News Archive
Saturday, 15 July 2017 17:36
Feast Day Greetings!
Sunday 16 July is the Solemnity of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. We join the whole Carmelite Family throughout the world in celebrating Mary, our…
Saturday, 15 July 2017 16:54
Br Martinho makes Solemn Vows
Br Martinho Da Cruz Lemos made his Solemn Profession of Vows (life commitment) in the Carmelite Order today during Mass at the National Shrine of…
Thursday, 06 July 2017 17:20
From the Prior General for the Feast of Our Lady of Mt Carmel
Dear brothers and sisters of the Carmelite family,The feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel is approaching and, like every year, I want to send…
Thursday, 06 July 2017 16:46
Celebrating 50,000 Facebook followers!
Our Facebook page recently passed 50,000 followers! We have nearly 14,000 followers from Timor-Leste. 61% of our fans are male and most followers are between…
Thursday, 06 July 2017 11:21
Mothers' Mass & Novena of Prayer 2017
You are warmly invited to join us in celebrating the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel on Sunday 16 July at the National Shrine…
Friday, 30 June 2017 16:24
JPIC Newsletter for July
In July we join Indigenous First Nation Peoples to celebrate NAIDOC Week, reflecting on their gift to us. It is essential to show special care…
Sunday, 25 June 2017 16:07
Br Matthew renews his vows
Br Matthew Tonini renewed his vows as a Carmelite during Evening Prayer in the Carmelite community, Middle Park (VIC) on Thursday 22 June. Fr Paul…
Friday, 16 June 2017 14:02
Two Carmelites to be Ordained
With thanks to God the Carmelites of Australia & Timor-Leste announce that Brs Januario Pinto and Pedro Amaral will be ordained priests on 29 July…
Sunday, 11 June 2017 18:02
Carmelites tackle Trump on Paris Accord
June 18 marks the second anniversary of the release of Laudato Si’, On Care for Our Common Home. Leaders of all major religions stood shoulder…
Sunday, 11 June 2017 16:19
Rockhampton Priest makes Final Profession
Fr Ron Wallis, an ordained Anglican priest who has come to the Catholic Church under the Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross, made…
Sunday, 11 June 2017 15:55
Fatima Statue visits Zumalai
On the eve of the centenary of Our Lady’s appearances at Fatima the statue of Our Lady of Fatima visited Blessed Titus Brandsma boarding house…
Monday, 05 June 2017 10:21
Br Martinho to make Solemn Vows
With great joy the Carmelites of Australia & Timor-Leste announce that Br Martinho Da Cruz Lemos will make his Solemn Profession of Vows (life commitment)…
Saturday, 03 June 2017 18:22
World Environment Day Prayer
Join the Carmelite Family around the world in prayer and reflection for World Environment Day. Encouraged by Pope Francis, our CarmeliteNGO has developed prayer for…
Friday, 02 June 2017 12:48
JPIC Newsletter for June
Geologist Peter Clarke reflects on the destructive use of fossil fuels for energy, and the challenge of Laudato Si to turn to a more renewable…
Saturday, 27 May 2017 16:54
Carmel Contact - Latest issue
Welcome to the latest issue of our newsletter. Prayer & the gift of new lifeOld age is a vocationThe gift of education for children in…
Tuesday, 02 May 2017 14:32
JPIC Newsletter for May
In this issue Br Agedo Bento, OCarm reflects on the care of the eldely in the culture of Timor-Leste. We must reawaken our collective sense…
Thursday, 27 April 2017 16:08
Elijah gets a makeover!
The statue of the Prophet Elijah in front of our house in Hera, Timor-Leste, was given a makeover by our Carmelite students during the summer…
Thursday, 27 April 2017 12:48
East Timorese heroes of Australian wars
“In the great traditions of Australian war remembrance we remember all those Australian youngsters who died in the World Wars and since. What is often…
Sunday, 23 April 2017 17:40
ANZAC Day 25 April
Today Carmelite communities around Australia are celebrating ANZAC Day, commemorating the anniversary of the landing on Gallipoli in 1915, and in memory of all those…
Sunday, 09 April 2017 17:03
JPIC Newsletter for April
In this issue, Peter Thomas reflects on the lives of 'active contemplatives' like Thomas Merton, Dorothy Day, Martin Luther King and Tich Nhat Hanh and…
