Chapter Documents class

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Chapter Documents class

Opening Prayer

First day of class

The General Chapter Documents

Prayer: Loving Lord, thank you for your faithfulness to Fr. Palau and to us, his daughters who strive to live and die at the service of the Beloved Church. Help me Lord, and all your Carmelite Missionaries to be loving and faithful to our life of prayer and self-giving. This I pray through Fr. Palau, Mother Juana and all our sisters whao have gone before us. Amen!

I am a Carmelite Missionary. Called to grow to be an active member of the CM Family of prayerful prophets of communion. Sr. CA, cm

Prayer: O Loving God I thank you for this opportunity to get to know deeper my being a CM. For letting me understand the life of the Congregation, through teh Genral cahoter documents and that for the first time I was able to appreciate it. Thank you for all the sister who have gone ahead of us and for preparing the way for us. Grant me the grace that I may enflesh them in my life.

Mold me in the way you want me to be... Send me to where yoou want me to go, for I will go where the glory of God calls me.

Reflection: Commnity Life: To love beyond what the eyes can see and what the ears can hear.

Service: I will go where the glory of God calls me.

Contemplation: Stay close to Jesus! Sr. Jhenie, cm

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My heartfelt gratitude for the work done by our sisters ahead of us. You have done good things in us since the beginning until this day. I am strengthen and am encouraged to be open "to go where the glory of God calls me". I am hopelful that I will attain communion throug my personal relationship with my BELOVED, with nature and with my sisters in the community. May God bless us all!

Sr. Cherry Potot, cm

Reflection: Francisco Palau said: "In Carmel, one thing is necessary which is vocation" my vocation is sustained through pryaer. Prayer gives direction, even in solitude and community life I encounter God and I am energize and I grow.

Prayer: Inspired by the spirit of our Father Founder, may I unceasingly pray and serve the Church with passion adn with tireless effort to live out our charism which is communion. Sr. Grace M., cm

Reflection: This time I really feel appy and I was able to enter into the chapter documents and hopefully this could be my learning ground to be confident and be more generous, to be faithful always in my prayer life and my love to Fr. Palau.

Prayer: Loving and Merciful Father, Son and Holy Spirit, thank you for this opportunity to know deeply our chapter documents which the sisters who workde hard for this, in order for us to know and be guided, enlightened, renewed, inspired and challenged our response in our vocation as we continue to follow your will. Give us always the grace we need especially this coming General Chapter. Guide and enlighten ours sisters, so that we will become a true prophet and witness,good Spouse and Holy CM. Amen! Sr. Everlita, cm of the Merciful Love

Prayer: Almighty Father, Thank you for the chance to learn and to know more my CM congregation through the genral chapter documents. Thank you for enlightening me with your Holy Spirit that now I know and understand what is the project of our congregation, what was happening and as a member of this big family, I am nurtured, challenged, to be open and to cooperate with the program in order to serve the church and serve you better and to respond with the signs of the times. I ask you Lord, to grant us Carmelite Missionaries, a spirit of communion so that we will become a living bread and a witnes in this world that is full of diversity. Strengthen us Lord to always renew our life with your spirit that we may become true disciples in followint your steps. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen! Thank you so much Sr. Loida. Sr. Yuliana Najul, cm

Prayer: Almighty Father, you gave your only begotten Son Jesus Christ to be my savior, to suffer and die for us. Give us strength and courage to faithfully live and proclaim the gospel up to the last of my life. By His example and prayers may I also give witness to our Chrisitian faith even in the face of danger and difficulties. We offer this for the glory of your name now and forever. Amen! Sr. Lia, cm

Reflection: First and foremost, I am grateful to God for bringing me in the family of the Carmelite Missionaries and to the spirituality of our Blessed Founder, Francisco Palau, the perseverance of Mother Juana Gratias and all the sisters who had gone ahead of us, before us and from the sisters who worked hard for the congregation. I am affirmed of my identity as Carmelite Missionary. There is a stirring of HOPE that in His time and in the process, I will truly become an authentic CM, for the glory of God. HOPE for renewal, HOPE for betterment in relationship, HOPE to be truly identified with Fr. Palau and above all with Christ whom I am following.

Prayer: Almighty and Merciful God, thank you for refreshing my ming, re-awakening my senses of my identity and calling as Carmelite Missionary and as daughter of Fr. Palau through this study of the chapter documents with Sr. Loida. Grant each one of us the grace we need, in order to live out the spirit of communion just live our Blessed Founder. This I pray in the name of Jesus with your Hoy Spirit through Mary our Mother and Blessed Francisco Palau. Amen. Sr. Sherna Advincula, cm

Reflection: My ehart is full of Gratitude for the Spirit who moves me to e faitful, to be open and always renewwed. The Spirit of Fr. Palau inspires me to give myself to the Lord and be a true CM. I am ready to do His will.

Prayer: Dearest Lord, I thank you for calling me to the Carmelite Missionary family. Thank you for journeying with me. Thank you for giving Fr. Palau as a father, who passionately love the Church and offer his love fully to you. Thank you for giving these past days , the chapter documents to deepen my love and self offering to you through my beloved Carmelite Missionaries family. Inspite of our weaknesses Lord, accept us and mold us. Make us berer of love and compassion for the Church especially for those who most need it. I offer to you Lord all the Carmelite Missionaries all over the world.. and here I am Lord, I offer my life to you... Sr. Ella, cm

February 2012

Las Marias

Tandang Sora

Five-day series of reflection and sharing on the

General Chapter Documents of the Congregation
Facilitator: Sr. Loida Tortogo, cm

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"OUR LIFESTYLE IS CENTERED ON PRAYER, FRATERNAL COMMUNION AND MISSION."

Carmelite Missionaries
Francisco Palau Province
1956 - Foundation in the Philippines
1860 - Founded in Spain

FOUNDER: Blessed Francisco Palau y Quer, OCD

General House - Rome
Mother House - Barcelona, Spain
Provincial House - Q.C. Manila
First foundation - La Paz, Iloilo City

Number of sisters: as of May 2020

CM sisters in the world - 1,317

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Europe: Spain, Italy, Romania, Poland, France, Portugal.

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Africa: Ivory Coast, Kenya, Nigeria, Malawi, Tanzania, Cameroon, Guinea Equatorial, Congo.

Oceania: Australia.

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Three days before the feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel this CMCS blog was born, July 13, 2008.

Nestled in a quiet and cool air of Tagaytay City, the Carmelite Missionaries Center of Spirituality (CMCS)is both a retreat and a conference center for Spirituality located at Iruhin West, Tagaytay City. CMCS Center offers a place of encounter with God and a sense of renewal. It is surrounded by a serene environment of natural beauty where one may seek clarity of spirit and renewal without distraction, be it for a planned program to nourish his or her spiritual growth, or for a time spent alone in quiet, prayerful atmosphere in order to listen more deeply to what what the Lord is saying.

St. Teresa of Avila

St. Teresa of Avila - October 15-Saint Teresa of Ávila, also called Saint Teresa of Jesus, baptized as Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada (28 March 1515 – 4 October 1582), was a prominent Spanish mystic, Roman Catholic saint, Carmelite nun and author during the Counter Reformation, and theologian of contemplative life through mental prayer.Feastday: October 15 Patron of Headache sufferers, Spanish Catholic Writers Birth: March 28, 1515 Death: October 4, 1582 Beatified By: April 24th 1614, Rome by Pope Paul V Canonized By: March 12th 1622, Rome by Pope Gregory XV

St. John of the Cross

Feast: December 14 -John of the Cross (Spanish: San Juan de la Cruz; 1542[1] – 14 December 1591) was a major figure of the Counter-Reformation, a Spanish mystic, a Roman Catholic saint, a Carmelite friar and a priest, who was born at Fontiveros, Old Castile. John of the Cross is known for his writings. Both his poetry and his studies on the growth of the soul are considered the summit of mystical Spanish literature and one of the peaks of all Spanish literature. He was canonized as a saint in 1726 by Pope Benedict XIII. He is one of the thirty-six Doctors of the Church. Saint John of the Cross was born Juan de Yepes y Alvarez, in Fontiveros, Avila, Spain in 1542. His father was employed by wealthy family members as an accountant, but they disowned him when he married a poor woman from the lower class. As a result of his family's poverty, John's family suffered greatly.Feastday: December 14 Patron of Contemplatives, mystics and Spanish poets Birth: 1542 Death: December 14, 1591 Beatified By: January 25, 1675 by Pope Clement X Canonized By: December 27, 1726 by Pope Benedict XIII

Teresa de los Andes

St. Teresa de los Andes (Chile), July 13-Saint Teresa of Jesus (13 July 1900 – 12 April 1920) - born as Juana Fernández Solar - (Spanish: Teresa de Jesús de Los Andes) was a Chilean professed religious from the Discalced Carmelites.[1] Fernández Solar was a pious child but had an often unpredictable temperament for she could be prone to anger and being vain but could also demonstrate her charitable and loving nature; she seemed transformed when she decided to become a nun and her character seemed to change for her sole ambition was to dedicate herself to the service of God.[2] But her time in the convent was cut short due to her contracting an aggressive disease that killed her - she knew she would die but was consoled knowing she would be able to make her profession before she died.Her canonization process opened on 23 April 1976 under Pope Paul VI and she became titled as a Servant of God. The confirmation of her life of heroic virtue on 22 March 1986 allowed for her to be titled as Venerable. Solar was beatified on 3 April 1987 in Chile after a miracle attributed to her from her native land cleared her for beatification while another miracle coming from Chile saw Pope John Paul II canonize her as a saint on 21 March 1993 in Saint Peter's Square.Feastday: July 13 Patron of young people Birth: 1900 Death: 1920 Beatified By: Pope John Paul II Canonized By: Pope John Paul II

Edith Stein

St. Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein), August 9Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein)Virgin and Martyr Edith Stein, born in 1891 in Breslau, Poland, was the youngest child of a large Jewish family. She was an outstanding student and was well versed in philosophy with a particular interest in phenomenology. Eventually she became interested in the Catholic Faith, and in 1922, she was baptized at the Cathedral Church in Cologne, Germany. Eleven years later Edith entered the Cologne Carmel. Because of the ramifications of politics in Germany, Edith, whose name in religion was Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, was sent to the Carmel at Echt, Holland. When the Nazis conquered Holland, Teresa was arrested, and, with her sister Rose, was sent to the concentration camp at Auschwitz. Teresa died in the gas chambers of Auschwitz in 1942 at the age of fifty-one. In 1987, she was beatified in the large outdoor soccer stadium in Cologne by Pope John Paul II. Out of the unspeakable human suffering caused by the Nazis in western Europe in the 1930's and 1940's, there blossomed the beautiful life of dedication, consecration, prayer, fasting, and penance of Saint Teresa. Even though her life was snuffed out by the satanic evil of genocide, her memory stands as a light undimmed in the midst of evil, darkness, and suffering. She was canonized on October 11, 1998.-

JUANA GRATIAS - FIRST CARMELITE MISSIONARY

Dear Sister Juana, A world so widely interconnected places within our reach the opportunity to know and share the diversity of cultures and religions. This requires me to strengthen my personal and vocational identity by deepening on the understanding of our congregational charism, which one day I accepted as a Carmelite Missionary; a charism that is a legacy of our Founder, Fr. Francisco Palau y Quer. Immersing myself into the roots of our congregational history has led me to recognize you as a key in the transmission of the palautian charism. The first link in this chain of the Carmelite Missionary family continues to this day. Behind a fragile and petite appearance you hid a firmness and energy capable of displaying an unwavering determination in a timely manner, and that at your 21 years of age, you were desirous of reorganizing your life in a radical following of Christ. You were led to leave Gramat. The French people who saw you grow and you were enriched with the serenity of their fields and a balance of a Christian family environment. Your vocational journey soon crossed with the strong and sober personality of Fr. Palau, then exiled in France, as he passed by the diocese of Montauban. His austere spirituality fully impacted you, and since then, you accepted his directives that would set forward your vocational path, forging your spirit in freedom, prudence, generosity, spirit of sacrifice and trust in divine providence. You knew how to perfectly respond to the trust placed in you by Father Palau. You were undoubtedly his most faithful collaborator and confidant in the foundational venture. And, as in all human relationships, your connection with Father Palau knew their hours of crisis; the bond that was tied then did not break ever. You showed it through a tested, permanent and unbeatable fidelity

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Chapter Documents class

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