The 30th Chapter of North American Province of St. Elias was held June 21-24, 2022 en Middletown, New York. During the Chapter the following were elected to leadership:

Prior Provincial | Prior Provincial | Priore Provinciale: 
Fr. Mario Esposito, O. Carm.

1^st Councilor | 1er Consejero | 1° Consigliere: 
Fr. Mark C. Zittle, O. Carm.

2^nd Councilor | 2do Consejero | 2° Consigliere: 
Fr. Francis M. Amadio, O. Carm.

3^rd Councilor | 3er Consejero | 3° Consigliere: 
Fr. Anthony Trung Nguyen, O. Carm.

4^th Councilor | 4to Consejero | 4° Consigliere: 
Br. Robert Chiulli, O. Carm.

The Triennial Chapter of the Carmelite community of the Monastery of the Holy Family in Guiguinto, Philippines. The Chapter took place on June 21, 2022 with Bishop Dennis C. Villarojo, the bishop of Malalos as president.

The results of the elective chapter were as follows:

Prioress | Priora | Priora:  
Sr. Pamela Isabel Maria F. Cruz, O. Carm.

1st Councilor  | 1ª Consejera | 1ª Consigliera:
Sr. Ma. Rescelia S. Garcia, O. Carm.

2nd Councilor | 2ª Consejera  | 2ª Consigliera: 
Sr. Ma. Fatima B. Faustino, O. Carm.

3rd Councilor | 3ª Consejera | 3^a Consigliera: 
Sr. Mary Ruth Alethea C. Clavio, O. Carm.

4th Councilor | 4ª Consejera | 4^a Consigliera: 
Sr. Mary Jenicca L. Mariano, O. Carm.

Director of Novices | Maestra de Novicias | Maestra delle Novizie
Sr. Ma. Jenicca L. Mariano, O. Carm.

Treasurer | Ecónoma  | Economa: 
Sr. Ma. Rescelia S. Garcia, O. Carm.

Sacristan | Sacristán | Sacrestana:
Sr. Ma. Fatima B. Faustino, O. Carm.

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The journey begins
(Luke 9:51-62)

Very often in life we know what the right thing to do is, yet we can find it very difficult to do. There is a sense of that in the Gospel reading for today. The very first lines of today’s Gospel set the tone of what we will read over the next eleven Sundays about the qualities needed by and the costs involved for those who want to follow Jesus.
As the Gospel opens, we are told that Jesus ‘resolutely took the road for Jerusalem’. This long journey from Galilee to Jerusalem will be Jesus’ final journey. There is a sense of determination. Jesus knows what he must do. I think there is also a sense of reluctance. Just knowing it is the right thing to do does not make it easy to do, as we see in Jesus’ encounter with the three would-be disciples in this passage.
And, what happens when we feel we are doing the right thing and get treated badly because of it? Will we act like James and John, wanting to call down fire from heaven to punish the offenders? Or will we follow the way of Jesus and just go ‘to another village’? We can be filled with such a sense of righteousness that we turn ourselves into God’s avengers, but we are really avenging ourselves.
Jesus speaks so often about non-violence and non-resistance. Most of us find that very challenging. Why shouldn’t I strike back against the person who strikes me? Don’t I have a right to defend myself? Yet we know that retaliation simply locks us into a continuing cycle of violence and only forgiveness can break that cycle.
It is also worth contemplating the three would-be disciples in this Gospel passage. All seem to have been touched in some way by Jesus and drawn to him. All seem genuine in their desire to follow him. Jesus reply to the first begs the question: are enthusiasm and desire enough? Jesus’ reminder that he has ‘nowhere to lay his head’ seems to say that there has to be a sense of healthy realism in our decision to follow Jesus. Can we really do it? What does it ask of us? Are we prepared to live with the uncertainties?
The other two would-be disciples are also genuine in their desire and intention, ‘but first’ want to go off and fulfil their family obligations. Again, Jesus’ reply begs the question about what comes first – family obligations or our relationship with him. This is not an either/or question. When our relationship with Jesus comes first, then all our other relationships find their proper place in our lives. We can’t really put our relationship with Jesus ‘on hold’ while we sort out the rest of our lives.
The key to keeping everything in right relationship is our relationship with Jesus as the centre of our lives and who we are.

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INITIUM NOVITIATUS
12-06-22  Derrick Turrentine (PCM)  Middletown, New York USA
12-06-22  Salvador Solis Castro (PCM) Middletown, New York USA
12-06-22  Bernardo Soriano Rosales (PCM) Middletown, New York USA

PROFESSIO TEMPORANEA
10-06-22  Adorn Ancel (STSA) Kannur, Kerala, India
13-06-22  Victor Hugo Andrade Aguilar (PCM) Middletown, New York USA
13-06-22  Jose Guadalupe Ayala Garcia (PCM) Middletown, New York USA
13-06-22  Jose Carlos Gordillo Garcia (PCM) Middletown, New York USA
13-06-22  Schafer Knostman (SEL) Middletown, New York USA


ODINATIO DIACONALIS
28-04-22  Fransiskus Febri Putra Dewa (Indo) Malang, Indonesia
28-04-22  Thomas Onggo Sumaryanto (Indo) Malang, Indonesia
28-04-22  Cornelius Danny Septian Pamungkas (Indo) Malang, Indonesia
28-04-22  Julian Antonius Sihotang (Indo) Malang, Indonesia
12-06-22  Wilibaldus Rade (Indo) Flores, Indonesia
12-06-22  Yosep Kua (Indo) Flores, Indonesia
12-06-22  Kristoforus Rawi (Indo) Flores, Indonesia
12-06-22  Yohanes Adrianus Muga (Indo) Flores, Indonesia
12-06-22  Florentinus Kopong Belang (Indo) Flores, Indonesia
12-06-22  Fabianus Masi (Indo) Flores, Indonesia
12-06-22  Adelbertus Nenes (Indo) Flores, Indonesia
12-06-22  Yosep Watun Diaz Alfi (Indo) Flores, Indonesia
12-06-22  Maximus Labut Rao (Indo) Flores, Indonesia

The real presence of Jesus in us
(Luke 9:11-17)

Today’s feast celebrates the enduring sign of Christ’s presence with us in the Bread and Wine of the Eucharist.
It also celebrates Christ’s presence with us in the community of the Church. The Eucharist is our sacrament of communion, not only with Christ and God, but also with all those called into the Christian community. Our communion binds us to one another in a sacred union of mind and heart with Jesus.
The word ‘communion’ means to share in common. In Holy Communion what we share in common with God and each other is Jesus Christ present in the Bread and the Wine. Another meaning of ‘communion’ is to be of one mind and heart. It is the Holy Spirit who keeps us in communion of mind and heart with God, with Christ and with each other.
We are very used to thinking about the Real Presence of Jesus being in the Blessed Sacrament. But the real presence of Christ is also in the community when it gathers in his name to feast on the Word of Scripture, to recall what Jesus said and did at the Last Supper (not only the words over bread and wine, but also the washing of the feet), when it shares the food of the Eucharist together, when it goes out and continues to break and pour out that food in acts of loving kindness, in soothing and nourishing words which brings others to life.
The Eucharist is not an object to be looked at, but an action to be done so that the living presence of Jesus continues to touch and heal.
Maybe we need to think more deeply about the real presence of Jesus being in real, living human beings. Bread and Wine have no eyes to gaze with love, no face with which to smile, no mouth to speak soothing words, no arms to hold the grieving and the sick, or to lend a hand, no ears to hear the pain. But we do.
So we are called to become the Eucharist that feeds those around us with the nourishment of breadth of heart and vision, respect, love, compassion, hope and forgiveness.
May we become what we receive. (St Augustine)

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The Carmelite Monastery of the Incarnation - San Miguel is celebrating 400 years (1622-2022) on June 13. The Carmelite General Curia and the whole Carmelite Family join together in asking God's continued blessing upon the sisters and their life in Huesca, Spain.

Several days of activities have been planned. A series of moments of prayer have been held throughout.

Two conferences have already been held. The Origins of the Carmelite Nuns and Their Arrival and Presence in the City of Huesca given by Fr. Matias Tejerina, O. Carm., the assistant to the Federation Mater Unitatis. The second conference was The Carmelite Nuns in Huesca: 400 Years with the "Miguelas" given by Dña M. Jesús Torreblanca, archivist of the Town Hall of Huesca.

The Elective Chapter of the Carmelite community of the Monastery of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Machakos, Kenya, took place on June 10, 2022.

The results of the elective chapter were as follows:

Prioress | Priora | Priora:  
Sr. Mary Therese Ndinda Mutisya, O. Carm.

1st Councilor  | 1ª Consejera | 1ª Consigliera:
Sr. Mary Winifred Katunge Mbui, O. Carm.

2nd Councilor | 2ª Consejera  | 2ª Consigliera: 
Sr. Mary Lucy Munyiva Mutunga, O. Carm.

Formator | Formadora  | Formatrice:
Sr. Mary Winifred Katunge Mbui, O. Carm.

Treasurer | Ecónoma  | Economa: 
Sr. Mary Winifred Katunge Mbui, O. Carm.

Sacristan| Sacristana | Sacrestana: 
Sr. Mary Martina Katunge Ndeto, O. Carm.

On his return to Poland he was appointed professor of Dogmatic Theology and Church History at the institute of the Polish Province in Cracow. On 1 November 1939, Fr. Eliseus Sánchez-Paredes, Provincial, appointed him prior of the community. At that time, Poland had already been occupied by the Germans a few weeks earlier. One year later, the invaders decreed the arrest of many religious and priests. On 18 September 1940 the gestapo deported four friars from the Carmel in Cracow. In December, when other friars were arrested, Fr. Hilary decided to present himself in exchange for an older and sick friar. From that day his Calvary began. He was sent to the prison of Montelupi (Cracow), then to the concentration camp of Sachsenchausen and in April 1941 to the concentration camp of Dachau. There he was a model of prayer life, encouraging others and giving hope for a better tomorrow. Together with the other Carmelites, among whom was Blessed Titus Brandsma, they often joined in prayer.

Meanwhile in barrack 25 of the concentration camp, typhus was spreading. To help the sick, 32 priests presented themselves to the authorities. A couple of days later, Fr. Hilary Januszewski spontaneously joined the group. His apostolate lasted 21 days because, infected by typhus, he died on 25 March 1945, a few days before the liberation of the concentration camp. His body was cremated in the crematorium of Dachau.

Fr. Hilary Januszewski was beatified by John Paul II on 13 June 1999, during his apostolic visit to Warsaw (Poland). On this occasion the Pope beatified 108 Polish martyrs of the Second World War, victims of Nazi persecution.

A multi-lingual book on Bl. Hilary Januszewski is available from Edizioni Carmelitane. The book, giving the reader insight into this Carmelite's life and ultimate gift of his own life for other prisoners, is written in Polish, English, Italian and Spanish and can be purchased at a special price for his feast day for only 12 EUR (shipping expenses not included).

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