Carmelite Missionaries : November 2023

Saturday, November 18

Fr. Founders day

The most special day in the life of our congregation is the feast of our Fr. Francisco Palau y Quer.

The day was celebrated with Holy Eucharistic service. An introduction was given briefing the life, struggle and perseverant passion of Fr. Founder Blessed Francisco Palau Y Quer. Rev. Fr. Manoj Sabastian the superior of the St. Teresa's monastery was the main Celebrant. 2 others OCD fathers concelebrated. Fr. Dominic Dung in the homely highlighted that as our founder we too should be firm in our vocation inspite of all the challenges and difficulty. One should be convinced of his/ her calling.

A special dinner was served for all the parishioners who participated in this celebration. The day passed living vividly in the spirit of our father. We were reminded of our charism and also of our belongings to the family of Carmel during the days of novena in preparation for the feast. It was heightened on 6 Nov on the day of commemoration of our martyr sisters. The celebration of the feast was the climax, thus inviting us to live our life with full satisfaction and love for our congregation.

Avila Nivas

Siana, Punjab

Wednesday, November 8

Grateful to Gods faithfulness

Triple celebrations OF GOD'S FAITHFULNESS

We the Community of St.John of the Cross, Dhandhuka, had Triple celebrations on 5^th November. The feast of 4 CM Martyrs, Feast of our Founder Bl. Francisco Palau and the Silver Jubilee of Sr.Bincy Jose, of her religious commitment.

His Excellency Bishop Rethna Swami, the bishop of Ahmedabad, along with other 21 priests, presided the Solemn Eucharistic celebration.

The presence of Sr.Philomenea Menezes, our Provincial, and councilors and so many Carmelite Missionary sisters and religious sisters of other congregations were present. Specially the family members, and many relatives of Sr.Bincy Jose, made the occasion indeed a blissful and magnificent one. She received Papal blessing during the Holy Eucharistic celebration. It was indeed celebrating the faithfulness of God.

Sr. Bincy Jose and Community

Dhanduka

ITINERARY

We the Carmelite Missionaries are founded by Fr. Francisco Palau, a Carmelite Priest from Spain in 1860. We are an international Congregation and thus we are present in forty countries all over the world. Our charism is to be sign of communion in the Church and in the world.

Our Congregation is present in India since 1954. It was the Indian Government invited the Spanish Sisters to work in the Leprosy hospital of Junagadh, Gujarat. With this humble beginning, today we are present in nine states: viz: Gujarat, Maharastra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa, Jharkhand, Kerala, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh. Our apostolate is varied, such as: education, health, social and pastoral work. In India very specially we focus on the education of the girl child and women empowerement through Self Help Groups in remote areas of our country.

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