all the
invitees. Rev. Fr. Paul D’Souza, the professor par
excellence introduced the speaker of the day. Rev.
Fr. Wilfred Rodrigues the latest doctor of the
province presented the Lectio Brevis on the theme
‘Personal fulfilment and happiness through freedom
from cravings, a comparative study of Gautama Buddha
and St. John of the Cross.’
We
thank the Lord for the gift of eleven new aspirants
to the Karnataka-Goa Province. On 5th June was
inaugurated the ‘Initiation Course’ for the year
2016-2017, at Avila Jyothi, Carmelite Seminary,
Mapusa – Goa. Fr. Silvestre D’Souza OCD, Provincial
Councillor for Vocation Promotion (in the absence of
the Provincial, who is away in Rome), presided over
the Sunday Eucharist. The friars of the formation
community and the Vocation Promoters who had
accompanied the boys to Mapusa, concelebrated.
June
the 5th, on the Feast Day of St. Boniface we the
parishioners of St Joseph's Catholic Church
Actonville celebrated the 45th birthday of our
parish priest Fr. Boniface during the Sunday Mass.
Fr. Boniface D’Souza OCD, has been priest in charge
at our parish since 2012. Fr Boniface's guidance,
commitment and support to the parishioners of St
Joseph's Catholic Church, has also revived spiritual
activity within the parish and has brought a new
meaning to what spirituality should be. He is not
only our Parish Priest, but our Shepherd who
continuously strives to enlighten his flock about
leading exemplary Catholic Morals and Values, in
their every-day lives.
"A
little bit of mercy makes the world less cold and
more just." - Pope Francis. The Carmelite Monastery
Margao has been a place where people experience the
mercy of the Lord in the diocese of Goa. The feast
of the Sacred Heart of Jesus was celebrated with
great reverence in this year of mercy. People
nourished their faith as they gathered for the
Eucharistic procession and adoration followed by
solemn mass. Fr. Archie the superior presided over
the celebration and in his homily called on the
faithful to have a sacred heart like that of Jesus
full of mercy and love. 
The
community of Carmelite Monastery Margao welcomed the
new postulancy brothers with joy and happiness. As
our provincial is out of station Fr. Silvester was
present during the inaugural liturgy on the 6th of
June 2016. Fr. Silvester welcomed the brothers
exhorting them to know and learn more about
Carmelite way of life during these 6 months of
postulancy and a year of noviciate. We the friars of
the Carmelite Monastery are very happy as we are
blessed with seven postulants. Br. Stin George, Br.
Adlin Joe (Tamilnadu Province), Br. Wilson Rodrigues,
Br. Loy Crasta, Br. John Marshal (Tamilnadu
Province), Br. Herald Cotha and Br. Hilary Rodrigues.
We
are extremely delighted to have another priest to
our province in the person of Fr. Nelson Osmand Vas
who was ordained on the 30th of May in Our Lady of
sorrows church Udupi. Most. Rev. Gerald Isac Lobo
Bishop of Udupi anointed him in the presence of
almost 50 priests and church-full of devotees. After
the Eucharistic celebration there was a felicitation
programme in Sheshashayana Hall of Kediuyoor Hotel
where all his friends with Carmelite Friars
felicitated him and partook in his celestial joy.
Rev. Fr. Archibald Gonsalves raised the toast and
Fr. George Santhumayor expressed his sentiments of
joy on behalf of Provincial who could not be present
for this joyous event. 
May
25, 2016 Wednesday was a sparkling day at the
historical monastery of Scala, as the Rector Rev. Fr
Ivan Pinto celebrated his gift of life. The day was
a mixture of happiness and jubilation initiated with
a morning prayer where the giver of life was praised
and thanked for the numerous blessings showered upon
the birthday baby. The official celebration
commenced at 6-30pm with the thanksgiving
Eucharistic celebration presided over by the rector
who was the center of attraction. Fr Rudolph Pinto,
the vice rector in his introduction invited each one
to thank God for the person of Fr Ivan Pinto and
pray for his intentions. During the homily, Fr Ivan
gave a clarion call to practice the message of the
Gospel “the attitude of a servant” and to be open
minded in our disposition. The spiritual celebration
was followed by the birthday dinner, where Fr Sunil
Rodrigues invoked God’s blessings upon the meal.
Later as the birthday baby crossed the knife over
the cake, all the community members with one voice
sang the birthday song “Tanti auguri a te”
and conveyed birthday greetings. The birthday dinner
was organized by Fr Lancy Lewis, the procurator of
the community which was filled with variety of
dishes both Indian and Italian. The sparkling
rector’s day was concluded with a traditional hymn
to Mother Mary in Konkani “tum kalzachea gondya
mhojea”. 
The
Carmel Retreat House at South Africa is now also a
Virtual Parish! The Archbishop of Johannesburg, Rt.
Rev. Dr Buti Tlhagale has given the permission to
the Carmelite Fathers to work as virtual parish at
the Retreat House. Now we can have Sunday Mass,
administer all the sacraments and keep our own
parish record for the Baptism and Marriage. This
indeed is one of the important mile stones in the
South African Mission of our province. Fr Arvin
Tauro, the Director of the Carmelite Retreat House
will also be in charge of the Virtual Parish. 
On
14th of May, several people had a Pentecost
Experience at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Retreat
House, Benoni, South Africa. It was a full day
retreat in preparation for the feast of Pentecost.
Fr Arvin Tauro, the Director of the Retreat House
began the retreat at 10.00 am. Frs Boniface D’Souza
and Fr Arvin preached the retreat in which many
people experienced the anointing of the Holy Spirit.
Deacon
Stephen Lobo was ordained on the 22nd of April in
Infant Jesus Church, Modankap, while on the
following day it was the turn of Deacon Ashwin Rohan
D’Silva in the newly established parish of St.
Francis Xavier, Saverapura. Most Rev. Aloysius Paul
D’Souza, the Bishop of Mangalore laid his hands on
the ordinandi and anointed their hands at the
meaningful rite of Priestly Ordination. Around 40
priests (mostly Carmelite friars) participated in
these functions, along with the families and
villagers. It is after a long time that the
ordination ceremony is not held jointly at our St.
Joseph’s Monastery, Carmel Hill. Since there were
only two candidates, the Bishop willingly accepted
to conduct the Priestly Ordinations in their
respective native parishes. He wished that there be
a boom of vocations from among the youngsters who
witnessed the celebrations. We all pray that the
newly ordained work with zeal for the church and in
particular in our Province. 
65th foundation day of the parish was
celebrated at St. Joseph's Church, Actonville, South
Africa on Sunday 1st of May. Foundation for this
church was laid on 1st May 1951. In the course of
time this foundation has witnessed many changes and
alterations. The present existing Church was built
by Fr. Joachim Rodrigues. The celebration began with
the procession with the statue of St. Joseph. Fr.
John D Souza, the guest priest from Cape Town
carried the statue in procession. During the Mass
Fr. Arvin Tauro preached a homily on unity. He also
urged the youngsters to respect the hard work of the
elders and to live the spirituality handed on to us
by our ancestors. 
On 30 of April the members of the Secular Carmel of
Johannesburg community came together for a day of
Renewal program at Benoni, Carmelite Retreat House.
Fr Arvin Tauro, the director of the Retreat House
animated the program. There are eleven active
members in the community and all of them
participated in the program. Fr John D’Souza, who
had come from Cape Town, for a friendly visit to
Benoni, with his Guitar led the group into
meditative prayer. All members expressed their joy
for this spiritual renewal program. 
On the 29th of April the foundation stone was laid
for the extension of Our Lady of Loreto Church,
Kempton after the Eucharist. Fr. Peter Rebello the
parish priest gave a scriptural background for the
blessing of the foundation stone before he blessed
the corner stone for the edifice. He reminded people
that Jesus Christ is the high priest and he is the
foundation of the Church. He also invited people to
contribute to the foundation of the Church by their
faith filled lives insisting that the church stands
strong on the faith of the people of God. Mrs.
Bernice read the word of God from the first letter
of St. Peter (2: 4-12). After the intercessory
prayers Fr. Peter Rebello placed the medal of St.
Joseph and the Scapular on the stone and blessed the
stone. 
Pics--Br. Ivan Sequiera OCD 
Fr. Ajay Nazareth defended his thesis for licentiate
on the 7th of April, 2016. Gasper Martinez was the
moderator for the defence and Carlos Garcia Llata
guided his thesis. We are happy to present to you
the glimpse of his thesis in his own words. The
friendship of God according to St. Teresa of Jesus
in the book of Life. My thesis begins with the words
of Pope Francis to the young people, where he
invites the new generation to share the friendship
of Jesus through the mass media. He explained that,
the proposal the Lord has for all young people is a
"true friendship, the friendship we all need.
Friends like Jesus" this phrase sounds something
like what our St. Teresa said in the sixteenth
century: "in these times [...] are required strong
friends of God to support the weak" (Life 15.5).
As our present Pope Francis dedicated this year to
ponder on the Divine Mercy of our God, the diocese
of Goa and Daman chose the Carmelite monastery as
the centre of Divine Mercy appreciating the
availability of the priests for the sacrament of
confession and for the spread of this devotion in
the whole of the diocese. The feast on the 3rd of
April was solemnized by the presence of Dr. Filipe
Neri Ferrao, the Archbishop of Goa and Rev. Fr.
Charles Serrao, our provincial. Fr. Socorro Mendes
the convener of the year of Mercy explained to the
congregation the vital role of the Carmelite Fathers
in the spread of the devotion of the Divine Mercy in
the diocese of Goa. Fr. Anastasio Gomes and Fr.
Antonio Silva were the pioneers of this devotion. 
Hundreds of faithful gathered to celebrate the
Divine Mercy Sunday at Our Lady of Lereto Parish,
Kempton Park, South Africa. Fr Peter Rebello, the
Parish Priest prepared the faithful for the feast
with Novena to the Divine Mercy. On 4 April 2016,
Divine Mercy Sunday, the celebration stated at 1.30
pm with the sacrament of Reconciliation. Frs Patrick
CP, Dadrick CP, Boniface D’Souza OCD, Arvin Tauro
OCD helped the Parish Priest, for the celebration of
the Sacrament. Fr Boniface D’Souza OCD presided over
the concelebrated Mass at 03.00 pm. Fr Arvin Tauro
who preached during the mass said Divine Mercy can
be a hope for people who do not find meaning in
life. 
March 29, 2016 Tuesday, the Carmelites of K.G.
Province serving and studying in Italy congregated
together at the historical monastery of Santa Maria
della Scala, Rome to celebrate the Resurrection of
the Lord. The spiritual celebration commenced at
11-00 am with the Eucharistic banquet presided over
by Fr Elias D’ Cunha, the assistant parish priest of
Santa Maria, Empoli. Fr Sunil Rodrigues through his
inspirational reflection invited all to have deeper
and profound union with the Risen Lord setting aside
our indifferences. Fr Ivan Pinto, rector of Scala
laid a red carpet welcome and expressed words of
gratitude to all for their gracious presence. The
spiritual festivity was followed by the fellowship
meal which added authentic aroma to the celebration.
Fr Lawrence D’ Mello invoked the blessings of the
Almighty upon the food. Thus the fraternity and
unity was reinforced, enriched and cherished by each
and every Carmelite who witnessed the celebration. 
Fr. Wilfred Rodrigues OCD presently the rector of
our novitiate house, Tapovana, Kushalnagar defended
his thesis on 'Personal Fulfillment and Happiness
through Freedom from Cravings - A Comparative Study
of Gautama Buddha and St. John of the Cross' on the
11th of March in Mysore University. He finished his
thesis much before the stipulated time. The research
work of Fr. Wilfred Rodrigues was much appreciated
by the examiners, guides and the members of doctoral
committee of Mysore University. You have made us
proud dear Fr. Wilfred Rodrigues. May your expertise
help millions of people to free themselves from
their cravings so that they may discover the
fulfilment and happiness in their lives. All the
very best!
The Easter Vigil Mass began at 6.30 pm followed by a
small program. People brought and shared various
eatables and celebrated the Resurrection of Jesus
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The 19th convocation of Dhyanavana, International Institute of Spirituality, Mysore
was held on 19 March 2016 at 6 p.m. A total number of 58 sisters received the
Diploma and Certificates. 85 sisters attended the different courses throughout
the year as residential and day scholars. The keynote convocation address was
given by Prof. Jose V.K., Principal, Teresian College, Mysore, on the theme “The
Debate on Secularism in our country and the response of the Priests and
Religious”. V. Rev. Fr. Charles Serrao, the President of Dhyanavana Institute
and Provincial of Karnataka-Goa Province, was the Chief Guest. In his address he
appreciated Dhyanavana students, their prayerfulness and resourcefulness,
academic and cultural performance.
Dear
Friends,
Rev. Fr. Walter Lobo and Rev. Fr. Patrick Lobo
celebrated their Golden Jubilee of their Religious
profession on the 26th of January in Carmel Hill.
The Jubilarians presided over the Eucharistic
celebration and Fr. Deep Fernandes preached an
inspiring homily to match the celebration. We were
glad that their two companions from Manjummel
Province Fr. Francis Thannippilly and Fr. Augustine
Poopadi could join their batchmates in thanking the
Lord for 50 years of blessings! The spiritual
celebration was followed by a variety cultural
program systematically organized by the community of
Carmel Hill, under the guidance of Fr. Prakash
D’Cunha. The family members and guests of both the
Golden celebrants enhanced the occasion by their
joyful and warm presence. All credits to the ones
who made their day. Congratulations to the Golden
stars! You have been awesomely inspiring. The
province ever remains grateful to you. 
40 hrs of continuous adoration at the Carmelite
monastery Margao is a time of prayer and encounter
with the Lord. This year as it is dedicated to the
divine mercy the theme for the adoration was “Be
merciful just as your Father is merciful” (Lk6:36).
The Eucharistic adoration began on the 25th of
February, with the solemn Eucharistic celebration
and exposition of the Blessed Sacrament by Rev. Fr.
Socorro Mendes the coordinator for the year of mercy
for the diocese of Goa and Daman. Fr. Socorro
invited the faithful to adore the Lord with one sole
desire that is, ‘to become merciful as the heavenly
Father.’ He also appreciated the Carmelite fathers
for their generous contribution in the ministry of
confessions in the arch diocese. 
‘Carmel Park View’ our new edifice at Vijayanagar
was blessed and inaugurated by Rev. Fr. Charles
Serrao, Provincial Superior on the 3rd of March,
2016 at 11:00 am. Rev. Fr. Archibald Gonsalves
unveiled the plaque bearing the name of the donors
Late Mr. James D’souza and Mr. Anil D’Costa. After
the blessing of the new building Fr. Archibald
Gonsalves presented a brief history of how the dream
of ‘Carmel Park View’ was realized. He recalled the
initial dialogue with Mr. Anil D'Costa and the
intentions he had in mind when gifting us the
property. He also acknowledged the roles of Fr.
William Miranda (then Provincial Councillor) and Fr.
Canute D'Souza (Prov. Procurator) who worked a lot
in the beginning, especially in getting the property
registered in the name of the Carmelites. 
History was created on Sunday, 31st of January 2016
when for the first time the feast of Infant Jesus
was celebrated at Tapovana, Kushalnagar. It was
preceded by the novena for 9 days. After the solemn
Eucharist, presided over by the prior Fr. Wilfy
Rodrigues during which he explained the origin and
the development of the devotion and the need of the
celebration of the feast, a small procession with
the statue of the Infant Jesus was taken around the
monastery. Thereafter the devotees were anointed
with the holy oil of Infant Jesus. A sumptuous
breakfast sponsored by a devotee, was served to more
than 125 people gathered for the solemn feast. The
calendars donated by the Infant Jesus shrine,
Mangalore, were also distributed to all.
On 21st February 2016, Dhyanavana International
Institute of Spirituality, Mysore in association
with CRI ,Mysore and and KRCBC (Karnataka Regional
Commission for Formation) organized Seminar at
Pushpashram Auditorium , Mysore. The seminar was on
“Extra ordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy” on the theme
‘MERCIFUL LIKE THE FATHER’. Around 450 priests and
religious attended this seminar belonging to 69
congregations from Mysore diocese. The seminar began
at 9.00 AM with arrival and registration. At 9.15 am
our Bishop of Mysore Rt.Rev. Thomas Vazhappily
Inaugurated the seminar with a short reflection on
the implication of mercy on our community life.
Symbolically lightening of the lamp was done and
then we proceeded to the sessions. All the speakers
were highly knowledgeable and very informative in
their presentations. 
13th February was ndeed a great day for the parish
of Our Lady of Loreto, Kempton Park as the
archbishop of Johannesburg, Joseph Buti, presided
over the Eucharist concelebrated by the parish
priest, Fr. Peter and Arvin Tauro along with deacon
Keith Mackenzie to bless the Belfry and the new
tabernacle. During the Eucharistic celebration the
new tabernacle and image of mother Mary were blessed
and after the homily archbishop commissioned
proclaimers, and catechism teachers and ushers of
our parish. In his homily archbishop highlighted the
importance of mercy towards our brothers and sisters
which originates only being in the presence of God. 
On 31st of January mother church celebrates the
feast of St. Don Bosco, the Patron of the youth. The
youth of St. Martin of Tours Parish, Mpandagindo
celebrated their patron’s day in a simple manner but
in a very meaningful way. The festive mass was
presided over by the youth Chaplin of the
Archdiocese of Songea, Rev. Fr. Stephano Muwonge and
concelebrated by the Parish Priest, Fr. Roshan Pinto
OCD and Fr. Raymond Santhanaz OCD. The youth raised
our hearts and minds to God with a melodious choir
and well organized meaningful liturgy. A few youth
leaders from the Archdiocese were also present for
the celebration. 
October 30th to November 1st, 2015, will go down in
the annals of the Karnataka-Goa Province, as we
organized the First OCDS Provincial Congress at
Pushpashrama, Mysore. The campus was beaming with 70
Secular Carmelites from 8 local communities around
the Province (Mira Road – two communities,
Mangalore, Margao, Mysore, Koteshwar, Vijayanagar
and Kushalnagar). We had the esteemed presence of
Fr. Alzinir Debastiani OCD, Delegate General of the
Secular Carmel, who was making his maiden visit to
India. The Congress was inaugurated on 30th October
in the Pushpashrama hall. 
Each year in St. Peter’s Church, we begin our
Christmas Celebrations with the Season of Advent.
Advent begins four Sundays prior to Christmas Eve &
Christmas Day which is a spiritual season of love,
peace, hope & forgiveness with the lighting of a
candle to reflect each emotion. It is a beautiful
tradition with one of four candles lit each Sunday
until all four candles are lit. During this special
time we participate in anticipation the coming of
our Lord Jesus Christ. Our priest, Father Ronnie
encourages us to come each Sunday and all Sundays to
prepare our hearts to receive Jesus and to give
thanks to God our Heavenly Father for his Son.
THE
FEAST OF INFANT JESUS SHRINE, PUSHPASHRAMA MYSORE
was celebrated on the 3rd of Jan 2016. The solemn
mass was celebrated by Rt. Rev. Dr. Robert Miranda,
the bishop of Gulbarga. After the solemn mass Theru
procession with the Infant Jesus statue was done in
the streets of Naidu Nagar. At noon more than 5000
devotees of Infant Jesus participated in the
Annasantarpane (free meal). The feast was celebrated
with a good number of priests, nuns and the devotees
of Infant Jesus.
We
rejoice as another candidate has joined the Teresian
fold. Miss Roschelle R. Martis was born in
Kuwait and she grew up in Bombay. She is a graduate
in Physics. Later she went on to pursue her Masters
in Space Science and her Doctorate in Aerodynamics.
In the midst of her studies, she experienced a
longing to deepen her faith and started reading
spiritual books and articles and through this got
introduced to the Liturgy of the Hours and started
praying it. But the desire for a deeper experience
of God kept growing. Once on her visit to the
Cloistered Carmel in Pune , to buy host for her
parish, she expressed her desire to make a retreat
to discern her vocation. She came inside as a
candidate to come and see life in Carmel and heard
God calling her to “go and sell everything” and come
follow Him. After 3 months she came back and joined
as a postulant.
The
Empoli community had the pleasure of hosting double
joyful events: The celebration of 50th anniversary
of Religious Profession of Fr. Edwin Alleluia
Dinizand the Christmas wing-ding celebration of all
the Carmelites of Karnataka-Goa province working and
studying in Italy. The anniversary celebration was
held on the 27th of December. The solemn Mass
presided over by Fr. Edwin was held at 18.30. Since
it was a Sunday, the celebration was attended by a
large number of parishioners. Fr. Sunil in his
homily spoke about family life and the inspiring
life of Fr. Edwin. After the Holy Eucharist there
was a felicitation program together with the
parishioners. Fr. Edwin thanked all, thanked for his
religious life and God’s call. The private
celebration continued in our renovated monastery
with mouth-watering, sumptuous dinner.
Rev
Fr Charles Serrao, Provincial Superior of the Order
of Carmelites stressed on the importance of virtual
media to reach out to more and more people in its
efforts to spread the Word of God. He was presiding
over the celebrations to mark the 7th anniversary of
‘Naman Ballok Jesu’, the popular Konkani monthly,
organised last evening, 20th December 2015, at
Carmel Hills, in the premises of Infant Jesus Shrine
at Bikarnakatte. He said “Earlier the communication
media was not widely used for proclaiming Word of
God. However in the last 15 years there has been a
concerted effort to use the media to spread the Word
of God. The Carmelites have been carrying out this
task devotedly and successfully in the last 7
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The
long awaited Messiah for South Africa arrived at
last in the person of Fr. Arwin Tauro who was
cordially welcomed by the people of South Africa.
The country was boiling with heat without rain for a
very long time. Since the arrival of Fr. Arwin till
date the they are blessed with rain every day. We
hope, the messiah who brought God's blessings in the
form of rain may fulfill the dream of the Province
of a retreat centre in Johannesburg Diocese. All the
best and happy stay Fr. Arwin.
St.
Joseph's Church Actonville inaugurated the year of
Mercy on Sunday, 13th of December. Meaningful
liturgy was organized for the event by the
parishioners. Divine Mercy picture is mounted at the
entrance door so that everyone who looks at it may
feel the abundance of God’s Mercy in their lives.
During the mass appropriate symbols were brought in
the procession. Twelve groups have been formed to do
the acts of Mercy every month where all the
parishioners have been encouraged to involve
themselves to do the charitable acts in this Holy
year. A banner has been put in the church depicting
different acts of mercy. A call has been given to
the parishioners to involve themselves more in the
spiritual activities and they are encouraged to
frequent the sacrament of confession to experience
the mercy of God.
December
15, 2015 Tuesday was the day of jubilation,
celebration, exultation, vociferation, jollification
and felicitation as the International community of
Scala celebrated the Christmas at the community
level. The festivity commenced with the Eucharistic
banquet presided by Fr Ephrem along with seventeen
concelebrants who are the priest students of Santa
Maria della Scala. Fr Michael in his homily
unraveled the attitude of the shepherds and Mary;
and inviting all to have an inner silence of Mary as
we celebrate the mystery of Incarnation. The prayers
of the faithful included ten intentions in different
languages of Africa and India. 
Dnyanprasarak
Mandal’s College Assagão represented by Ruben
Fernandes and Deepika Jha excelled in ‘The Power of
Expression’ an intercollegiate competition through
the medium of Power Point presentation organised by
the Emmaus Counselling Centre of the Carmelite
Fathers, Mapusa . They made their presentation on
the topic: Healthy Parent – Child Relationships :The
Foundation of Family Living Today The second place
was bagged by Yohann Santos and Alston D’souza of
St. Xavier’s College Mapusa who also presented on
the theme: Healthy Parent – Child Relationships :The
Foundation of Family Living Today while Asha Amona
D’Cunha and Sandhya Patil of Carmel College for
Women, Nuvem who presented on Youth and Social
Responsibility-The Need of the Hour , won the third
place
It
is a great pleasure for us the Carmelites of Empoli
community, Italy, to inform you that we have
inaugurated the newly renovated Monastery on the
5thof December, 2015 at 17.00. His Eminence Card.
Giuseppe Betori had kindly consented to be the Chief
Guest at the inaugural ceremony. His Eminence
arrived at 17.00;the Parish Priest Fr. Donath
together with the community Fathers and the faithful
welcomed him. After the short prayer in the Church,
Fr. Edwin welcomed the Cardinal with his flowery,
refined, elegant Italian. He also thanked the
Cardinal on behalf of Karnataka-Goa Province for his
financial help in the renovation of the Monastery.
His Eminence in his address thanked the Carmelites
and Fr. Donath, the present Parish Priest for the
service in building the Parish community. He also
thanked the parishioners for their continuous
support and help in all the ventures of the parish. 
With an immense joy, the parish of Our Lady of Loreto had a triple celebration. On the one hand Holy Mother Church celebrated the feast of Christ - the universal King and so it was an apt time to unveil the Risen Christ statue on the Cross. Then followed the blessing of a glorious Cross outside the Church and the newly constructed adoration chapel with the background picture of Jesus praying in the garden of Gethsemane. On this occasion the Vicar General Very Rev. Fr Duncan Tsoke from the Archdiocese of Johannesburg was the main celebrant and preacher along with the Parish Priest Fr. Peter Rebello and the Deacon. The concelebrated high mass was attended by 400 people parishioners. They were all overwhelmed by the work done by the Parish Priest - Fr Peter. 
The
installation of Rev. Fr. Steny Mascarenhas at St.
Anthony of Padua parish as Pastor was celebrated on
November 1st, All Saints Day. Most Rev. J. Michael
Miller CSB, Archbishop of Vancouver presided over
the celebration and Rev. Fr. Rudolf V. D'Souza
concelebrated. The Eucharistic Celebration was
solemn with the Knights of Columbus marching towards
the Altar and saluting the celebrants. During the
Homily Archbishop congratulated Fr. Steny and
highlighted his duties towards his flock and
requested him to tend his flock with care and
concern. After the Homily the solemn installation
ceremony was conducted introducing the new Pastor to
the pulpit, confessional, to Baptismal font, to the
entrance of the Church, to the Altar, to the
Tabernacle and then to his seat. All this happened
while Archbishop recited the prayers of
installation. During the felicitation program in the
Church itself two sisters were felicitated: Rev. Sr.
Kitty and Sr. Theresa of the Little Flower
Congregation as they were very actively involved in
their apostolate among the Native Indians. Rev. Fr.
Rudolf encouraged Fr. Steny to bring unity and
harmony among the parishioners and to sow the seed
of God's Love among them and he cracked a joke
indicating that at the evening of our life we will
be asked to spell a password to enter heaven and
that password should be "Love" and not any other
complicated word like "Czechoslovakia". After the
mass Fr. Steny invited 170 parishioners and guests
to a great sumptuous meal. The whole ceremony and
celebration ended at 1 pm which had begun at 10.30
am. We congratulate Fr. Steny for being the third
Carmelite Pastor in Vancouver Archdiocese. 
The
Grand Birthday celebration of Fr. Jerald D'Souza was
held at St. Edmund's Community North Vancouver at 7
pm on November 5th. Fr. Steny Mascarenhas from
Agazziz, Bro. Joseph Giroux from Little Flower
Monastery Deroche and Guardian Angels Community
members Fr. Rudy and Fr. Rajesh were present. The
Celebration began by turning Water into Wine and the
sumptuous banquet that was prepared by Fr. Jerry's
friends from his parish was ready on table. Fr.
Rajesh praised Fr. Jerry in 5 words of wisdom: J
that stands for JOY; E stands for ENCOURAGEMENT; R
stands for RESPECT and R stands for REJOICING and
finally Y stands for YEARNING FOR GOD. Fr. Rajesh
said he is a perfect Carmelite who combines in
himself both Carmelite Spirituality and Spirit of
Christ himself in his life. Bro. Joseph was the
official photographer. Gifts were lavished on Fr.
Jerry and balloons smashed during this joyous
occasion.
As Carmelites worldwide celebrated the V Centenary
of the Birth of St. Teresa of Jesus, the Carmelites
of Western Canada OCDS culminated the year long
festivities on October 17, 2015 at St. Edmund’s
Parish, North Vancouver, BC with a lively
celebration attended by close to 200 of the faithful
who came to give honor to our Holy Mother, Master of
Prayer and Doctor of the Church. The day commenced
with Mass officiated by former Provincial, Fr.
Archibald Gonsalves and concelebrated by Fr. Rudolf
D’Souza, Fr. Manoj Braganza, Fr. Jerald D’Souza, Fr.
Mario Fernandes, Fr. Victor Fernandes, Fr. Godwin
Pinto and Fr. Jaison Tellis. 
October 31, 2015, the eve of All Saints Day, was a
perfect day for the Ceremonies of our Lower Mainland
Communities which took place at St. Edmund’s Parish,
North Vancouver, BC In spite of the pouring rain,
more than fifty OCDS members together with family
and friends witnessed the investiture and profession
of the candidates. 
Dear Friends,
Dhyanavana
was full of joy and cheer as the day had dawned to
celebrate “Dhyanavana Day” – the Feast of ST. EDITH
STEIN, our Patroness on October 10, 2015. The
Director, Rev. Fr. Dominic Vas OCD, welcomed one and
all who amidst their busy schedules, found time to
join in our joy and celebration… The evening was
made colorful with a cultural programme consisting
of various cultural dances, skits and drama very
well performed by the student sisters. Fr. Leslie
Moras, Chief Guest for the programme addressed the
gathering which left the listeners spell bound
especially student sisters who found encouragement
and inspiration from his fluent and experiential
expressions. The programme concluded with a
meaningful vote of thanks followed by a delicious
fellowship meal.
On October 6th 2015 Rev. Fr. Charles Serrao OCD
(Provincial) landed at YVR International Airport
Vancouver at 2.10 pm. Fr. Rudolf escorted him to
Guardian Angels Rectory. After a short time of rest
at 6.30 pm Fr. Jerald D’Souza superior at St.
Edmund’s community arranged a great dinner. During
this short meeting over this delicious dinner Fr.
Charles Serrao shared some important details of the
recent concluding St. Teresa’s V Birth Centenary
celebrations held in Vailankanni. Fr. Provincial
left for Prince George on October 7th early morning
for pastoral visitation and he will be visiting
Kilowna and Calgary before he lands back in
Vancouver on October 11th.
Guardian Angels Parish feast was celebrated on
October 3rd in the Millennium Hall of the parish.
The celebration included a Magic Show, a Concert by
Chris and Galangar and a wonderful singing by Rachel
Dilman. Dinner was served and Frs. Rudolf and Rajesh
welcomed the guests and thanked them for their
support, friendship and their presence. We specially
thank the organizers of this event: Rizalina
Geronimo, Jenniefer Po, Cecil Boziac, Terri O’Niel,
Cathy Danford and other volunteers who made this
event a great success.
We, the community of Sadbhavana were overjoyed to
celebrate the feast of our Patroness great St.
Teresa of Avila on Monday, 5th of October. We were
elated to sing the praises of God along with the
Carmelite Family of Bengaluru, Carmel Kutam, Choir
Members of Sadbhavana and all everloving
neighbouring priests and religious. It was a
meaningful and fraternal get together. Rev. Fr. Joe
Mathias SJ, Rector of St. Peter’s Pontifical
Seminary, Malleshwaram, Bengaluru presided over the
solemn Eucharist and preached an inspiring homily.
After the Eucharist Rev. Fr. Charles Serrao,
Provincial Superior expressed the sentiments of
gratitude to one and all. Rev. Fr. Silvestre D’Souza,
Councilor in charge of Spirituality was felicitated
as he completed 25 years of Religious Life. After
the Mass all partook in the sumptuous monastic meal
prepared by a monk (Fr. Jerald Dsouza, Superior). 
The Karnataka-Goa Province along with the Vicariate
of Tanzania rejoices in the dual celebration of the
Solemn Profession and Diaconate of Bros. Nelson
Osmond Vaz and Raymond Sangu. These two young men
committed themselves perpetually through the
evangelical vows on the 25th of September, 2015at
Kihonda, Tanzania. The Eucharistic Celebration was
presided over by the Regional Vicar Rev. Fr. Marlon
Rodrigues. It was a long-awaited dream in the life
of these brothers as they made their perpetual
commitment in the hands of the Regional Vicar.
08, September 2015.
Monthi Fest was celebrated with all solemnity and
joy in Sadbhavana on Sunday, 6th of September. All
the faithful gathered at the entrance to honor the
Infant Mary with the colorful flower brought by
little children accompanied by the melodious and
traditional hymn “Mariyek Hogolsiyam.” New corns
were blessed and in procession the devotees turned
their steps towards the altar of God. Rev. Fr.
Charles Serrao, the provincial superior presided
over the Eucharistic celebration while Fr. Lawrence
D’Cunha preached a meaningful homily. New corns were
distributed by the main celebrant and the children
were offered sweet sugar canes after the mass..jpg)
The Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel was celebrated
with great solemnity and devotion at Infant Jesus
Shrine, Bikarnakatte – Manlore on Sunday, 19th July,
2015. The celebration began with the Eucharist
presided over by Rev. Fr. Victor Machado, Parish
Priest of Holy Cross Church, Kulshekar - Mangalore.
The Celebrant in his homily highlighted the
significance of the feast and the devotion of the
Scapular: “Carmel which is the most beautiful
mountain in Israel is the origin of the Carmelite
Order and Mary whose feast we celebrate today, is
the patroness of this Order dedicated to prayer,
contemplation and apostolic actitivity.” He invited
the devotees to adorn themselves with Mary’s virtues
to be beautiful.
The Discalced Carmelite Vicariate of Tanzania
rejoices to have three newly professed brothers on
the 20th of July 2015 to mark the feast of Prophet
Elias the inspirer of the Carmelite Order. The
professed brothers had completed a year of intensive
spiritual preparation in the novitiate in Malawi.
Rev. Fr. Marlon Rodrigues OCD, the Regional Vicar
presided over the mass and received the vows of the
three novices. Six brothers also renewed their
temporal vows for another year. Twelve Carmelite
priests concelebrated the Eucharist which was
witnessed by the parents, relatives and a good
number of the religious brothers and sisters from
the neighborhood.
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The titular feast of Our Lady of Mt Carmel was
celebrated in Carmel Ashram at Katkere, Koteshwar on
18th July, 2015 at 5.00 pm. The main celebrant of
the solemn Eucharistic celebration was Rev. Fr. Joe
Tauro OCD, rector of St Joseph Monastery,
Bikarnakatte. Priests from the deanery and a few
Carmelite friars concelebrated in the thanksgiving
mass. In the homily the main celebrant highlighted
the importance of the Mt. Carmel Feast and invited
the devotees to be be clothed in the virtues of
Mother Mary. At the end of the Eucharistic
celebration Fr. Felix Moras OCD Superior of Carmel
Ashram expressed his sentiments of gratitude to all
those who played the role in the festive
celebration. 
In preparation for the Feast of Our Lady of Mount
Carmel, St. Edmund's Church held a Novena with
Masses celebrated by OCD friar, Fr. Jerald D'Souza.
On July 16 at 7pm, the Feast of Our Lady of Mt.
Carmel Mass was celebrated at St. Edmund's Church.
Parishioners, devotees of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
along with OCDS members, Religious and Secular
members filled the church. A beautiful flower
arrangement surrounded the statue of Our Lady of
Mount Carmel which stood prominently in front of the
altar. Bishop David Monroe of Kamloops was the
homilist and the main celebrant having especially
made the five-hour drive to North Vancouver. OCD
friars Fr. Rudolf D'Souza, Fr. Jerald D'Souza, Fr.
Steny Mascarenhas, Fr. Rajesh Madtha together with
Msgr. Gregory Smith, Fr. James Comey and Fr. Paul
Goo, priests of the North Shore Deanery,
concelebrated. .JPG)
Carmelite Fathers of Sadbhavana along with the
vibrant Carmel Kutam celebrated the Feast of our
Lady of Mount Carmel on the 19th of July, 2015 in
the Sadbhavana premises. The celebration began with
the solemn procession of our Lady of Mount Carmel in
a beautifully decorated chariot on Dr. Rajkumar
Road. Nearly four hundred people participated in the
pious procession reciting the Holy Rosary and
singing Marian hymns after V. Rev. Fr. Charles
Serrao, Provincial Superior of Carmelites of
Karnatak-Goa province blessed and incensed the
Chariot. After the solemn procession the statue was
installed in the chapel for veneration by Rev. Fr.
Archibald Gonsalves who presided over the festive
Eucharist. 
Tapovana unit of Secular Carmel (OCDS) at
Kushalnagar was started in August 2014 under the
initiative of Fr.Wilfred Rodrigues and the
collaboration of the Novitiate Community. After
almost a year's contact 16 lay faithful were
received into the Novitiate with the vestition
during the mass on 5th July 2015 by Fr. Charles
Serrao, the Provincial who was on pastoral
visitation of the community of Tapovana. Fr. Mari
Joseph working in South Africa who was on vacation
and came to spend 2-3 days in Tapovana preached an
excellent homily with his inimitable style urging
the faithful to see Jesus like the shepherds, to
experience Jesus even on Calvary like Mother Mary,
to touch Jesus like the woman suffering from
hemorrhage and take Jesus home like Jairus.
Breakfast was served to all after the Mass..jpg)
Mumbai (AsiaNews)
- In a small chapel adorned with flowers, this
morning the Carmelite nuns of the monastery of
Mumbai celebrated the feast of Our Lady of Mount
Carmel. The Mass was presided over by Cardinal
Oswald Gracias, archbishop of the city, along with
20 concelebrants. Welcoming the congregation, the
bishop thanked the nuns "for their prayers and the
grace offered to the Church of Mumbai and India."
"This solemnity - continued the prelate - gives us
great joy, for three reasons: we are in the year
dedicated to the consecrated life; the centenary of
the birth of Saint Teresa of Avila; Carmel
celebrates 50 years of its presence in our
archdiocese of Mumbai.
July 16, 2015 – is an auspicious day to the entire
Carmelite family as they celebrated the solemnity of
Our Lady of Mount Carmel who is the Sister, Mother
and Patroness of the Carmelite Order. On this
propitious day, the Carmelites of Santa Maria,
Empoli along with the parishioners, friends, near
and dear ones celebrated the feast with hearts full
of joy and thanksgiving. The festivity commenced at
6-00pm with the Holy Rosary, Eucharistic Adoration,
Solemn Vespers followed by solemn festive mass
celebrated by Fr Manoj Braganza. Fr Donath in his
homily highlighted the protection of the Blessed
Virgin Mary and invited all to follow Jesus who is
the master and Lord of our life. 
19th Dhyanavana Spirituality Diploma Course was
inaugurated on 5th of July, 2015. This gracious
event was officiated by Rev. Fr. George Santhmayor
OCD, Vicor Provincial of Karnataka Goa Province and
Director of Dhyana Sadhana. Fr. George celebrated
the inaugural Holy Eucharist and Rev. Fr. Alfred Menezes, Rector of Pushpashrama Philosophy College
preached the word of God. He stressed on ascending,
horizontal and descending dimensions of our
spiritual growth. Rev. Fr. Dominic Vas, Director of
Dhyanavana welcomed and thanked the gathering for
their continuous support and encouragement to the
institute. After the Eucharistic celebration all the
invitees and the participants partook in the
fellowship meal. .jpg)
On Canada Day, July 1st we surprised Father Steny
with a Farewell BBQ. Jady took him out for the day,
so we could get things setup. They returned around
5:30pm and we all said 'SURPRISE". There were CWL
ladies, Knights of Columbus and parishioners who are
actively involved in parish. We had good food & good
time & good drinks made by Father Jerry.
On the evening of Saturday, June 20th, St. Edmund's
Parish of North Vancouver, BC gathered to bid
Father Steny Mascarenhas a fond farewell and best
wishes as he becomes the Pastor of St. Anthony of
Padua, Agassiz, BC. A delicious dinner and wonderful
music was enjoyed by all. The Parish presented a
Chalice and Paten to Father Steny in thanks for his
ministry at St. Edmund's. Even though his tenure as
Assistant Pastor was less than a year, he was
involved in many aspects of the Parish among which
were establishing a Youth Group, enlarging the
number of Servers as well as taking them on a tour
of Holy Locations on the Lower Mainland. Added to
this, he and several Parishioners planted out a
beautiful rose garden. Our prayers go with Father
Steny as he takes this next step on his journey.
At 7:30am on June 13th, 27 Altar Servers attended
Mass celebrated by Father Steny Mascarenhas, (at
that time, Assistant Pastor of St. Edmund's Parish,
North Vancouver, BC). Father Steny and the group
then boarded a bus and headed towards Westminster
Abbey, Mission, BC. Members of the Benedictine
Community lead the Servers on a tour of the
beautiful buildings and grounds of the Monastery.
Abbot John Braganza, OSB spoke to the group about
the importance of reverence when serving in Church.
21st of June was the happiest day for St. Joseph's
Church Mira Road as five of the newly ordained
priests celebrated their first masses in the parish
for the first time. Rev. Fr. Pawan Saldanha who is
presently working as the secretary to the bishop of Gulbarga presided over the solemn eucharist while
Fr. Noel D'Cunha who is presently serving as the
Rector of the minor seminary in Gujrath broke the
Word of God. Rev. Fr. Augustine Robert, presently
rendering his services in Fatima Retreat Centre, Fr.
Antony Stephen, presently working in Dhyanashrama,
Vasai, and Fr. Arun Bennis, serving in our mission
station at Gulbarga concelebrated. 
The academic year 2015-16 was inaugurated
on the 15th of June at Pushpashrama institute of
philosophy and religion.Rev. Fr. George Santhumayor
OCD was the main celebrant for the inaugural holy
Eucharist. Fr. Sunil Rodrigues, OCD preached the
homily highlighting the importance of our call in
the Church and the free and the serious response we
need to give to our call. The holy Mass was
followed by the Lectio brevis. Fr. VIjay D' Costa
OCD presented the lectio brevis on the theme 'the
Face of the Other according to Emmanuel Levinas.
The second batch of theory and practice of
counselling course was inaugurated by Rev. Fr. Alex
Braganza, Superior of Carmelite Seminary, Mapusa,
Goa on 6th June 2015. This course is attended by 30
plus students. This course will run on 12 Saturdays.
This course includes: Major theories of couselling
(Psychodynamic, Cognitive Behavioural, Humanistic
and Eastern), application of the theory to a case,
micro skills of counselling with practical
demonstrations. The third batch will begin in
September 2015.
We the Discalced Carmelites of the K.G. Province
delight in the person of Rev Fr Wilfred Pais who
successfully defended his Doctoral thesis on the
theme “Women Discipleship: A Model for the Disciples
in the Gospel of Mark”. The defense was held at
Pontifical University of Urbaniana, Rome at 3-00pm
on June 10, 2015. The doctoral thesis of Fr Wilfred
was guided by Prof. Crimella Matteo, a renowned
biblical scholar and a professor at the Urbaniana.
The panel of examiners comprised of professors
Crimella Matteo, Gieniusz Andrzej and Bazzi Carlo.
The panel members expressed their whole hearted
appreciation for the systematic and comprehensive
presentation and development of the thesis. 
The Carmelites had more than one reason to thank God and celebrate on
29th May, 2015. It was a day that saw two brothers pronouncing their
religious vows for life at the Infant Jesus Shrine, Bikarnakatte -
Mangaluru. The rite of Solemn Profession guided by Fr. Prakash D’Cunha
OCD, were beautifully integrated in the Eucharistic celebration. Rev.
Fr. George Santhumayor the Vicar Provincial, exhorted the candidates to
be ‘men of God and men for God’, ‘men of integrity’ and ‘men of
service.’ The highlight of the ceremony was making the religious
profession in the hands of the Provincial Superior of the Carmelites,
Rev. Fr. Charles Serrao OCD.
Certainly it was the power and presence of Blessed
Mary of Jesus Crucified (Mary Baouardy) that gave
the inspiration to the Sisters of the Sacred Heart
Monastery Cloistered Carmel Kankanady, Mangalore to
envisage a celebration locally, to mark the great
event of her Canonization by Pope Francis on May 17,
2015. The events planned and details worked
out were successfully accomplished.. All praise and
thanks to God through the intercession of St. Mary
of Jesus Crucified. 
They have made us proud again!!! The Mount Carmel
School, Ramnagar, Londa has achived 100% results in
CBSE 10th standard board exam. Master Yadnesh
has achieved 96% and 6 of them have scored above
90%. Congratulation to the staff and the Students. .jpg)
Infant Mary Church, Bajjodi, which was inaugurated
in the month of January is growing in spirit and
might. Within a short period of its establishment as
a parish under the able leadership of Fr. Melwyn D’
cunha, is now sadly wishes farewell to him as he is
tranferred to St. Joseph's Parish, Mira Road and
joyfully welcomes Fr. Shabas Crasta as her new
pastor! Fr Shabas Crasta on 23rd May, Saturday at
3.30 PM arrived at the parish as a new Pastor of
Infant Mary church. Fr. Melwyn and Mr. Joseph Pinto,
Vice President of the Parish, welcomed him with a
garland. 
St. Joseph Youth Association of Mira Road Parish
organized BAZINGA (Summer Camp) for Children up to
10th Standard. Nearly 250 Children participated in
Bazinga. It was a fun filled event with Games,
Dance, Treasure Hunt, Various Work shops and
Meditation. Bazinga ended with the 'Grand Finale' on
the 7th of May which included an exhibition of
talents of children. Parents were present in big
number to see their children perform on the stage. 
The academic year of the Mount Carmel school
Ramnagar, Belgaum was inaugurated today. Rev. Fr.
Ajith Rodrigues was the chief guest of honour. Rev.
Fr. Antony D’Souza, the Correspondent of the School,
Rev. Fr. Venil D’Souza, the principal and Srs.
Roselina and Greta along with teacher and student
representatives lighted the lamp to mark the
beginning of the academic year. Fr. Ajith in his
address urged the students to begin well and put in
a lot of hard work to savor the sweetness of
success. Rev. Fr. Antony wished the students all the
very best for the coming academic year. 
May 25, 2015 Monday was an auspicious day in the
historical monastery of Santa Maria Della Scala,
Rome as the rector Rev Fr Ivan Pinto celebrated his
birthday. The whole day was considered as the
Rector’s day as he received birthday greetings from
the members of the community and from various
corners of the world his near and dear ones. The
thanksgiving Eucharistic celebration was held at
6-30pm presided over by the birthday baby and
concelebrated by the members of the community. Fr
Wilfred Pais during the introduction invited the
entire assembly to pray for the intention of Fr Ivan
and gave a meaningful reflection on the day’s gospel
and gave a clarion call to follow the Lord with the
spirit of detachment and mortification. At the close
of the mass, the birthday boy expressed the words of
gratitude to all the members and faithful who
attended the mass. 
The Carmelite Family rejoices as Sr. Arokya Mary of
Jesus made her first profession in Bangalore Carmel
on the 22nd of May, 2015. The Eucharistic
celebration commensed at 7:00 am. Rev. Fr. Silvestre
D’Souza presided over the Holy Mass and Rev. Fr. Raj
Ratnam, who inspired Sr. Arokya to join the Carmel,
aged 82 years, who had come all the way from
Pondichery preached a meaningful homily. Frs.
Christu Raj, Sandeep Goveas and Richard Menezes
concelebrated. 
On May 9th, 2015, the precious miraculous statue of
our lady was brought to St. Peter’s Church in
Mackenzie, BC. Carrying lit candles and singing
“Gentle Woman” we welcomed our Mother into our
parish walking with her in procession. As we
approached our pews our Lady was secured near the
altar surrounded by flowers, candles and a large
beautiful Rosary. Father Ronald led us in a
commitment prayer to our Mother. This was followed
by the Fatima Message (see below) and history given
by Patrick Sabat, our Lady’s custodian.
On 1st May 2015 (Miss Pooja Khandekar) Sister Pooja
of the Holy Trinity, made her 1st Profession in the
hands of Mother Teresa Margaret of the Sacred Heart,
in the Carmel of God the Father, Ramwadi, Pune,
Maharashtra. Fr. Joy Francis OCD presided over the
Solemn Mass along with Fr. Denzil Veigas OCD, Fr.
Pradeep Pinto OCD and Fr. Conrad Noronha SJ. The
Parents of Sr. Pooja were present with her brother.
The Mass was well attended by Jesuits from De Nobili
and the people of Ramwadi along with Carmelite
Missionary Sisters. Fr. Joy in his homily
highlighted the importance of the three vows in
consecrated life.
May 17, 2015 on the feast of the Ascension of the
Lord, the Holy Father Pope Francis solemnly
proclaimed four women religious who lived during the
19th century as Saints for their life of holiness in
following Jesus Christ. They are St Marie Alphonsine
from Jerusalem; St Mary of Jesus Crucified from
Palestine; St Jeanne Emilie de Villeneuve was a
French nun and foundress; and St Maria Cristina of
the Immaculate Conception from Italy.
This is the expression of the Carmelite Order as
they reelect Very Rev. Fr. Saverio Cannistra as the
Superior General of the Carmelites for the next six
years. He was elected as General in April 2009 in
Fatima and now after the completion of six years he
has been given the steering wheel again for another
term. This year the General Chapter is being held at
Avila, Spain, the birth place of St. Teresa of
Avila, whose fifth birth centenary is being
celebrated this year.
The Carmelite Family of India (CFI), organized a
National Seminar on St. Teresa to mark her 5th Birth
Centenary, at AtmaDarshan, Aluva, Kerala, from 6-8
February 2015. The initiative and leadership of Frs.
Wilfred Rodrigues OCD and Wilson Srampikal OCD
coupled with the generous services of the Executive
Committee Members of CFI bore fruit in “Journeying
with St. Teresa” for three days, each day taking up
a relevant aspect of her life viz: (1) Word of God
and St. Teresa, (2) Minor Works of St. Teresa and
Teresian Communities and (3) Teresian Spirituality
in the Indian Context. 
Two new well furnished sound proof, air conditioned
counseling cabins were inaugurated and blessed by
Fr. Alex Braganza Superior of Avila Jyothi, Mapuca
on 23rd April 2015. This date marks the handing over
of Emmaus to us in the year 2003 by Mr. Frank
Carvalho and his wife Olga Carvalho.
Congratulations. 
Rev. Fr. Sandeep Goveas, the Fourth Priest this year
for the Karnataka Goa province, the fifth carmelite
from the Diocese of Chikmagalur and first from St.
Antony’ Church, Mudigere was ordained on the 16th of
April by Most. Rev. Thomasappa Antony Swamy, Bishop
of Chikmagalur. Rev. Fr. Richard Menezes conducted
the liturgy. After the ordination ceremony there was
a felicitation programme to wish the new priest in
the order of Melchizedek. Rev. Fr. Richard Menezes
was the master of the ceremony. Rev. Fr. Joy Francis
raised the toast and wished Fr. Sandeep good health
and happiness n the life to come. 
It
was indeed a day to rejoice as Dn. Antony Stephen,
first Carmelite Priest from the Mt. Carmel Church,
Mariapura, Bangalore was ordained on the 15th of
April. The first flower from the garden of Mt.
Carmel Church to the Order of Carmel was fittingly
offered as the whole village joined together in the
ordination ceremony. Most Rev. Robert Miranda,
Bishop of Gulbarga raised our deacon to the order of
Melchizedek. Rev. Fr. Deepak Thomas conducted the
liturgy meaningfully. After the Eucharist a short
felicitation programme was organized. Rev. Fr.
Richard Menezes compeered the programme and
introduced the Newly Ordained to the gathering. 
April 17th of 2015, was a special day in the life of the Karnataka-Goa
Province of Discalced Carmelites, as five more members were added to the
Priestly tribe! The Solemn Mass with the rich ceremony of Priestly
Ordination began at 03.30 pm as around 85 Priests processed in the
beautiful Infant Jesus Shrine at Bikarnatakatte, Mangalore. Most Rev.
Aloysius Paul D’Souza, Bishop of Mangalore was the ordaining minister.
As the
whole Church rejoices in the great feast of the
Easter, the Friars of the Karnataka – Goa and the
Vicariate of Tanzania working and studying in Italy,
came together on 8th of April to show their
fraternal love and to partake in the joy of the
Risen Lord in our community at Maria Della Scala,
Rome. The gathering began with the solemn
concelebrated mass presided over by Fr. Wilfred Pais.
Fr. Lancy Lewis broke the word highlighting the
Emmaus experience of the Apostles. The community
prepared a sumptuous meal. It was also an occasion
to celebrate the birthday of Fr. Edwin Denis. Fr.
Ivan Pinto the superior of the community thanked
each and everyone present.
Maundy Thursday was celebrated meaningfully in
Sadbhavana. Rev. Fr. Charles Serrao presided over
the Festive Mass and Rev. Fr. Richard Menezes
preached the homily. Rev. Fr. Provincial washed the
feet of the disciples to commemorate the greatest
act of humility performed by our Lord Jesus Christ.
After the communion Fr. Richard conducted the
adoration. Frs. Sivestre D’Souza, Canute D’Souza and
Arun Lobo concelebrated. Good number of people
participated in the liturgy.
Palm Sunday was celebrated in all its solemnity in
Sadbhavana. Rev. Fr. Richard Menezes presided over
the liturgy. Rev. Fr. Ivan D’Souza preached the
suitable homily. Frs. Canute, Richard and Ivan
proclaimed the passion according to St. Mark. It was
indeed a homely celebration with a large number of
people. Mr. Maxim Lobo led the choir with
traditional hymns facilitating a devout and
meaningful celebration. 
On the 19th of March, 2015, Sr. Sagaya Mary of
Bangalore Carmel made her first profession in the
hands of Mother Prioress. Fr. Clifford D'Souza
presided over the profession ceremony and preached
an inspiring homily on the life of St. Joseph
whereas Fr. Roshan D'Souza OCD presided over the
Solemn Euchristic Celebration. Fr.Richard Menezes
concelebrated. The parents of Sagaya Mary were
present along with a few neighbours of Cloister
Carmel. It was a meaningful liturgical celebation
with a meaningful litrugy condcted by the cloister
sisters. After the mass all the invitees broke the
fast with the tasty breakfast provided by the sister
in honour of Sr. Sagaya. Congratulation Sr. Sagaya.
May God bless you as you have taken the bold step to
follow him closely. 
We are indeed privileged to have another master in
the person of Fr. Pradeep Pinto OCD as he
successfully defended his thesis titled ‘THE
RELATION BETWEEN BRAHMAN, JIVA AND THE WORLD IN THE
SRIKANTHA-BHASYA OF SRIKANTHA SAIVACARYA A
HERMENEUTICAL EXPLORATION’ on the 12th of march,
2015. He prepared his thesis under the scholarly
guidance of Fr. Henry D'Almeida S.J. and Fr. Stephen
Thadam S.J. was the reader for the defense. We
congratulate Fr. Pradeep for securing the highest marks
and topping the class in Systematic Philosophy. We
are proud of you. May you grow higher and higher.
Kudos!
We are extremely happy to inform you that, on 16th
of March, Fr. Vijay D’Costa OCD successfully
defended his thesis titled "The Sense of the
Levinasian Subject and its Relevance Today" as a
requirements for the Licentiate in Philosophy.
(Emmanuel Levinas is one of the most influential
20th century post modern French phenomenologist and
ethical thinker.) His defense session was moderated
by Prof. Sidney Mascarenhas OFM, a well know
Levinasian scholar in India, who was also his second
guide together with Prof. Mathew Chandrankunnel from
DVK who guided him to draft his thesis and two
others readers. Fr. Vijay D’Costa also was awareded
a scholarship for his thesis this year. Fr. Vijay we
are proud of you. May God bless You.
On the 17th of March, Fr. Arwin Tauro completed his
Master’s degree in Theology at St Peter’s Pontifical
Institute Bengaluru as he successfully defended his
dissertation on the theme: KENOSIS AS PLEROMA: The
nada y todo Spirituality of John of the Cross andits
efficacy in shaping a better world. He drafted his
thesis under the able guidance of Rev. Fr. Alfred
Menezes OCD. Rev. Dr Prof. Jacob Parappally was the
co-moderator for his defence. Congratulations dear
Fr. Arwin Tauro and wish you all the very best for
the future. 
Fr. Roshan D’Souza successfully defended his thesis
titled “The Paradox of Weakness and Strength: An
Exegetical Study of 2 Cor 12:1-10” under Rev. Dr.
Lucien Legrand, Moderator and Rev. Dr. Alfred
Joseph, Co-Moderator. The defence was at St. Peter’s
Pontifical Institute, Malleshwaram, Bangalore on the
16th of March at 4.00 PM. This completes his
Master’s degree in Biblical Theology.
Congratualations dear Fr. Roshan and all the very
best for your future ministry. 
Press meeting was conducted by Rev.Fr.Pius James
D’Souza OCD along with Rev.Mother Marie Celine OCD,
Sr.Mary Imelda OCD, Sr.Jacintha OCD, Sr.Linette AC,
Fr.Antony George SCJ, Sr.Linette AC, Mr.Elias
Fernandes, Mr.Stanly Bantwal, and Mrs.Hilda Madtha
in view of the Canonizaion of Bl. Mary of Jesus
Crudified which will take place on the 17th of May,
2015
The blessing and the foundation stone laying
ceremony of the New Mount Carmel school was held at
Shivamogga on March 8th at 12pm. Frs. Jerome Moras
and Ivan D'souza organized the prayer service at the
construction site. Rev. Fr. Veeresh V. Moras,
Director of Shimoga Multipurpose Social Service
Society(SMSSS) blessed the foundation stone for the
new Mount Carmel School. After the blessing
Fr. Jerome Moras proposed the vote of thanks.
Contractor Walter pinto and a few more distinguished
guests were present to witness this auspicious
moment. Snacks and soft drinks were served to all.
Wish you all the very best dear Frs. Jerome and
Ivan. Our prayers are always with you. 
The community at Sadbhavana, Bangalore was happy to
release the latest publication by our well-known
friar Rev. Fr. Rudolf V. D’Souza OCD. At the end of
the Sunday Eucharist on 1st March, 2015, Fr
Silvestre D’Souza OCD, Editor of “Springs of Living
Water” briefly introduced the book to the
congregation. Fr. Jerald D’Souza OCD, the
Delegate-Superior of the Carmelite community
formally unveiled the book: Seek and you will find.
The contents of this book first appeared in the form
of articles in the magazine of daily reflections
“Springs of Living Water.”
It was a joyful day for the parish and the Mother
Church as 215 young boys and girls received the
gifts of the Holy Spirit on the 28th of February, in
St. Joseph's Church, Mira Road. Most. Rev. Bishoph
John Rodrigues confirmed them during the Solemn
Eucharist concelebrated by the community Fathers.
May they be blessed abundantly and become the
effective instruments in the mighty hands of God. 
The meeting of Junior Priests of Karnataka- Goa
province was held in Stella Maris, Honnavar from 2nd
to 6th of February, 2015. Twenty four Priests and
Br. Malvino participated in this meet. Fr. George
Santhumayor, Councilor in-charge of On-going
formation presided over the inaugural mass and
preached an encouraging homily. Fr. Gregory D’Souza
enlightened the participants on the theme,
‘Carmelites Spiritual direction’ by his experiential
and wisdom filled input sessions. On the 5th of
February, a mass for the people was organized in St.
Sebastian’s Parish, Matadakeri where all the priests
concelebrated in the Eucharist and prayed for the
people. 
Dn. Noel D’Cunha was ordained by Most. Rev. Philip
Neri Ferrao, the archbishop of Goa and Daman on the
11th of February in the Carmelite Monastery, Acquem,
Margao. Frs. Ivo Dias and Mark Furtado organized the
meaningful liturgy. After the Mass Fr. Archibald
Gonsalves, the superior of the Monastery raised the
toast and wished the newly ordained all success in
his priestly ministry. Fr. Provincial expressed his
joy of having another young and bubbling priest for
the province and congratulated Fr. Noel. On this
graceful occasion he thanked his parents and honored
the benefactors who helped Fr. Noel to ascend the
altar of God. Fr. Noel thanked everyone who was
instrumental in making him a priest in the order of
Melchizedek.
Infant Jesus Shrine organized Karmel Dongrar
Somyacho Pashav - a spiritual program on first
Sunday of Lent i.e., 21st Feb, 2015. It began at 5
pm with a meaningful and creative Way of the Cross
held in the open air. Faithfull carried the Cross
and meditated on the timely reflections on the
Stations of the Cross conducted by Rev Fr. Stephen
Pereira, Carmelite. . Rev. Fr. Deep Fernandes,
Carmelite preached a fitting homily on one of the
last words of Jesus from the Cross - “Father forgive
them they do not what they are doing.” This
spiritual program was ended with the adoration of
the Blessed Sacrament and benediction.
Fr Joe Tauro , the superior of St Joseph's monestry inaugurated the
Infant Jesus Medical Mission, a health information center at Infant
Jesus Shrine on Thursday, February 19. Dr Naveen Rodrigues gave
information about the center. Mark D' Souza gave information about
alcohol addiction. Fr Elias D' Souza, director of the shrine, Fr
Barnabas Monis and Fr Steven Pereira were present. Deacon Joseph C D'
Souza compered and proposed vote of thanks. The service will be
available on every Thursday from 10 am till 12.30 pm.
With this Lent we the Carmelites have reached
another milestone in our media ministry by launching
CARMEL PRERAN in Daijiworld 24x7 local TV channel
which is available world wide through website and
android app. We are grateful to you for support and
encouragement to CARMEL KIRAN which ran into 537
episodes from 30 Aug, 2013 to till date. Please note
that CARMEL KIRAN will run as usual on Divine Word
TV everyday morning and evening at 8. CARMEL PRERAN
is being telecast on Daijiworld24x7 TV every day at
7.30 am. You can follow us on
January 26, Dhyanavana
International Institute of Spirituality, Mysore organized a full day seminar on
Consecrated life in the third millennium: hopes and challenges. At 9:00 am
seminar started with registration and at sharp 9:15 am programme was begun.
Participant’s response was enthralling and mind boggling. Sisters from 53
congregations from Mysore, ten congregation sisters from Dhyanavana and four men
congregation brothers and fathers participated in the Seminar.
January
21 to 23, 2015, a mission exposure programme was organized for Dhyanavana
student sisters at Mariapura village in Kollegal district. It was guided by ODP
NGO’S Staff members and it was headed by Sr. Felicie U F S. They initiated this
exposure programme through P.R.A. method that is Participatory Rural Appraisal.
This method helps to trace the needs of the villagers. 
TERESA OF AVILA AT MATEKA AND MPANDAGINDO, SONGEA.
A
Carmelite at the helm of the CRI - Mysore:
“It is written,” he said to them, “My house will be
called a house of prayer, but you are making it a
den of robbers.” (Matthew 21:13). There was a real
need for a community chapel for the friars to have
their community prayers especially to have the
mental prayer at the Parochial House of the St.
Martin the Tour. After having received the
permission from the local ordinary, the Tabernacle
was installed in the Community Chapel by Rev. Fr.
Marlon Rodrigues OCD, the Regional Vicar during the
evening vespers on the day of Christmas.
‘Begin Anew. Most of us will make resolutions as we
begin the New Year but the essential thing is to
keep up those resolutions. Mary lived by the promise
she made to the Lord and in the same way we need to
live by the promises we make to the Lord’ this is
what, Rev. Fr. Baptist Fernandes OCD, the new member
of the Carmelite Community preached in his homily
during the thanksgiving mass on 31st December.
December 26th the Boxing Day and the feast of St.
Stephen the first martyr was solemnized by
conferring the sacrament of Baptism for 28 new born
children here at Our Lady of Lourdes substation,
Mateka. The Solemn Eucharistic Celebration was
presided over by Rev. Fr. Marlon Rodrigues, the
Regional Vicar of the Carmelites along with Fr.
Roshan Pinto. The mass began at 9 AM with a solemn
procession. 
"Let the little children come to me, and do not
hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such
as these” said the Lord. On Boxing Day the
parishioners of St. Martin the Tour Parish,
Mpandagindo, solemnized the feast of St. Stephen,
the first Martyr, by having the baptism for 25
children. The solemn Eucharistic celebration began
at 9 PM. Rev. Fr. Vivian Menezes OCD, the Parish
Priest presided over the Eucharist and baptised the
little ones. 
January 26, 2015: As the Indians celebrated the
Republic Day and had the privilege of welcoming Mr
Barack Obama, President of USA; the Carmelites of
Scala community in Rome had the honour of welcoming
His Excellency Most Rev. Pietro Maria Fragnelli,
Bishop of Trapani. Fr Wilfred Pais welcomed the
Bishop and thanked for his friendly visit to our
community which enhanced the joy of the community.
After having seen the relic of St Teresa of Avila
and the Church, He presided over the Eucharistic
celebration and during the homily taking into
consideration the rich legacy and the spirituality
of the Carmelite Saints invited all to walk in the
footsteps of St Teresa of Avila in following Jesus
Christ. 
The walking staff of
the first woman ‘Doctor’ of the Catholic Church
arrived Tanzania on the 14th Jan 2015 accompanied by
the team of pilgrims from Spain namely Amaya
Alvarez, Pablo Montesinos, Cristina Marcos and Fr.
Jerome Paluku, Asst mission secretary from
Generalate. The entire Catholic Church joining with
the Reformed Order of the Carmelites of St. Teresa
of Avila marks the 500th Birthday of St. Teresa who
is noted for her life of prayer, prayer for the
church and efforts to reform the Carmelite Order.
16th January, 2015 the relic was taken by flight
from Mwanza to Dar Es Salaam. The plane landed at
2.15pm and the relic was received at the airport by
Discalced Carmelite friars and the OCDS members. The
three cars decorated proceeded to St. Peter Claver
parish where the relic was received solemnly with
singing and celebration. There was exposition of the
Blessed Sacrament. At 5 pm there was the solemn
Eucharistic celebration presided over by Rev. Fr.
Benno the Dean and parish priest of Kibaha parish
and concelebrated by the Carmelite priests and
Diocesan priests. 
At 9 am the relic was taken to St. Therese of
the Child Jesus Parish where the people along with
children and sang and offered flowers expressing
their joy. The relic was taken in procession to the
church. The Eucharistic celebration was presided
over by Fr. Marlon Rodrigues OCD. The veneration of
the relic was held after the mass.
At 3pm the journey to Morogoro began and we
reached Kola formation community where the community
welcomed the relic at the gate with songs and
dancing. The vespers were sung and the community
spent some time in meditation till 9 pm.
At 9.20 pm the relic was received at Kihonda Mt.
Carmel church, where religious and lay people
gathered and had the night vigil with exposition of
the Blessed Sacrament. On 18thmorning Sunday the two
masses were presided over by Rev. Fr. Mloka, the
Rector of St. Peter’s seminary Diocese of Morogoro.
In the afternoon at 1.30 pm the relic and the
pilgrims travelled to Dar es salaam to fly to
Madagascar via Kenya at 7.10 pm.
Circular
of 
Message
of Pope Francis to the Bishop of Avila, on the occasion of the opening of the V
Birth Centenary Year of St. Teresa of Avila
(1515-2015) 
Circular
Letter of Rev. Fr. General on the IV Birth Centenary
of Br. Lawrence of the Resurrection (1614-2014)
18th Jan 2015 was a special day for Avila Jyothi
Seminary, Mapusa as it was celebrated as the
Rector’s day. The Brothers put up a mind blowing
cultural programme. The celebration began at 12.00
PM with a prayer song followed by variety of dances,
jokes, plays and songs. The programme came to an end
with the singing of Anthem. Priests and religious
from neighboring parishes and communities and
benefactors were invited along with the teachers who
teach our brothers throughout the year. After the
cultural bonanza the fraternal meal was shared. In
the evening volleyball match was held. It was indeed
a memorable day. A hearty congratulations to the
future Carmelites who made this day a great day.
All our friars from Bangalore region came together
on Sunday, 18th of January, in Sadbhavana for a Mega
B’day celebration of our friars. Fr. William
Miranda, Fr. Lawrence D’Cunha, Fr. Walter Lobo, Fr.
Canute D’Souza, Fr. Clifford D’Souza and Fr. Praveen
Pinto were the B’day Babies. Fr. Joy Francis raised
the toast and wished them all the very best. Fr.
Provincial welcome and thanked the esteemed guests
of the day Fr. Gustavo and Fr. Mutato from Rome and
honoured them with a shawl each. All the B’day
Babies cut the cake together and after this all the
friars shared the fraternal meal brought from
different communities.
Sadbhavana celebrated the feast of Infant Jesus on
Sunday, 18th of January, at 10:30 am. Rev. Fr.
Charles Serrao OCD, the Provincial Superior presided
over the festive mass and Rev. Fr. Alwyn Aranha OCD,
Dean of Dhyanasadhana Spirituality Centre, Mysore
preached a heart touching homily highlighting the
theme ‘Kutmacho Bandh and Sargincho Swad.’ Rev. Fr.
Gustavo from Spain and Rev. Fr. Mutato from Japan
who are presently working in Rome were present for
the Eucharist along with Rev. Fr. Roshan D’Souza
from Mira Road and the community fathers.
The annual feast of Infant Jesus Shrine, Carmel
Hill, Bikarnakatte here was held with great pomp and
religious fervour on Wednesday January 14. Thousands
of devotees took part in the celebrations. A solemn
mass was celebrated by Dr Ignatius D'Souza, the
Bishop of Bareilly. In his homily the bishop of
Bareilly said, "The motto of the feast is healthy
family. God is the one who protects us, God lives as
family, Father, son and holy spirit. Today the young
children are finding dificult to respect their
parents, it is easy to drop them in orphanage and
visit once a while. Family's are broken, divorces
have increased, greed has increased, there is no
spirit of sacrifice in life.
THE FEAST OF INFANT JESUS SHRINE,
PUSHPASHRAMA MYSORE was celebrated on the 4th of
Jan. The solemn mass was celebrated by Rt. Rev. Dr.
Thomas Antony Vazhappilly, the bishop of Mysore.
After the solemn mass Theru procession with the
Infant Jesus statue was done in the streets of Naidu
Nagar. The feast was celebrated with a good number
of priests, nuns and the devotees of Infant Jesus.
Fr. Shabas Crasta celebrated his golden jubilee of
birth on 30th December, 2014. The celebration began
with Eucharistic celebration presided by the Golden
Baby on the same day where we also had the privilege
of having Rev. Fr. Aristondo the Provincial of
Navara Province, Spain. The official celebration was
held on the 4th January 2015 Sunday noon. The
neighboring Religious communities together with the
OCDS and the leaders of the Our Lady of Mt.
Carmel,Quasi Parish were present. Fr. Marlon
Rodrigues the Regional Vicar in his speech he
thanked Fr. Shabas for his selfless service and
obedience from the time he landed Tanzania. The
programme was compered by the Kola brothers and at
the end food was served to all. 
The newly-built Infant Mary Church at Bajjodi built
by the Carmelites was solemnly inaugurated by the
provincial superior of the Carmelites of Karnataka-Goa
province Rev. Fr Charles Serrao OCD on Friday
January 2, 2015 at 9 am. It was a festive atmosphere
in Bajjodi as their dream of having a parish church
for the people of Bajjodi was realized thanks to the
able leadership of Fr. Melwyn D'Cunha assisted by
Fr. Deep Fernandes and the community of Carmel Hill,
Bikarnakatte. 
The annual feast of Infant Jesus was celebrated with
all joy and jubilation at Asha Deepa, Madanthyar on
the 4th of January at 5 o’clock. The concelebrated
high mass was presided over by V. Rev. Fr. Charles
Serrao, OCD, the provincial of Karnataka Goa
province. Friars from various communities and
neighboring parishes were present to partake in our
joy. The grand celebration of the Eucharist was
followed by 'Asha Deepa Day' where brothers
entertained the people gathered with their talents
of Music, Dance and Acting. “Sallyo” a play written
by Deac. Joseph Cyril D’Souza OCD and directed by
Fr. Prakash D'Cunha OCD was enacted by brothers,
which was well appreciated by the people. 
The Triduum celebration in preparation for the Feast
of Infant Jesus was inaugurated with the hoisting of
the Infant Jesus flag by Rev. Fr. Valentine Kumar.
The Masses were held in the evening in Tamil,
Kannada and English At 5 pm, 6pm, and 7pm
respectively. All three masses were well attended by
the people. The preachers preached on the theme of
'Experiencing the Heavenly Joy in the the family
relationship' and catechised the people on the
importance of the family life. 
With this dictum “Called to Drink by the Brook
Cherith” the 13 Novices having finished their
Novitiate fruitfully committed themselves to the
Lord in Carmel as they boldly pronounced their Vows
on 14th December, 2015, at Tapovana, Kushalnagar.
Rev. Fr. Charles Serrao, our dear Provincial, who
presided over the solemn Eucharist not only
complimented the brothers and the parents, but also
invited them to be committed Carmelites in the
footsteps of St John of the Cross. This year the day
being Sunday added special colour to the Profession
Day. 
December 31, 2014 a day of thanking the Lord for the
marvelous year and to inaugurate the New Year 2015
with full enthusiasm and eagerness. To mark this
event at Santa Maria Church, Empoli, Italy an
adoration to the Blessed Sacrament was conducted by
Fr Manoj Braganza, Assistant parish priest. During
this hour all the faithful on their knees adored the
Eucharistic Lord and expressed their gratitude for
the year 2014. After which at 6-00pm, thanksgiving
Holy Eucharist was presided over by Fr Donath, the
parish priest. Fr Roshan Lobo preached a homily
explaining the presence of Jesus a midst us and the
role of Mary, the Mother of God in the church and in
the life of humanity. 
December 27, 2014 on the feast day of St John the
Evangelist, the Carmelites of K.G Province studying
and serving in Italy congregated together at Avane,
Empoli to celebrate the Christmas Joy and the
fraternity. The get together commenced with the
Eucharistic celebration presided over by Fr Vinod
Lobo at St Jacob’s Church, Avane. Fr Roshan Lobo
preached a touching homily explaining the role of
beloved disciple John and invited all to become the
beacon of love in our day today life. Frs Rudolph
and Manoj through their melodious singing raised our
minds and hearts to God.
Stars, bigger stars, stars of all sorts made by
human hands in imitation of the heavenly stars,
stars everywhere minus the film stars, brought in by
the little walking stars. The Christmas Eve was
invading and 41 stars from all over the Mangalore
and outside were fighting a winning battle at the
grotto of Infant Jesus.No doubt his Infant Presence
in Bethlehem was alerted by a star with a blazon
tail, so says the Scripture detail.
Pushpashrama organized an inter-religious program
‘Sadbhavana day' at 4.00 pm, on the 25th of December
in the auditorium. The programme began with the
lighting of the traditional lamp by the Chief
Guests, Swami Shanthi Vratananda, Ramakrishna
Ashrama, Yadavagiri, Mysore, Mouli Mohammad
Saaduddin (Munawar E Masjid) and Rev. Fr. Alfred
Menezes OCD, Rector, Pushpashrama. The Chief guests
enlightened the people of Naidunagar with thought
provoking and inspiring speeches. 
The
Christmas vigil was celebrated with all solemnity in
Pushpashrama on 24th of December at 11 pm beginning
with the carol singing followed by the solemn
Eucharistic celebration at 11:30 pm. Rev. Fr. Alfred
Menezes presided over the vigil mass and Fr. Oswald
Crasta preached a meaningful and heart touching
homily. Frs. Paul, John and Joseph concelebrated the
mass and brothers facilitated the faithful to
celebrate the Eucharist with their angelic choir.
After the Eucharist ‘Housie Housie’ game was
conducted by Br. Ajay and the sweets were
distributed to all followed by the Santa’s Christmas
dance.
Carmel
Welfare Centre, Pushpashrama and Carmel Play home
had jointly organised an anticipated Christmas
celebration on the 23rd of December. Rev. Fr. Alfred
Menezes and Fr. Joseph Pinto were present for the
programme. Fr. Alfred gave a beautiful Christmas
message. Children cheered the people gathered
through their dances adn songs. Christmas gifts were
distributed along with the mouth watering Christmas
sweets. 
Hip hip hurrrre! This time as well brothers of
Pushpashrama have rocked the stage in the carol
singing competitions held in Mysore region.
The Cloistered Carmel at Hassan (Carmel Matha
Ashram) wore a festive look on 23rd December, 2014,
as relatives, friends and acquaintances of Rev. Sr.
Mary Naomi OCD, from all directions, gathered to
celebrate her 50 years in consecrated life. The main
celebrant Rev. Fr. Charles Serrao OCD, Provincial
Superior of the Discalced Carmelites of the
Karnataka-Goa Province, to which this Cloistered
Carmel belongs, was the main celebrant.
The Kihonda Carmelite Fathers hosted a Choir
Competition as a sign of evangelization for the
Morogoro vicinity on the 13th December, 2014. The
competition began with the invoking of God’s
blessings by Rev. Fr. Marlon Rodrigues, the Regional
Vicar of the Carmelites, Tanzania. Rev. Fr. Shabas
Crasta, the Superior of the Carmelite Community of
Kihonda, welcomed the gathering and introduced the
chief guest Rev. Fr. Leander Jaka, the parish priest
of Chalinze and the Director of the Education board
of the Morogoro Diocese.
Come December, and the shrine campus has multiple
events and happenings of all sorts, and one among
them is the Carmel Day, loved by its devoted
audience who want to be there, rain or sun. Carmel
Day is a performance event staged by the community
of Carmelites at the Infant Jesus Shrine,
Bikarnakatte just to remind all that there is a
solid community of 25 young men giving fishing
touches to their 14 year long seminary formation to
be Carmelite priest. 
On December 15, 2014 the Scala community had a
unique privilege of visiting the historical “Museo
Ebraico di Roma” (Jewish Museum of Rome). This
particular Museum is a unique place to discover the
traditions, religion and the history of the Jewish
people. The community members were fortunate to see
two beautiful synagogues: The Great Synagogue and
the Spanish Synagogue. The exclusive opportunity was
possible due to the acquaintance of Fr Ivan Pinto
with His Excellency Dr Zion Evrony, the ambassador
of Israel to the Vatican. 
December 16, 2014: Santa Maria Della Scala (Rome,
Italy) community along with its members rejoiced and
celebrated the Birthday of our Saviour. Due to the
pastoral commitments of our members in different
parishes during the Christmas time, the community
anticipated the Christmas celebration. The
celebration commenced with the thanksgiving
Eucharistic banquet presided over by Fr Theodose M,
followed by Christmas carols, wishing, and message
in different languages. 
23rd November 2014 is a historical day to be
remembered by the Carmelite Order and the People of
Baroda. First Mission house which is dedicated to
St. Therese of Child Jesus was blessed by Most Rev.
Godfrey de Rozario, Bishop of Baroda and Inaugurated
by Rev. Fr. Charles Serrao OCD, Provincial Superior
of Karnataka-Goa Province . More than 700 people
witnessed this event, and received the blessings
from the hands of more than 20 Priests from the
altar. Rev. Fr. Jerome Moras OCD, gifted his
Miraculous statue of the Infant Jesus to the Church
on this auspicious day. All partook in the
fellowship meal before they left for their homes
sweet homes..JPG)
The community of Ryshivana organized the year for
the Consecrated people in a meaningful way The
celebration began with the Eucharist at 11 AM. Rev.
Fr. Charles Serrao, the provincial of the KG
Province presided over the Eucharistic celebration.
Rev. Fr. Pius James the Director of Ryshivana, Fr.
Joseph dsouza, Tanzanian Missionary, Fr. Richard
Saldanha and Fr. Canute Tauro from Dhyanavana, Fr.
Sagaya Raj, Pallotine, Fr. Alvito, Fr. John Pinto
and Fr. Jaison Tellis. 
A large congregation of parishioners gathered for
the 10:30 service, which began with a procession,
accompanied by the music of the choir, consisting of
organist Barb Matten, soloists Karen Trainer and
Vanessa Matten and Mary Lane. The procession was led
by altar servers Desert-Ray Nguyen, Hayden Mattice,
Heidi Mattice, Darren Nguyen, Logan Mendes and
Conner Mendes and included lector Max King and other
Knights of Columbus members, Frank Dubniczkny, Theo
Dykstra, John Goldsmith, Bill Kelly, Bill Klunder,
Ed Kruis, Greg Lougheed, Bill Pelletier, Wes
Poirier, Dominic Ross, Andrew VanExam, followed by
Father Ron Sequeira, OCD, outgoing pastor, and
Father Victor Fernandes. OCD, incoming pastor. .JPG)
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On 24th October 2014 Rev. Fr. Provincial arrived in
Vancouver and began his visitation at St. Edmund’s
Church Community. 27th evening a grand celebration
was organised at St. Edmund’s Church to solemnly
begin the meeting of all the Carmelites. The Secular
Carmelites with the parish team arranged the liturgy
and Fr. Charles being the main celebrant, Fr. Rudolf
preached the homily. Fr. Jerald D’souza the Superior
of the community introduced each priest of Canada
Region and offered a token of love to each member.
At the end of the mass all sang Salve Regina and the
days program ended with a sumptuous meal served by
St. Edmund’s community.
The Secular Carmelites were pleased to make a
presence at the opening Mass of the Regional Meeting
of the Discalced Carmelites of the Kanataka-Goa
Province in Canada which was held on October 27-28,
2014 at St. Edmund’s Parish, North Vancouver, B.C.
Mass on the evening of October 27th was officiated
by Very Rev. Fr. Provincial Charles Serrao and
concelebrated by sixteen Carmelite friars of Canada.
The Secular Carmelite Choir sung at Mass accompanied
by the parish organist. 
53 children received the Lord into their lives in
the form of the Holy Communion for the first time on
the 26th of October. Rev. Fr. Peter Rebello
celebrated the Holy Eucharist and preached a very
inspiring homily explaining the children how
important is the Holy Eucharist in Christian life.
More than a thousand people witnessed this event and
prayed for these children. A Hearty Congratulation
to all the children and the Parish Priest.
Another two memorable days for the Secular
Carmelites of the Lower Mainland Vancouver area
occurred on October 18 and October 25, 2014.
On October 18th before the celebration of the Mass,
with Fr. Jerry D’Souza officiating, we witnessed the
investiture of three aspirants. On Saturday,
October 25th, the weather forecast predicted a cold,
rainy Saturday, but this did not dampen the spirits
of the Secular Carmelites as they walked into a warm
and brightly lit St. Edmund’s Church for Mass and
Profession ceremonies officiated by Father
Provincial Charles Serrao and Provincial Delegate to
the OCDS, Fr. Jerald D’Souza. Five candidates made
their First Promises and two candidates made their
Definitive Promises. 
On Tuesday, October 14, 2014, St-Mary’s
Parish welcomed Father Charles Serrao OCD, Carmelite
Provincial Superior from India who is visiting
Canadian Carmelite parishes. The Parish was well
represented with St-Mary’s Elementary School
principal, Ms Charmaine Hanley, all the teachers,
about135 students and approximately 35 parishioners
in attendance. Fr. Ronnie our pastor began by
introducing and welcoming Father Charles to the
Parish and he said Fr, Charles is a provincial
superior to the Carmelite fathers. He has a deep
experience of Carmelite way of life, the long time
he was in Rome, and two terms he served as an
assistant to the General superior. Even he has
concelebrated the Eucharist six times with saint
pope john Paul 2nd. In the month of April he was
appointed as a provincial superior. 
It was a historic day not only for Carmel Hill but for the entire
Province as 6 of the Secular Carmel members made their Solemn Promises
in the hands of V. Rev. Fr. George Santhumayor, OCD, Vicar Provincial on
Thursday, 16th October 2014 at Infant Jesus Shrine during the Thursday
Mass. During the solemn celebration the members recited their promises
in the presence of the Vicar Provincial, vowing to live the Teresian
spirituality in evangelical perfection in the spirit of the evangelical
counsels of chastity, poverty and obedience and through the beatitudes.
Fr. George presented a cross as a taken of acceptance and appreciation.
Later a fraternal meal was shared in the refectory after each member was
congratulated by offering a flower bouquet. Fathers from the Mangalore
region as well as OCDS members joined for the celebration.
October 19, 2014 Sunday: Most Rev Filipe Neri Ferrao,
Archbishop-Patriarch of Goa along with his secretary
Fr Joaquim Loiola Pereira and other two priest
students who are pursuing their higher studies in
Rome paid a fraternal visit to our community at
Scala, Rome. Rev Fr Ivan Pinto, Rector of the
community welcomed the Archbishop. After which the
entire community friars greeted the Archbishop.
Later he visited our Church and the historic
pharmacy which became the official Pope’s pharmacy
and became known all over the world. 
65th year Guardian Angels Parish Feast was
celebrated on October 4th at the Millennium Hall. It
was a grand celebration with presence of Fr. Rajesh
Madtha and Fr. Godwin Pinto. The parishioners
organised a program and dinner was served. Frs.
Rajesh and Godwin prepared two delicious dishes:
Mangalorean Pork and Mysore Chicken Curry.
Parishioners spontaneously shared some of their
unique talents by way of singing, dancing and
cracking some rare jokes that made the atmosphere
enjoyable and great.
October 15, 2014 is a greatest day for the
Carmelites all over the world as they celebrate the
solemnity of St Teresa of Avila (Jesus), the
reformer of the Carmelite Order. The Carmelites of
Scala community had a reason to rejoice and
celebrate on this festal day for two reasons. First
of all, the community celebrated the solemnity of St
Teresa of Jesus by inaugurating the fifth birth
centenary of our Holy Mother. Secondly the community
members glorified the Almighty God for the Silver
Jubilee of the Religious Profession of Fr Wilfred
Pais. 
The
Nine Month Course sisters of Dhyanavana had a study tour on Sunday 12, October,
2014. The day started at 6 am with a prayer in the chapel. We boarded the hired
bus for the tour, and proceeded to Dornahalli, Mysore, Shrine of St. Anthony of
Padua. We offered mass in the shrine and visited the place where the Statue of
St. Anthony was found. Fr. Gilbert D’Silva, Rector of the shrine explained to us
the history of the shrine. Around 150 years ago when a Hindu man ploughing the
field he got a statue of St. Anthony. 
On Sunday morning, October 5th, 2014, members of the
parish of St Mary’s Hagersville and St Ann’s
Walpole, along with their guests gathered to
celebrate 100 years of the Roman Catholic faith
community in Hagersville. In the weeks preceding
this celebration, parishioner Dave Lane had
published in the Haldimand Press a series of
interesting and informative articles, accompanied by
pictures, outlining the history of the church in
Hagersville, which served to prepare the
congregation for the milestone event. The church was
beautifully prepared and decorated for the occasion
by church secretary Mary Lane, custodian Luann
Watson, school librarian Marie Peart and the
children of St Mary’s School.
The feast of the Patroness of our Province (Province
Day) was celebrated in Sadbhavana at 6:30 on the 7th
of October with all Solemnity. Rev. Fr. Xavier E.
Manavath, the Episcopla Vicar for the Religious in
Bangalore Diocese presided over the Eucharist. Rev.
Fr. Provincial, the Councilors and all the superiors
of our Province along with the priests of our
neighboring communities concelebrated the festive
Eucharist. Sisters, Friends, Benefactors and well
wishers joined in our celebration.
Fr. Jerome Moras and Fr. Ivan D’Souza have done it.
They succeeded in getting a rented house to venture
into a new project at Shimoga. It was a joyous day
indeed when Rev. Fr. Provincial along with Fr.
George Santhumayor, Fr. Silvester D’Souza and Fr.
Richard Menezes visited the house on the 29th of
September to encourage our friars in the pioneering
work. In the evening V. Rev. Fancis Serrao, Bishop
of Shimoga Blessed the house and wished all the very
best to the Fathers to work in his Diocese. 
The feast of St. Michael was celebrated on 3rd of
October in our parish at Belur. Rev. Fr. Charles
Serrao presided over the Solemn Eucharist and Rev.
Fr. Rajesh D’Souza broke the Word of God. Priests
from our communities and the neighboring parishes
joined in the festive mass. Since it was also the
day of Ayudha Puja, Vehicles were blessed before the
recessional hymn. After the Holy Mass all partook in
the festive meal prepared by the parishioners. 
Helen, a great benefactor of Fr. Rudolf V. D'Souza
has added another 20 acres of land to Carmel Hill
Property at North Deroche Road – Fraser Valley. The
property is adjacent to our property where we are to
build our monastery. This new property has trees,
two barns and a 3 bedroom house. Now the total acres
in our name is 126 and another 20 acres are with the
company of Helen which eventually will come to us.
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The Archbishop of Vancouver has requested the
services of one of our friars for 4 months.
Accordingly we have sent Fr. Vijay Martin who has
served IN Canada and also had a valid visa to travel
immediately. Fr. Vijay Martin has been appointed
administrator of St. Antony of Padua Church at
Agassiz (near Harrison Hot Springs). The Church
campus is 6 kilometres from our 86 acres of property
and 27 kilometres from Carmel Hill. Here are the
photos of the Church, Residence, and the campus of
the new parish under our care.
October 1, 2014: The Carmelites of Scala
Communitytogether with the priest students in Rome
solemnized the feast of St Therese of Child Jesus,
patroness of the Missionaries. The entire community
assembled around the table of the Lord at 6-30pm to
solemnize this feast through the celebration of the
Eucharist. Rev Fr Edwin presided over the
celebration and preached a meaningful homily. After
the mass the roses were blessed and distributed to
all the people along with a souvenir. 
On 21st of September 2014, Stress Management
workshop was conducted at Emmaus Counseliing Centre.
Fr. Alex Braganza, the Superior welcomed the
participants. Workshop consisted of 3 parts. General
awareness, Stressors and Self help. Stress occurs
when people perceive that pressure is higher than
the resources at hand. S = P > R. Some of the
important stressors discussed were, physical
environment, social interactions, rudeness,
bossiness from the authorities at work place,
breakdown of machines, life style, daily hassles
like misunderstanding, arguments, misplaced things,
excessive work load, lack of sleep, lack of time for
rest and relaxation, major life events like death of
a loved one, lost job, marriage of son or daughter. 
The Parish Priests from our Province, participated
in a meeting that was held at Sadbhavana, Carmelite
Provincialate on September 16th and 17th 2014. The
inauguration was held in the presence of Fr. Charles
Serrao, Provincial Superior, Fr. Jerome Moras, Prov.
Councilor in-charge of Apostolate and Fr. Silvestre
D’Souza, Prov. Councilor, by the lighting of a lamp.
Fr. Melwin D’Cunha led the gathering in prayer.
Later Fr. Jerome Moras Councilor in-charge of
Apostolate welcomed the gathering and introduced the
resource person Rev. Fr. Jervis D’Souza, Judicial
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The B’day of our Mother ‘Monthi Fest’ was celebrated
in Sadbhavana on 7th of September with all
solemnity. The offering of the flowers and Blessing
of the Corn was done at the main entrance. With the melodius chorus of traditional hymn ‘Moriyek
Hogalsiya’ all children gathered offered the flowers
to Baby Mary joyfully. Rev. Fr. Charles Serrao, the
Provincial presided over the Eucharist and preached
a wonderful homily on the life of Mary highlighting
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Carmelite Seculars, together with the Friars and
Nuns, are sons and daughters of the Order of Our
Lady of Mount Carmel and St Teresa of Jesus. It is
the earnest endeavour of the Karnataka-Goa Province
to promote vocations to the Secular Carmel from all
walks of life. Around 10 years ago we began forming
the first communities and today we have a good
number of members who have made their promises..JPG)
The Fifth Not-So-Young Priests’ meetbegan on August
19th morning at Xellim - Goa. 19 Fathers were
present for the meeting. Fr. Joy the convener of the
programme welcomed everyone. It was inaugurated by
lighting the lamp by Rev. Fr. Charles Serrao, the
Provincial and 5 representatives from each batch.
Thereafter Fr.Provincial presided over the
Eucharistic celebration which was concelebrated by
Fr. Peter D'Sa and Fr.Sunil Monis. During the homily
Fr. Provincial invited everyone to reflect on the
Carmelite life and the importance of the three
Evangelical Counsels. 
More than 40 Secular Carmelites of the Lower
Mainland Communities, British Columbia, came
together on August 8 to 10, 2014 for the Annual
Retreat at Westminster Abbey in Mission, B.C. The
theme was “Collegio de Cristo” (College of Christ),
led by Rev. Fr. Jerald D’Souza, Provincial Delegate
for OCDS of Western Canada. The theme, one
that examined community life and prayer life, was
also this year’s theme of the XII Provincial Chapter
of our Karnataka-Goa Province in India.
Carmel Jyothi Public charitable trust is known for
its social development activities. Now it is two
year that the trust has started “child laborers’
residential school” in the campus of Carmel Seva
Sadan. At present there are 45 children. These
children are from different villages surrounding
Hadagalli taluk. All of them are either school
dropouts or child labourers who did not see the face
of a school. All of them are given shelter, food,
clothing, education and above all the love of
Christ. 
Huvina hadagali, 14th July, 2014, Carmel Jyothi
public charitable trust and JCI Huvina Hadagalli
royal conducted women empowerment course for women.
Women empowerment course was organised in the campus
of Carmel Seva Sadan.This program was organised to
empower the anganwadi workers of Hadagalli taluk.
Around 200 women participated in this seminar. Fr.
Rajesh D’Souza and the CDPO Mr. Somanna inaugurated
the program by lighting the lamp.
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28th of July, 2014 will go down in the history of
the Discalced Carmelites in Tanzania because of the
dual celebrations namely inauguration and
consecration of the newly built chapel at Kihonda
and the priestly ordination of three of our deacons,
namely, Dn. Edwin, Dn. Theophil and Dn Elius. The
celebration began at 9:00am with the solemn
procession. There were around 60 priests both
religious and secular. More than 1500 people
gathered to witness the historical celebration.
Liturgy began with the blessing of the surroundings
of the church by the bishop and cutting of the
ribbon by Fr. Charles Serrao the provincial of
Karnataka – Goa province.
11th July 2014, Huvinahadagali, Carmel Jyothi public
charitable trust and the taluk hospital under the
joint collaboration conducted the world population
day. Awareness program was conducted on the streets
of Hadagalli town by the students of G. P. G.
College students. Afterwards stage program was
conducted in the campus of Carmel Seva Sadan. Mr. P.
Badyanaik THO of Hadagalli taluk was the president
of the program. Fr. Rajesh D’Souza, Mr. H. N.
Thimmappa CO of taluk panchyath, Mr. S. Basavangowda,
principal of GPG College, were the chief guests of
the program. 
First workshop of this year was conducted at Emmaus
on 27th July 2014. The theme of the workshop was
“Handling Emotions”. There were 15 participants. Fr.
Alex Braganza the superior welcomed the
participants. Dr. Fr. Praveen D’souza was the
resource person. Thinking is the foundation of our
emotions and behaviour. As we think so we feel as
feel so we behave. To feel better we ought to change
our thinking. Tips were given as to how to alter the
cognitive distortions into more positive and helpful
thinking patterns. The workshop was well appreciated
by the participants. They unanimously requested to
conduct more short term programmes on weekends so
that they all can participate.
The Feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel was
preceded by a nine-day novena to our Heavenly Mother
at St. Edmund’s Church, North Vancouver. The novena
was notably well received and attended by
parishioners of St. Edmund’s, Secular Carmelites and
devotees as evidenced by the increased numbers this
year. On July 16, 2014 7:00 p.m., a solemn
Eucharistic celebration was presided over by Bishop
Stephen Jensen of Prince George and concelebrated by
our Carmelite friars, Regional Superior Fr. Rudolf
D’Souza, Fr. Jerald D’Souza, Fr. Godwin Pinto, Fr.
Stany Mascarenhas, and several priests including
Monsignor Pedro Lopez-Gallo. The church was filled
to capacity with standing room only.
In order to encourage the poor children and to
create in them the interest to study, “Carmel Jyothi
Public Charitable Trust" distributed free note
books. Around 75 children belonging to different
religion were given free note books, pen, pencils
and the color pencils. This included the children
from kayaka nagara Govt School, children from Carmel
boys home, children from child labor residential
school and the poor children from Hadagali. Fr.
Rajesh D’Souza, the director of Carmel Jyothi Public
Charitable Trust distributed the books and asked the
children to study well. Rev. Fr. Joseph D’Souza the
Superior of Carmel Bhavan and the village leaders of
kayaka nagara were present.
The Community of Sadbhanavana along with the Carmel
Kutam of Bangalore celebrated the Feast of Our Lady
of Mount Carmel on 20th of July, Sunday in
Sadhbhavana with all jubilation and solemnity. Rev.
Fr. George Santhumayor presided over the Eucharistic
celebration and preached a heart touching homily
highlighting the role of Mother Mary in protecting
and guiding the Christians in the footsteps of
Christ. Good number of Carmelite priests from near
and far participated in the celebration. 500 people
from different parts of Bangalore joined in the
celebration and honored and thanked Mother Mary for
her maternal protection.
July 20th was a great day for all the members of
Carmelite family of Mysore as they celebrated the
feast of our lady of Mount Carmel. This great event
was organised under the able leadership Fr. Dominic
Vas. CCR sisters were the hosts of the celebration.
Fr. Dominic presided over the Eucharistic
celebration. In his homily he highlighted Mother
Teresa’s devotion towards Mother Mary. Liturgy was
organised by AC sisters, choir by Carmelite brothers
from Pushpashrama, offertory gifts were brought by
Ocds brothers and sisters.
Huvina Hadagalli, 5th June 2014, Carmel Jyothi
public charitable trust (R) and Mount Carmel school
Huvina Hadagalli under the joint collaboration
conducted the world environment day. Fr. Rajesh
D’Souza the director of Carmel Jyothi public
charitable trust (R) was the president of the
program. Fr. Prakash tauro head master of Mount
Carmel school was the chief guest. Children from the
child labour school and the children from Mount
Carmel school were present. During the program all
the children were asked to develop an ardent love
for the nature. To mark this event children cleansed
the streets of Hadagalli and many people
participated in this.
The parish of St. Joseph's, Actonville, South
Africa, rejoiced at the visit of our Provincial Rev.
Fr.Charels Serrao on 13th July. Mass was celebrated
by Provincial. He was welcomed by the parishioners
with flowers at the beginning of the Mass and was
honored with gifts at the end of the Mass.
Provincial thanked the parishioners for all the
support they give to the priests and for our
misssion. After the Mass lunch was served and all
the leaders of the parish interacted with the
Provincial at the Table.
It was a historic day not only for Carmel Hill but
for the entire Province as 17 of the Secular Carmel
members made their promises in the hands of V. Rev.
Fr. George Santhumayor, OCD, Vicar Provincial on
Thursday, 17th July 2014 at Infant Jesus Shrine
during the Thursday Mass. The first promise takes
place upon completion of a two-year formation period
with the approval of the local council. Each
candidate makes a temporary promise for a period of
three years. At the end of that time, the definitive
promise is made.
Feast of our Lady of Mt. Carmel is a important
yearly happening at Carmel Hill, Mangalore. It
recalls the rich faith the Carmelite Bishops and
missionaries in the Diocese of Mangalore 150 years
ago left behind. It is still vibrant and prophetic.
The sober Marian piety they handed over through
various hymns and devotions to the scapular and
rosary are still very much nurturing the faith of
the people. The church celebrates Mary's feast
on 16th of July as the day of our lady of Mt.
Carmel; but by popular demand it is being celebrated
at Carmel Hill on a Sunday previous to the feast.,
which falls this year on the 13th when everyone who
comes is taking away a scapular for personal use.
The inauguration ceremony of the Formation House
“THE LITTLE FLOWER” and the first foundation stone
of the Discalced Carmelites of Karnataka Goa
Province “CARMEL HILL” in Canada were held on 11th
September 2012 at Benedictine Abbey (Mission –
British Columbia). We organized the ground breaking
ceremony on 27thDecember 2013 on the Birthday of our
Benefactor at Carmel Hill. We have already sent you
the detailed report and the photographs put already
on the Province Website.
The inauguration of the academic year 2014-15 in
Pushpashrama, Institute of Philosophy & Religion was
held on Monday 7th of July 2014. Fr. George
Santumayor, the Vice-Provincial and the Councilor
in-charge of formation and on-going formation
presided over the Holy Eucharist at 9.00 am, which
was concelebrated by 14 Carmelite priests. Fr.
Alfred Menezes, the Rector of the college in his
meaningful homily highlighted our vocation to search
for the eternal wisdom, God himself. A meaningful
liturgy was conducted by the students.
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'Harvest is plenty but the labourers are few.' The
Carmelites of KG province are extremely happy as the
Lord has blessed us with abundance of vocations this
year. Rev. Fr. Provincial inaugurated the course of
initiation by lighting the lamp. He presided over
the Holy Eucharist and preached a heart touching
homily on the role of the Holy Spirit in the Church.
The new community was also presented to the people
during the Eucharist. Fr. Silvestre D'Souza, II
Councilor and all the vocation promoters were
present on this occasion.
'The Lord called his disciples to be with Him and
then to be sent out'. The Lord has called again 16
young and energetic men to be with Him in the Garden
of Carmel. These young men after having come and
seen the life in Carmel take a daring step to be a
member in the same order. On the 9th of June, 2014
in the presence of Rev. Fr. Provincial Charles
Serrao, and Rev. Fr. Silvestre D'Souza 'Postulancy'
was inaugurated by lighting a lamp. Rev. Fr. Ajith
Rodrigues highlighted the importance of this stage
of formation and animated the prayer service.
18th Academic diploma course of Dhyanavana was
inaugurated on 2, July 2014. Most Rt. Rev. Dr.
Thomas Vazhapilly, the Bishop of Mysore was the main
celebrant. Bishop during the homily stressed on the
meaning, origin, development, and present
significance of the spirituality. He gave a clarion
call to become persona of Christ. This year we are
blessed with 43 participants from various religious
congregations. Newly appointed director Rev. Fr.
Dominic Vas welcomed the gathering and the students.
Jocy honoured with Adademy's YUVA PURASKAR
Jocy Siddakatte, Carmelite bags Konkani Sahitya
Academy’s YUVA PURASKAR
The Carmelites had more than one reason to thank God and celebrate on
30th May, 2014. It was a day that saw two brothers pronouncing their
religious vows for life and nine others dedicating themselves to a life
of service in the diaconal ministry. The beautiful Infant Jesus Shrine,
Bikarnakatte, Mangalore was filled with relatives, friends and
well-wishers, as around 40 concelebrants processed along with Most Rev.
Francis Serrao SJ, Bishop of Shimoga. 
In the session held on 30th April, 2014, Rev. Fr. Charles Serrao OCD was
elected as the new Provincial Superior, to guide the Province in the
next three years. Rev. Fr Charles Serrao, OCD was born on 26 August,
1950 at Vamadapadav, Bantwal in the Diocese of Mangalore. He made his
first religious profession on 19th March, 1971 and was ordained a priest
on 23 December 1978. After the formation of the Karnataka-Goa Province
in 1981, he held the offices of Director of the Aspirants at the
Vocation Home - Mangalore, Master of Theology Students - Mangalore,
Vocation Promoter and Provincial Councillor.
April 23, 2014, was a special day in the life of the Karnataka-Goa
Province of Discalced Carmelites, as three more members were added to
the Priestly tribe! The Solemn Mass with the rich ceremony of Priestly
Ordination began at 10.00 am as around 72 Priests processed in the
beautiful Infant Jesus Shrine at Bikarnatakatte, Mangalore. Most Rev.
Henry D’Souza, Bishop of Bellary was the ordaining minister. The
three new priests are: Rev. Fr. John Pinto from Arva Parish. He joined
the Carmelites after some years of work experience and completed his
theological studies at St. Pius X Seminary, Goregaon. Rev. Fr. Richard
Francis Saldanha from Pakshikere. He is the eldest among the two sons of
William and veronica. Rev. Fr. Robert Rayan Pais from Madanthyar is the
third among the four children of Henry and Rita Pais.
The Annual Day of Mount Carmel CBSE School, Ramnagar,
Londa was celebrated on the campus ground amidst the
pristine landscape on the 29th March 2014. The
Carmelite Community at Holy Family Church, Londa
headed by Rev.Fr. Jerome Moras, the Superior and Co-ordinator
of Mount Carmel, Rev. Fr. Venil D’Souza, the
Principal of Mount Carmel CBSE School, Rev. Fr.
Elias D’Cunha, the Administrator had the privilege
of hosting a triple celebration on same day. On 29th
of March 2014, we witnessed the inauguration of the
function hall at Watara in the morning at 10:30a.m.;
the inauguration of the Residential block at the
School Campus at Mount Carmel, Ramnagar; the
blessing of the PUC block at 03:30p.m.and the Grand
Annual Day Programme commencing at 05:30p.m.
March 25, 2014 Tuesday on the Solemnity of the
Annunciation of the Lord, the Carmelite friars along
with the Pinto family celebrated the golden jubilee
of the religious profession of Rev. Fr Berchmans
Pinto, OCD. The celebration commenced at 5-00pm at
Infant Jesus Shrine, Mangalore with the thanksgiving
Holy Eucharist presided over by the jubilarian along
with other 25 concelebrants. Fr Deep Fernandes
preached a thought provoking homily highlighting the
consecration of the religious in the modern society.
After the spiritual celebration all the friends and
relatives assembled together inside the monastery
premises where a short felicitation programme was
held. Fr Prakash D’ Cunha compeered the programme.
Fr Pius James D’ Souza, Superior of the Monastery
welcomed the gathering.
The Inter-Provincial Conference of India (IPCI) has
organized two weeks of pastoral course for the newly
ordained priests and the deacons at Dhyanavana,
Mysore from March 23 to April 5, 2014. The formal
inauguration of the course was held on March 24,
2014 at 7-00pm with the Holy Eucharist presided over
by Rev Fr Archibald Gonsalves, President of IPCI and
the Provincial of K.G. Province. Fr Silvestre D’
Souza, Provincial Councilor shared his thought
provoking reflections on the readings of the day and
invited the participants to make the best use of the
given opportunity.
Mumbai, Mar 22: For the second time St Joseph Church
and Deanery Parishes organized a walking pilgrimage
from Mira road to Uttan shrine. More than 7000
pilgrims from all the Deanary parishes participated
in this mega walking event. The procession began at
St Joseph Church by prayer service by Bhayandar
Deanery Dean Fr. Anselm G. & Fr Dominic Vas after
the first station of the cross pilgrims began their
journey by procession singing hymns, reciting
prayers and devotionally participating in the way of
the cross.
The meeting of the Communication Secretaries was
held on Friday March 21, 2014 at Sadbhavana,
Carmelite Provincialate, Bangalore. The gathering
commenced at 9:30 am through a prayer service led by
Fr Archibald Gonsalves, Provincial of K.G. Province
and President of IPCI. Later he welcomed all the six
participants from different Provinces. They are Fr.
Prasad from Manjumel, Fr. Vincent Dominic from Tamil
Nadu, Fr. Joseph Chalichirayil from Malabar, Fr.
Jose from Delhi, Frs. Stephen Pereira and Deepak K.J
Thomas from K.G.Province.
Karnataka Goa Province has a reason to celebrate and
rejoice on the solemnity of St Joseph as the
Carmelite Monastery at Margao completed its seventy
five years (Platinum Jubilee). To mark this event on
March 19, 2014 a thanksgiving Eucharistic
Celebration was organized at the monastery chapel at
5-00 pm. Most Rev Filipe Neri Ferrao,
Archbishop-Patriarch of Goa presided over the mass
along with other forty concelebrants. In his homily,
the archbishop highlighted the virtues of St Joseph
and appealed to the faithful to show concern and
love towards others in our families, neighborhood
and at the work place.
Kalvarir Rajisandaan - a book containing reflections
on the Way of the Cross was released on 12th March,
2014 by Rev. Fr. Pius James D’Souza, Carmelite, the
Episcopal Vicar for Religious, Diocese of Mangalore
at Infant Jesus Shrine, Bikarnakatte - Mangalore.
Young poet and writer, Br. Joseph Cyril D’Souza, a
Carmelite theology seminarian, known by his pen-name
‘Jocy Siddakatte’ has penned three sets of
reflections on the Way of the Cross which is a
Christian penitential practice of the season of
Lent. Since this year is the Year of Reconciliation
in the diocese of Mangalore, this book contains
reflections centred on the theme of Reconciliation.
A good number of Carmelite friars along with the
faithful of the Gorwa parish and some parishioners
from Mira Road, Mumbai, assembled at the new
property of the Carmelites in Gorwa, Vadodara on
March 1, 2014. Frs. Melwin Rosario and Sunil Monis
organized the prayer service near the construction
site. First of all the Carmelite friars were
welcomed in traditional Gujarati style. Later Fr.
Archibald Gonsalves, Provincial superior led the
prayer and blessed the foundation of the new church
and monastery. The new Church will be dedicated to
the Infant Jesus and the Monastery will be placed
under the protection of the Little Flower. After the
blessing Fr. Melwin Rosario (Superior) acknowledged
the financial support of all the donors, and
especially the Mira Road parishioners. He also
thanked all those who made it to this ceremony.
March 1, 2014 was a memorable day for the Discalced
Carmelites of the Karnataka-Goa Province as the
first two deacons from Gujarat, namely Kaushik
Parmar and Daniel Christian were raised to the Order
of Priesthood. Though this territory was assigned to
us in 1981, we could set our feet in this state only
in 2004 and had to wait another decade for the first
fruits! The ordination ceremony was held at St.
Mary’s Church, Nadiad, Gujarat at 4-00pm. Most Rev.
Dr. Godfrey Rozario, SJ Bishop of Baroda Diocese – a
good friend of the Carmelites, was the ordaining
minister.
Mira Road: Feb.27th 2014 was indeed an auspicious day for the Carmelites
of Karnataka Goa Province and for St. Joseph’s Church, Mira Road. On
this gracious day the son of the soil, Deacon Nitesh Rodrigues was
raised to the Order of Priesthood by his Excellency Most Rev. John
Rodrigues, the Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay. Fr.Nithesh haild from Rajodi,
Vasai diocese (second Carmelite Vocation from the Diocese). The bishop
in his homily highlighted the duties and responsibilities of the priest
and invited the faithful to pray for priests and also to pray for
vocations in the vineyard of the Lord. About 40 priests concelebrated at
the Eucharistic banquet and a large number of faithful took part in the
Liturgy with greatest devotion. Fr. Ivan D’souza animated the Liturgy.
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The young priests of the Karnataka Goa Province
gathered together for the yearly meeting at Anubhav,
Mira Road from February 03 to 07, 2014. There were
25 participants together with Br. Malvino who was a
young religious. The meeting commenced with the
inaugural mass celebrated by Fr. Dominic Vas,
Provincial Councilor for Spirituality who
highlighted the various qualities of leadership and
how the youngsters’ have to imbibe these qualities
in their diverse ministries as religious and
priests. Frs. Dominic Vas, Michael Shenoy – Superior
of Anubhav community and other representatives among
the young priests lighted the lamp and thus formally
inaugurated the meet.
One Day workshop on Interpersonal Relationships for
teachers was organized by the Emmaus counseling
Centre, Mapusa, on 12th February, 2014. It received
participation from a total of 27 teachers. The
resource persons for the day Ms. Merlyn Fernandes,
Counsellor and Ms. Tina D’Cunha, Assistant
Professor, St. Xavier’s College, Mapusa, delivered
interactive sessions on Transactional Analysis,
Emotional Intelligence and Interpersonal
Relationships between teachers and students. The
highlight of all the sessions was that as educators,
every teacher works tirelessly to prepare every
child for the future and works towards increasing
the students’ potential to face the world.
Feb.7th-9th: Mira Road: With the theme ‘The Kingdom
of God is at hand’, Fr Augustine Vallooran,
director, Divine Retreat Centre, Potta and his team
preached three days retreat at St. Joseph Church
grounds, Mira Road. More than 8,000 people from
different parishes participated in the retreat to
praise the Lord and feel his presence. Fr Augustine
Vallooran and his team led the faithful with praise,
thanksgiving, sharing and adoration.
January 26, 2014 Sunday, the devotees of Infant
Jesus came together in Sadbhavana to celebrate the
annual feast of Infant Jesus. The festal mass
commenced at 10.30am presided over by Rev. Fr
Archibald Gonsalves, Provincial Superior along with
other twelve Carmelite priests and three diocesan
priests from St Peter’s Pontifical Seminary. Fr
Provincial in his homily highlighted the various
aspects of prayer and invited all to take the
example of St Teresa of Avila who is the teacher in
the Catholic Church in the field of prayer.
January 21, 2014 Tuesday, the community of
Hegdenagar celebrated the ruby jubilee of the
Ordination of Fr Joseph D’ Souza at Geddalahalli,
Bangalore. The celebration was attended by good
number of Carmelites, neighbouring religious sisters
and the friends of the Carmel Welfare Centre. The
Thanksgiving Eucharist was presided over by the
Jubilarian along with twenty Carmelites including
the parish priest Fr Jerome. Fr Pius James D’ Souza
preached an inspiring homily quoting Pope Francis
highlighted the qualities like Simple, Joyful,
Peaceful and connected the same to the life of Fr
Joseph D’ Souza. After the mass a short felicitation
programme was held. Fr Jacob C. welcomed the
gathering and Fr Deepak Thomas compeered the
programme.
January 18, 2014 Saturday, on this gracious day
Deacon Cannio Remedio Cardozo, OCD was raised to the
Order of Priesthood by his Excellency Most Rev.
Anthony Alwyn Fernandes Barreto, Bishop of
Sindhudrug. The Ordination ceremony was held at Our
Lady of Candelaria Church, Camurlim, Salcette, Goa
at 10.00 am. The Holy Eucharist was attended by more
than fifty five priests and large number of
faithful. The bishop in his homily highlighted the
duties and responsibilities of the priest and
invited the faithful to pray for priests and also to
pray for vocations in the vineyard of the Lord.
On January 15, 2013 Wednesday the blessing of the
renovated cemetery at Carmel Hill, Mangalore was
held after the morning Eucharistic celebration. Rev.
Fr Archibald Gonsalves, Provincial Superior
conducted the prayer service and blessed the
renovated cemetery along with other Carmelite
fathers, brothers and faithful of the vicinity. Fr
Gregory D’ Souza who took keen interest in restoring
the cemetery welcomed the gathering and proposed the
vote of thanks. Finally Fr Provincial appreciated
and congratulated the hard work of Fr Gregory D’
Souza and the members of Carmel Hill Community.
The annual feast of Infant Jesus was celebrated on
January 14 at the shrine at Carmel Hill, with deep
devotion and fervor, and brought about a lot of
spiritual nourishment in the hearts of many
devotees. The theme was “Prayer – the Core of
Christian Life” and was chosen in preparation for
the 5th Birth Centenary of St. Teresa of Avila, a
Carmelite mystic and teacher of the way of prayer.
The preachers for the novena days, well-versed in
the Teresian doctrine on prayer, gradually developed
this theme during the novena days by reflecting on
various sub-themes each day. During these days,
there were also special prayers offered for various
intentions. There were 7 masses on each of these
days.
The lively and dynamic St Joseph Church Celebrated
the Infant Jesus feast and conducted an
Inter-Religious Dialogue session, on Sunday, January
12th at 6.30 pm on St Joseph Church Grounds.
Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay Most Rev. Dr Dominic
Savio Fernandes presided over the solemn festal
Eucharistic celebration along with other six
Priests. Soon after the mass the Inter-religious
dialogue commenced with a prayer dance led by Parish
youth. Bishop Dominic Savio, presided over the event
with various speakers from across the religious
spectrum.
27th December 2013 was a memorable day for the
Karnataka Goa Province members in Italy, as we had
the solemn ground breaking Christmas gathering at
our house at Avane in Empoli. It was a shiny day
after days of incessant rains throughout the
Christmas days. Good many friars made it a point to
attend the venue quite in advance and spend time
sharing the joys and sorrows. Fr. Donath and his
community offered warmest welcome to all confriars
with impeccable preparations and delicious flavours
and savours in food. 
WWell begun is half done! The Canadian Carmelites of
the Karnataka-Goa Province (India) under the
leadership of Fr. Rudolf V. D’Souza have taken
another bold leap. The ground breaking ceremony of
LITTLE FLOWER Formation House at Fraser Valley,
North Deroche Road 10789 was held on 27th December
2013, the Birthday of our generous and benevolent
benefactor Helen Chua Tiampo. Though the day began
with incessant rains making it difficult for the
invitees to reach the destination on time;
providentially it all subsided when the ceremony
began. 
We the Canadian Carmelites of the Karnataka Goa
Province (India) are launching the construction of
our LITTLE FLOWER Formation House at Fraser Valley,
North Deroche Road 10789 on 27th December 2013 at 12
noon, the Birthday of our Benefactor Helen Chua
Tiampo. We will have approximately 50 people for the
ground breaking ceremony. We have obtained all
permissions from the Fraser Valley Development
Authority, the Architects Final Drawings of the
building; landscaping and Car Parking Facilities are
in place. 
The Four days Mega Christmas Carol Carnival was
organized by St. Joseph Church, Mira Road under the
leadership of Small Christian Communities on 14th to
17th December, 2013. The carnival was blessed by
Rev. Fr Dominic Vas, Parish Priest of St. Joseph
Church and inaugurated by Fr Ivan D' Souza & Mr.
Clifford Faria. Since the theme of this year was
"Joy in the Family-Joy to the World" the purpose of
this Carnival was to spread peace and religious
harmony and to create awareness of Family Values
said Fr Dominic before beginning the Carol Carnival.
Carmel Day was staged on the Dec. 14, 2013. This annual event had a
special significance this year as it was the ‘Silver Carmel Day’, i.e.
the silver jubilee of this celebration. The programme was presided over
by Rev. Fr. Archiebald Gonsalves OCD, Provincial. Mr. C. G. Pinto,
General Manager, Corporation Bank, was the Chief Guest, and the
Guest-of-honour was Mrs. Hilda Goveas, AAO, Police Commissioner’s
Office, Mangalore. The programme began at 6 pm with a prayer dance,
following which the Superior of the Monastery, Rev. Fr. Pius James
D’Souza welcomed the gathering. The audience was then entertained with a
dance, after which the Chief Guest, Mr C.G. Pinto gave his message.8 
First Kittal Yuva Puraskar winner, Jocy Siddakatte’s third book title
d U
TURN was released on 14th Dec at St. Joseph’s Monastery by Mrs. Hild
Goveas, AAO, Police Commissioner’s Office, Manglore on the occasioin of
the FIFTH year celebration of Naman ballok Jesu - Konkani Monthly. This
contains a collection of inspiring thoughts written Jocy which featured
as a regular column in the well-known magazine of the Carmelites, Naman
Ballok Jesu, of which Fr. Steven Pereira is the Chief Editor. This is
Br. Jocy’s third book, after Pausa
Dhonu and Moran Sandlelim Pakam.
Speaking on the occasion Wilma Bantwal, a young writer in Konkani and
winner of Kittall Yuva Puraskar 2013 said, “Through U TURN, Jocy has
paved a way for a new genre of writing in Konkani litereature. U TURN
contains neither, poetry nor prose. Hence it is a new mode of writing
which exists in Kannada but not in Konakni. It’s a well meditated prose
and an extended poetry.” She continued, “I had known Jocy as a poet. But
I come to know him as a well-seasoned philosopher and a mature
dramatist.” 8 
December 14, 2013 on the solemnity of St. John of
the Cross, the Karnataka Goa Province has a reason
to rejoice and celebrate as nine young men make
their commitment to the Lord through the religious
profession. Fr. Archibald Gonsalves officiated over
the Eucharistic celebration along with other 30
concelebrants and invited the youngsters to walk the
path of perfection according to the teachings of St.
John of the cross. The novices through their
melodious singing raised the heart and mind of the
faithful to God.
Huvina Hadagalli, 11th November, 2013, on the
occasion of children’s day, Carmel Jyothi public
charitable trust and Mount Carmel school conducted
the drawing competition for the Huvina Hadagali
taluk children. The programme was inaugurated by Fr.
Rajesh D’ Souza, director of Carmel Jyothi public
charitable trust by lighting the lamp. BRC Mr.
Basavaraj was the guest of honour.
Huvina Hadagali, 13th November 2013, Carmel Jyothi
Public Charitable Trust and the district child
protection, Bellary, distributed the demand draft to
the poor school going children. Carmel Jyothi Public
Charitable Trust had started child labour
residential school with the purpose of collecting
the child labour children and to educate them in our
residential school and seeing their intellectual
capacity send them to the school.
Huvinahadagali, 28th of October, 2013, Monday,
Carmel Jyothi public charitable trust and AITUC
Hadagali conducted the get together of the working
women of Hadagali taluk. Working women gathering
included the Anganavadi women, Devadasi women, Asha
workers, and Bisiyuta women. Around 300 working
women were present for the gathering. Mr. K.S.
Janardan inaugurated the gathering.
St.
Xavier’s College, Mapusa represented by Ms. Aileen
Almeida and Ms. Joanita Lobo excels in ‘The Power of
Expression’ an Intercollegiate competition through
the medium of Power Point presentations organized by
the Emmaus Counseling Centre of the Carmelite
Fathers, Mapusa . They made their presentation on
the topic: Identity: An adolescent concern--- The
second place was bagged by Ms. Megan Fernandes and
Ms Nayantara Almeida of Carmel College for Women,
Nuvem. 
The Annual Parish Feast of St. Joseph Church, Mira
Road known as the 'Family Feast’ was celebrated in a
befitting manner on Sunday Dec.1st at 5 p.m. on the
Church premises. In view of a worthy preparation for
the feast, nine days novenas were held on the
various themes focusing on promoting Christian
values in our families”. The theme "Family” was
Chosen for the festal Mass. Episcopal Vicar of
Bhayander Deanery Fr. Barthole M. presided over the
festal mass. 
Multiple celebrations were held at the parish of St.
Joseph's Actonville, South Africa on the first
Sunday of Advent on December 1, 2013. Though the
year of faith concluded on 24th of November the
concluding ceremony was held on December 1st. First
of all the two parish communities jointly organized
the conclusion of the Year of Faith. Creative and
meaningful liturgy added colour to the celebration. 
“In
the Liturgical Year A in the Catholic Church’s
lectionary of Scripture readings for Mass, the
Gospel passage almost every Sunday is taken from St.
Matthew. In the New Testament we meet St. Matthew
only indirectly through the Gospel that bears his
name. Matthew’s Gospel is one of the longest books
in the New Testament and has exercised great
influence in Christian life over the centuries. It
has even been called the most important book ever
written. Fr. Rudolf has already published Homilies
for Cycle B and C and now with this publication the
Cycle becomes complete. Though there are a number of
books published to assist Catholic Preachers, the
compendium of Fr. Rudolf is one of its kind, a
treasure to be stored in the book shelf of every
preacher.”: Rev. Dr. Archibald Gonsalves, OCD,
President: IPCI; Provincial: Karnataka Goa Province.
Historically CRI was the initiative of Pope Pius XII
who called a Congress of Religious in Rome in 1950
and recommended setting of National Conferences of
Religious. The first meeting of Indian Religious was
at Delhi in 1962. In 1963 the Holy See formally
erected CRI by approving its Statutes. The Golden
Jubilee Celebration of this event was solemnized
from 7-9 November 2013 in Guwahati, aptly dubbed as
the Gateway to the Northeast. The event was attended
by nearly 500 Major Superiors, besides, several
other delegates and religious from around India.
The Karnataka-Goa Province has another Priest! The
place was Our Lady of Hope, Chinchinim, Salcette-Goa.
The day was 11th October, 2013, and the person at
the centre of it all was Deacon Mark Peter Furtado.
He had landed in Goa a couple of months ago, after
completing his theological studies in Teresianum,
Rome.
Most Rev. Filipe Neri Ferrão, the
Archbishop-Patriarch of Goa and Daman conferred the
Sacrament of Holy Orders during the Eucharisitic
celebration concelebrated by around 80 Priests in a
Church packed to capacity.
The maiden attempt to bring together our seminarians
from different stages of formation was a land mark
in the history of the Karnataka-Goa Province. The
planning had begun in February 2013 with a little
seed sown by the Provincial. The Formators along
with the Provincial Councillor in-charge of
formation, formed a core-committee pooling in their
ideas and resources. By August 2013, the four groups
(Mt. Carmel, Avila, Duruelo and Lisieux,) were
formed by diving all the formees from each stage of
formation (EXCLUDING THE NOVICES).
It was the First Friday and First Saturday of the
month and a perfect weekend to hold the OCDS
Spiritual Renewal Conference and the Ceremonies of
the Lower Mainland OCDS Communities which was held
at St. Edmund’s Parish, North Vancouver, B.C.
Indeed, great blessings and graces poured down from
heaven on members of the Secular Order of Discalced
Carmelites, Western Canada as they gathered on
October 4 and 5, 2013. Approximately fifty ocds
members together with a few family and friends
participated.
Miraroad: Senior Citizen's Day was celebrated in the
Community Hall at St. Joseph Church, Mira Road on
Sunday Oct. 13th. The program began with the
Eucharistic Celebration. Rev. Fr. Ivan D'souza
celebrated the solemn mass at 9.30am. Fr. Dominic
Vas preached an inspiring homily. Soon after the
mass a renowned Speaker Mr. Goshal gave a talk on
Health Tips. It was really an enriching and
meaningful insight to the Senior Citizens. The
cultural program began with a prayer song. Later SCC
members entertained the crowd with dance and songs.
Senior citizens also shook their hips to peppy filmy
numbers. This was followed by spot prizes conducted
by the SCC animators.
10th October 2013, Thursday. Carmel Jyothi public
charitable trust and the taluk advocates association
Hadagali conducted world mental health day. The
whole program was conducted in the campus of Carmel
Seva Sadan. Mr. C.K.M. Basavalinga Swamy, president
of the lawyers association Hadagali, was the
president. Mr. Jagdish G. Bisirotti , Public
Prosecutor of Hadagali taluk, Mr. A.B. Vijay Kumar,
Thasildar of Hadagali taluk, Fr. Rajesh D’Souza,
director of Carmel Jyothi public charitable trust,
Sr. Ida, ASMI and Sr. Dr. Shilba ASMI were the guest
of honor.
13th October 2013, Sunday, Huvina Hadagali, Carmel
Jyothi Public Charitable Trust conducted Ayuda Pooje.
On the occasion of Ayuda Pooje all the vehicles of
Carmel motor driving school. Carmel Seva Sadan,
Carmel Jyothi Public Charitable Trust and Mount
Carmel school were blessed. At the same time the
computer systems, tailoring machines, impliments of
Carmel automobile training centre and the impliments
of Carmel welding training centre were blessed.
30th September 2013, Monday, Carmel Jyothi Public
Charitable Trust conducted one day work shop on the
child labor to the Anganavadi workers. Mr. Vijay
Kumar, Thasildar of Huvina Hadagali taluk was the
president of the program. Mr. Mohanesh, officer of
child labor project Bellary district was the chief
guest. Mr. Eshwaraiah, field officer of child labor
project Bellary district, Fr. Rajesh D’Souza,
director of Carmel Jyothi child labor school and Mr.
Ravi Kumar, labor inspector, Hadagali were the guest
of honor. Around 30 anganavadi workers participated
in the work shop.
St.
Thomas More parish is one of the mega parishes in
the diocese of Calgary, Alberta, Canada whose
pastoral care is taken by the Carmelites. The parish
has a great number of volunteers helping the parish
in different ministries. As usual every year the
parish office hosts a dinner to appreciate these
parishioners who render their voluntary service.
This year the appreciation dinner was held on 11th
of October 2013 in the church hall and around 225
volunteers attended the function.
Guardian Angels Church feast was celebrated on 5th
October after 4 pm mass. The celebration was held in
the Millennium Hall of the parish. Fr. Rudolf V.
D'Souza felicitated all the volunteers and
benefactors of the Church with a flower bouquet
each. A sumptuous dinner was served and Fr. Boniface
D'Souza graced the meal with a spontaneous prayer.
That was 64th Birthday of the Church. We thank the
parishioners for making this occasion memorable.
An additional Block of the Retreat Centre and a new
chapel was inaugurated and blessed at Ryshivana,
Institute of Indian Christian Spirituality and
centre for Inner Silence and Contemplative Prayer on
3rd October 2013 at 5-30 pm. Rev. Fr. Dr. Archibald
Gonsalves, the Provincial of the Discalced Province
of Karnataka-Goa Province inaugurated the additional
block and Rt. Rev. Dr. Aloysius Paul D’Souza, Bishop
of Mangalore Blessed the New Chapel and presided
over the Eucharistic Celebrations.
The feast of our patroness, St. Therese of the Child
Jesus (Little Flower) and the 80th birthday of Rev.
Fr. Paul D’ Souza was celebrated on the 1st of
October, 2013 at Pushpashrama College of Philosophy,
Mysore. The Holy Eucharist was presided over by Rev.
Fr. Leslie Moras, Principal of St. Philomena’s
Degree and PG College, Mysore. He in his homily
highlighted the desire of little Therese to follow
Jesus in her life. Her sincere desire and love for
Jesus made her a powerful instrument in God’s
vineyard.
A
Seminar on the Book of Her Foundations was held on
the 22nd of September 2013 for the Carmelite Family
Mysore in Flos Carmeli Convent, Hale Kesare. Fr.
Wilfred Rodrigues was the resource person for the
whole day except for a little intervention by
another scholar Fr. Jeevan Tauro. As many as 80 to
85 members of various Carmelite congregations
participated and profited a lot from it. They were
divided into 8 equal groups for discussion on the
chapters they were allotted by the resource person
covering the whole book, which was later reported.
September 7, 2013 was a great day for the Canadian
Carmelites as two of the candidates to our region
entered the novitiate after their successful
Postulancy experience for 6 months. Bro. Josef
Giroux and Fr. Alfredo Pereira along with three
member of California province officially began their
novitiate with a solemn ceremony of vistition. Rev.
Fr. Mathew with a homily invited the members to pray
for them. Rev. Fr. Archibald R. Gonsalves received
the two members of our Province into Novitiate.
The Mangalorian Community in Vienna celebrated the
Nativity of Mother Mary (Monti Fest) on the 14th of
September. The festivity commenced at 4.30 p.m. with
the solemn Eucharistic celebration presided over by
Fr. Rathan Nicholas Almeida, OCD. In his homily, he
reminded the faithful that we all have to contribute
generously, try and reform our families so that they
reflect and demonstrate qualities, seen in the Holy
Family of Nazareth. The role of a mother in the
family was highlighted and certain awareness was
created as regards respect towards her.
A course on Interpersonal Relationships was
organized for the women religious (nuns) by the
Emmaus Counseling Centre, Mapusa, Goa from 10th –
13th September, 2013. This four day course attracted
participation from nuns belonging to various
congregations from communities in Goa and Pune. The
Inaugural programme to the course was held on 10th
September, 2013 at 9.30 a.m. 
The birthday of our Heavenly Mother Mary which is
popularly known as the Monthi fest was solemnized on
September 8, 2013 at Sadbhavana, Bangalore. The
celebration commenced at 7-45 am offering of the
flowers to Infant Mary by the little children
followed by the blessing of the new corn and
thereafter the solemn mass presided over by Fr.
Vinod Lobo along with other three priests namely
Frs. Jossey Rodrigues, Canute D’ Souza and Vijay D’
Costa.
The Feast of Sts. Ann and Joachim, grandparents of
Jesus, was celebrated on July 27,2013 at St.
Joseph’s Church Community hall from 6 pm - 8 pm by
the Para-liturgy Section (Stds I, II and III) of
Sunday School. This event was eagerly awaited by
parents, because, on this day they experience the
love, affection and gratitude from their little
innocent ones on the stage through a song and dance,
which helped them to sustain the balance throughout
364 days of the year.
July 27, 2013 was the greatest day in the
surrounding area of Hadagali. The formal
inauguration of the new block of the Mount Carmel
School was started with supreme earnestness. The
inaugural programme commenced at 11.00 am presided
over by Rev. Fr. Archibald Gonsavles, Provincial
Superior along with other eminent dignitaries. Fr.
Prakash Tauro, Principal welcome the gathering. Fr.
Archibald Gonslaves invoked the blessings of the
Almighty through a prayer service and lighted the
lamp and Mr. Nandhihalli Hallappa, Ex minister of
Hadagali cutting the ribbon inaugurated the new
block of the school building and appreciated the
works of Christians and in particular the Carmelites
in the vicinity of Hadagali. 
The feast of our Heavenly Mother, Our Lady of Mount
Carmel was solemnized on July 21, 2013 at
Sadbhavana, Bangalore. The members of Carmel Family
and the devotees of Mary gathered around the altar
of the Lord at 10.30 am. The solemn Eucharistic
celebration was presided over by Rev. Fr. Archibald
Gonsalves, Provincial Superior and concelebrated by
ten Carmelites of Bangalore and other places. Fr.
Deep Fernandes preached an inspiring homily
highlighting the qualities of Mary. 
Huvinahadagali, July 16, 2013 Tuesday, Carmel Bhavan,
Carmel Jyothi Charitable Trust, Carmel Seva Sadan
and Mount Carmel school together celebrated the
feast day of their patroness our Lady of Mount
Carmel. It was the day to thank our Lady for all the
blessings She had showered on our institutions.
Celebrations began with the solemn mass at 11.30.
a.m. Rev. Fr. Stany D’Souza, parish priest of
Harihar shrine and the Dean of Deanery was the main
celebrant, and preached an inspiring homily.
The Solemnity of Our Lady of Mount Carmel was
celebrated with pomp and gaiety on 15th July at 7 pm
in Guardian Angels Church - Vancouver. Bishop Gary
Gordon of White Horse Diocese was the main
celebrant. He invited people to celebrate this feast
as members of the God's Garden of Carmel, with great
devotion to Mother Mary, devotion to Holy Scapular
and imitating her virtues of humility, obedience and
contemplation.
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The Daughters and Sons of our Lady of Mount Carmel
in the Mysore region celebrated the Solemnity on
Sunday, 14th of July. In all 131 Carmelites came
together under the banner of “Carmelite Family of
Mysore” for the Holy Eucharist presided over by Dr.
Fr. Clifford D’Souza OCD along with 11
concelebrants, at the Cloistered Carmel and for the
get- together at Dhyana Sadhana in Bogadi. Welcoming
the new members, praying for the departed, family
recreation, planning the seminar on St. Teresa,
fixing the date for the next year’s celebration of
the feast, family meal etc. marked the celebration
that strengthened the family ties and Marian bonds
that bring us together year after year. 
20 rooms self contained, suite size (350 sqft); with
the intention of multi purpose
Our Fathers reached Cape Town a year ago.
This year for the first time in the Regina Caeli
Parish, our friars celebrated the feast of our Lady
of Mount Carmel on July 4, 2013. Parishioners from
the neighbouring parishes participated. His Grace
Archbishop Emeritus Lawrence Henry was the main
celebrant and the three Carmelite fathers
con-celebrated at the festive mass. We appreciate
the efforts of Fr Victor Fernandes (parish priest)
to spread the Carmelite devotions in Cape Town.
It’s a year since Fr. Vijay Kumar landed in Peru, to
offer his services in the region, at the request of
Rev. Fr. Angel Zapata, the Commissar. There are 28
members in Commissariat and the older ones are
mostly from Navarra, Spain. Of the 8 monasteries,
one is a formation house for Philosophy students and
the other minor stages of formation and another, a
Centre of Spirituality. On his arrival, Fr. Vijay
stayed for three weeks in the Philosophy Seminary
and attended a crash course in Spanish. Later he was
sent to the Parish of San Jose, Jesus, Maria, Lima,
which is the first and the biggest community of the
Carmelites in the country. 
The annual meet of the Formators and the Superiors
of Formation houses was held at Sadbhavana,
Bangalore from 2-3 July, 2013. It began with a
prayer service conducted by Fr. Sunil Rodrigues.
There were input sessions in the morning of the
first day by Rev. (Dr) James Kannanthanam, cmf
(Provincial of the Claretians) on ‘Appreciative
Inquiry’. He showed how it could be applied in the
formation of our seminarians, and proved its various
benefits. At the end of his sessions, the
participants were given an opportunity to raise
questions and clarify their doubts. 
June 29th Saturday 2013, Huvina Hadagali, Carmel
Jyothi charitable trust and Kannada Sahitya
Sammelana Huvinahadagali jointly conducted the
felicitation function to the students who secured
highest marks in Kannada in SSLC examination. The
programme was organized in the campus of Carmel Seva
Sadan. Mr. P. T. Parameshwar Naik, Honorable
Minister for Labor, Karnataka state was the
president of the programme. He felicitated the
children who got 125 marks in Kannada and gave them
5000 rupees as the education scholarship. Around 45
children who scored above 100 marks were honored
with the title of Kannada Kuwara and Kuwari. 
As a self employment program, new tailoring center
was inaugurated at Hiremallana Kere, Hadagali on
15th June, 2013, by Carmel Jyothi NGO. Fr. Rajesh
D’Souza, Director of Carmel Jyothi Charitable Trust
blessed and inaugurated the tailoring center. Sr.
Ida and Sr. Joseena of Assisi Convent, Hadagali and
Mr.Shiva Ramappa, were the chief guests of the
program. Mr. Pakki Reddy, Mr. Mallikarjuna Dambula
heads of the village, Mrs. Vanjakyamma, Mrs,
Kotramma member of the Gram Panchyat, Mrs. Roopa,
tailoring teacher, and 50 men and women were
present. 
St. Aloysius Catholic Church celebrated its 60th
jubilee year as a Catholic Christian faith community
on Sunday, June 23. His Excellency Bishop Douglas
Crosby, Bishop of Hamilton celebrated the Mass,
along with Fr.Jerome Mascarenhas, parish priest, and
Fr.Vijay Martin, the associate priest. Bishop gave a
meaningful homily highlighting the past and present
with the sense of gratitude and enthusiasm, and gave
a call to go to the future with confidence. The
community came together and put on a stunning
celebration. 
The inauguration of the nine months diploma course
at Dhyanavana, International Institute of
Spirituality was held on June 29, 2013, the
Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul. The new academic
year was inaugurated by the traditional lighting of
the lamp. Rev. Fr. Archibald Gonsalves, Provincial
Superior presided over the Eucharistic celebration
along with nine other concelebrants. During the
homily, he invited the participants to focus their
life on the person of Christ and make their life
Christo-centric. He highlighted the contemplative
and apostolic dimensions of Sts. Peter and Paul and
invited the sisters to embrace the person of Christ
through contemplation and action. 
Avila Jyothi, the Carmelite Seminary at Mapusa, Goa,
welcomed 21 young boys on 8th June, 2013. There was
a solemn concelebrated Mass on the following day
along with the people, presided over by Fr.
Silvestre D’Souza OCD , Provincial Councillor
in-charge of formation along with all the friars of
the community and Fr Joachim Rodrigues OCD, the
regional vocation promoter for Mangalore. The new
aspirants entered in procession at the beginning of
the Mass and were introduced by Fr. Ajith Rodrigues
OCD, the director, at the end of the celebration.
Fr. Archibald Gonsalves, the Provincial Superior,
air-dashed from Hyderabad - where he participated in
the blessing of a Shrine built by the Carmelite
Fathers - so that he could be present in the evening
and address the boys. 
“We have a treasure in clay jars” said Fr. Archibald
Gonsalves OCD, Provincial, quoting St. Paul (2 Cor
4:7) as he addressed the 16 postulants who have
decided to embrace religious life in Carmel. The
inaugural function was held during the Vespers, on
10th June, 2013, along with the community of the
Carmelite Monastery, Margao, Goa, which will become
their abode for the next 6 month, till they enter
the novitiate. After offering a brief reflection,
Fr. Provincial lighted the lamp, as a hymn invoking
the assistance of the Holt Spirit was sung. Each
Postulant was then called forward and handed over a
personal copy of the ‘Life of St. Teresa’. 
The new unit of Lar de Sta Teresinha a home for the
little ones was inaugurated on 10 June at 3.30 P.M.
by V. Rev. Fr. Archibald Gonsalves, Provincial, the
Plaque was unveiled by Fr. Alvito Fernandes, and the
edifice with a beautiful chapel was blessed by His
Beatitude, Archbishop Philip Neri Ferrao. During the
homily and the reception thereafter, Archbishop
appreciated the good work of the Carmelites and he
expressed his special thanks to Fr. Alvito for his
selfless service. Fr. Provincial then thanked Fr.
Anthony D’Souza and Fr. Joseph D’Souza for
overseeing the last stage of the construction work.
The construction of the Shrine was started by Fr.
Guilbert in the year 1990 and completed in 2013. The
structure looks gorgeous; the interiors of the
church remind us of Roman architecture with Baroque
details. With 8 Bishops from Andhra, over 100
priests, 300 nuns and thousands of devotees, it was
a scintillating experience. The IPCI meet was
relocated to coincide with the Blessing of the new
Marian Shrine at Palvoncha. All the seven
Provincials and the three Regional Vicars were
present. 
Fr. Provincial’s trip to Austria to visit Fr. Rathan
and Fr. Jason became memorable when he dashed to
Linz to spend an evening with Mrs. Anna, our
benefactor. Fr. Rathan, the expert Schaeffer
commuted the journey between the two Austrian cities
in a record time of just over two hours! The candle
light dinner at the Kloster Restaurant was
fantastic. For Anna every detail of our Province is
ever fresh, ever new along with the memory of Fr.
Thomas Baretto! She has conveyed her love and good
wishes to all!