The Carmelite Province of the Most Pure Heart of Mary has elected new provincial leadership for the next three years. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the elected members were confirmed to their offices by the Prior General, Fr. Miceal O'Neill, O. Carm., via a live-streamed teleconference ceremony from Rome on Thursday morning, June 25, 2020. The newly elected members are: We ask your prayers for the new leadership team. May we continue to be faithful to ...

In his address on the 1972 Day for Peace, Pope Paul VI gave the simple but profound declaration that “If you want peace, work for justice.” It is a summation of the rich social teaching of our Catholic Church based upon the application of the teachings of Jesus Christ to our world of today. We, the members of the Most Pure Heart of Mary Province of the Order of Carmelites, want to add our voices to the ...

In the wake of a week of turmoil across the United States, the Conference of Major Superiors of Men, which represents the leaders of more than 200 Catholic religious institutes of men across the United States, publicly condemns racism. We condemn brutality that takes away breath and we call for reforms to policies and practices that have oppressed Black Americans. We also pray for an end to the national violence that has been ignited and ...

Creation and the Cross: the Mercy of God for a Planet in Perilby Elizabeth Johnson, CSJ  |  Orbis Press, 2018 | pp 256 Many people consider Sister Elizabeth Johnson, CSJ, the foremost theologian, let alone Catholic theologian, in the world today. Her newest book is entitled Creation and the Cross: the Mercy of God for a Planet in Peril (Orbis Books, Maryknoll, NY 2018). This book is delightfully written as a dialogue between Elizabeth and Clara (i.e., clarity) where ...