In his seventy-two years of life, St. Raphael was a teacher, engineer, prisoner of war, royal tutor, and a  Discalced Carmelite friar and priest.  Jozef was born to a noble family on September 1, 1835 in Vilnuis, Lithuania, which was inside the Russian partition of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. In 1853 he enlisted in the Russian Imperial Army and entered an engineering academy. From 1858 to 1860 he worked as an army engineer. Jozef also became ...

Commemoration of All Carmelite Souls The Roman Missal prays, “In [Jesus] the hope of blessed resurrection has dawned, that those saddened by the certainty of dying, might be consoled by the promise of immortality to come.  Indeed, for your faithful, Lord, life is changed not ended, and, when this earthly dwelling turns to dust, an eternal dwelling is made ready for them in heaven.” (Preface I for the Dead)  Join the Carmelites in union with the ...

Father Craig Morrison, O.Carm., has been named Dean of Near Eastern Studies at the Biblicum. Father Craig is the first non-Jesuit dean in the 110-year history of the Institute. The new dean, Father Craig, gave the homily at Biblicum’s opening Mass on October 8, 2020, to begin this academic year. Click here for the English text of Fr. Craig’s homily Father Craig Morrison, O.Carm., is originally from Niagara Falls, Ontario.  He is a graduate of the Pontifical Biblical ...

NUNO ÁLVARES PEREIRA was born in Portugal on 24th June 1360, most probably at Cernache do Bomjardin, illegitimate son of Brother Álvaro Gonçalves Pereira, Hospitalier Knight of St. John of Jerusalem and prior of Crato and Donna Iria Gonçalves do Carvalhal. About a year after his birth, the child was legitimized by royal decree and so was able to receive a knightly education typical of the offspring of the noble families of the time. At ...