A Call to the Heart of Carmel
In a recent interview, Fr. Desiderio García Martínez O.Carm, Prior General of the Carmelite Order, reflected deeply on his personal vocation story, the Carmelite charism, and the spiritual needs of today’s world.
Fr. Desiderio shared his humble beginnings as the son of Spanish migrants, born in Orange, France, and later raised in Onda, a town with a strong Carmelite heritage dating back to the 1400s. It was there that he met Fr. Rafael María López Melús O.Carm — his spiritual guide from the age of 11 until 45. “To know him was to know the Carmelite Order,” he recalled.
St Peter Thomas
On January 8 Carmelites celebrate the Feast of St Peter Thomas.
New Carmelite Calendar
The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments recently approved a new Carmelite Calendar for the Order. There are changes to the grade of various celebrations as well as their dates. In a number of cases some celebrations are now only observed in particular places rather than celebrated by the whole Order.
