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. Tapovana was luring the invites with its clean and green, calm and cool ambience. The unique and tiny chapel was brimming over with more than 200 people who joyfully witnessed the graceful novices marching in procession with more than 40 priests concelebrating at the Solemn Mass.

When many a Religious Orders and Congregations grapple with dwindling vocations, the ingress of these 13 young Carmelites to the Order in this Centenary Year of our Holy Mother – St. Teresa and the Year of the Consecrated Life not only brings us real joy but gives us the solid reason to thank and praise the Lord of the Harvest.

On the previous day an equal number of postulants were inducted into the novitiate. One of them belongs to the Tamil Nadu Province. Viva Carmel!