top of page
Search

News from Carmel at Haifa

News comes from the Carmelite Sisters at Haifa - which is on Mount Carmel. They tell us that the Northern part of Israel, where they are, is quiet at the moment. Some of them are veterans of past wars and they have longstanding arrangements for emergencies. Each sister knows what her role is if an alarm sounds. They have some rooms available in emergency for local families. A reminder that tensions are endemic in this part of the world.

 
 
 

Recent Posts

See All
Carmelite vicissitudes

Sometimes in search of inspiration for the day’s blog I like to search the net by combining the name of the saint of the day with the words ‘Carmel’ or ‘Carmelites’.  Today’s saint is the Frenchman St

 
 
 
The mystery of Carmelite formation

Carmelite Formation has been somewhat on my mind of late.  ‘What exactly is it?’ asked a member of a new group recently.  The truth is that approaches to formation vary considerably.  I am aware that

 
 
 
The Carmelite treasury of saints

Another Carmelite Prelate is celebrated by the Church today.  After St Peter Thomas yesterday we have St Andrew Corsini (1302-1373/4).  After a Frenchman, an Italian who was actually a contemporary of

 
 
 

Comments

bottom of page