Sunday, July 28, 2019

TOC Communities Celebrate the Feast Day of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel

Members of the Third Order of Carmelites and the Carmelite Confraternities all over the country celebrated the feast day of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in their own little way last July 16. Here is a look at some of the communities:

Flos Carmeli Community (Bacoor)


Imposition of the Brown Scapular to the parishioners after the mass.


Another imposition was held at the Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish in Queensrow.
Stella Maria Chapter of the Confraternity of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel (Batanes)



St. John the Baptist Community (Malolos, Bulacan)




St. Magdalen de Pazzi Community (Malolos, Bulacan)



Confraternity of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel (Malolos, Bulacan)



St. Catherine of Alexandria Community (Dumaguete)



Our Lady of the Pillar Community (Las Pinas)



St. Teresa Margaret Redi Community (Makati)



Mater Divinae Gratiae Community (San Marcelino, Manila)

At St. Vincent de Paul Parish in San Marcelino, Manila

Confraternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mt. Carmel (Tondo, Manila)
Top left: evening procession after the mass; Top center: members and family with Rev. Fr. Jorge Peligro, OAR;
Bottom left: members beside the statue of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel; Bottom center: members with Fr. Jorge
Mater Decor Carmeli Community (Pasig)

Imposition of the Brown Scapular to parishioners of the Holy Family Parish.


Mater Carmeli and St. Angelus of Sicily Communities (Tarlac)

Members of the Mater Carmeli and St. Angelus of Sicily Communities with Bishop Enrique Macaraeg and Fr. Charles Corpuz of Tarlac


We thank the communities who shared their photographs with us. May Our Good Lord and Our  Blessed Mother bless us all!


Sunday, July 21, 2019

New Canonical Foundation - Blessed Maria Sagrario of St. Aloysious Gonzaga TOC Community



CAUSA NOSTRAE LAETITIAE

The whole TOC community rejoices in the canonical erection of the Blessed Maria Sagrario of St. Aloysius Gonzaga Third Order of Carmelites Community at the Parish Church of San Luis Gonzaga, in San Luis, Pampanga last July 20. Formal rite was officiated by Fr. Gilbert Billena, OCarm.



The ceremony begins....

Fr. Gilbert performing the rite.



Carmelite members enjoy snacks after the rites.




We thank Our Lord and Our Blessed Mother in granting us grace for the establishment of the new community.

"Carmel is the mountain of flowers, and with full hands the children of Carmel have strewn these flowers over the earth." - Bl. Titus Brandsma

Sunday, July 14, 2019

Rites of Solemn Profession and Novitiate - San Fernando

Minor Basilica of Our Lady of Charity, Agoo, La Union


The whole TOC community rejoices at the recent solemn profession and novitiate that was conducted in the Diocese of San Fernando. Families and parishioners were present to witness the event.







Left: Carlo Emil Nieva Boado (Solemn Professed); Fr. Bal Ronato;
and Gerard Louiez Perez Mapalo I (Novice)




"Those who join the Carmelite Order are not lost to their near or dear ones, but have been won for them, because it is our vocation to intercede to God for everyone". - St. Teresa Benedicta


Thursday, July 11, 2019

SCHEDULE OF TOC RITES

Below is the schedule of rites for the following communities:

For July
July 6 - Pasig Rites (Parish of the Holy Family, Pasig)
July 14 - La Union Rites (Basilica of Our Lady of Charities)
July 20 - Canonical Establishment (Pampanga)
July 27 - Dumaguete Rites (Carmelite Monastery of Our Lady of Maravillas)

For August
Aug 21 - Makati and Pilar Rites (Our Lady of the Pillar Parish)

For September
Sep 29 - San Leonardo Rites (Carmelite Monastery of Our Lady of Nazareth)

For October
Oct 19 - Project 6 Rites (Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish, Project 6)


Tuesday, July 02, 2019

Invitation to the 27th Carmelite Family Day


All Carmelite communities are invited to attend the celebrations on 21 July at the Mater Carmeli School in Novaliches, Quezon City. I

In keeping with the Year of the Youth, this year's theme is dedicated to the youth, aptly titled: Carmelite Family: Journeying with the Youth as witnesses to the Resurrection

Let us all come and celebrate!

Saturday, June 01, 2019

New Canonical Foundation in Dipolog City

The canonical foundation of St. Teresa of Jesus TOC Community was formally established last May 25 at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary in Dipolog City.





Members of St. Teresa of Jesus TOC Community




Thursday, February 07, 2019

If You Build It, They Will Come

The oratory in its early construction stage
If one watched the 1989 movie "Field of Dreams" starred by Kevin Costner, one would have recalled the famous line said by the famous baseball player Shoeless Joe Jackson (played by Ray Liotta): "if you build it, he will come". And this may very well apply to our vision to construct a chapel just behind our beloved Flos Carmeli House of Prayer.

Construction is well underway for the oratory dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene de Pazzi and will house various holy relics. It will be the first oratory in the country to be dedicated to this illustrious Carmelite saint. Little by little, we are inching towards our realization of having a small chapel apart from the prayer house where retreatants can find a truly spiritual refuge.




Every post and wall erected is a testament of our love to God and devotion to Our Lady who never fails to provide for our personal needs and the needs of the whole TOC community. The oratory is nowhere far from completion, so it needs our help to keep it going until fruition.



Community members and interested parties can send their donations to the bank account details provided below:

Bank of the Philippine Islands
Account Name: Third Order of Carmelites-TOC Inc.
Peso Savings Account
Swift Code: BOPIPHMM
Account No.: 8633-0286-07

For other details, please call or text at 0916-239-7426.

If we pray for it, God will come; if we build it, they will come. 

 


Thursday, December 13, 2018

Our Lady of Guadalupe and the Carmelite Connection




Let us remember our Blessed Mother who, as the brightest Star of Heaven, shined forth her maternal love to her children through St. Juan Diego more than 4 centuries ago. Her mantle, bedecked with the stars, illumine the dark sky of our soul—the soul that St. John of the Cross aptly describes as undergoing a dark night. 

She is in fact, the Morning Star. She is the "Woman clothed with the sun" in the Revelation who had on her head a crown of 12 stars (Revelation 12:1). Among Carmelites, she is the Star of the Sea (Stella Maris). The star is also among the symbols used in our Carmelite coat-of-arms.


The miracle of her eyes, magnified 2,500 times

The miracle of her eyes which imprinted the figure of St. Juan Diego, Bishop Zumarraga and witnesses send the message of her loving gaze to all her children as we go through life, assuring us that she will always help us and lead us to her Son Jesus.

And finally, the universality of the words of our dear Blessed Mother to St. Juan Diego:

"Listen, put it into your heart, my youngest and dearest son, that the thing that disturbs you, the thing that afflicts you, is nothing. Do not let your countenance, your heart be disturbed. Do not fear this sickness of your uncle or any other sickness, nor anything that is sharp or hurtful. Am I not here, I, who am your Mother? Are you not under my shadow and protection? Am I not the source of your joy? Are you not in the hollow of my mantle, in the crossing of my arms? Do you need anything more? Let nothing else worry you, disturb you. Do not let your uncle's illness worry you, because he will not die now. You may be certain that he is already well."