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Friday, August 26, 2016

Saturday, May 4, 2013

Renewed Moment with the Lord

God is present in the most difficult moment of our lives.

He is Love!

Moments with the Lord

April 29 to May 4, 2013

PRAYER

Loving Father, Source of all goodness, Fountain of life and love, you fill this place with the ambiance of your radiance. The Holy Spirit is so alive... so free to penetrate the inmost depths of one's being.

I praise and glorify you loving Father, Son and Holy Spirit for giving me the opportunity to experience your healing presence here. You opened the closed doors and windows of my heart so that Your rays may enter and touch its core and find again the initial call that I missed for sometime. Please do impprison me, chain me to this initial call that you have given me so that everything that will happen into my life will fave meaning and be cherished for your greater glory.

May Our Lady Mediatrix of all Grace, my dearest Mother, be with me always until I reach the final destination of my life... breathing my last breath with the words, "I love you my sweetest Jesus" Amen!

Sunday, April 28, 2013

Spiritual Bonding with my batchmates

April 27-28, 2013

Shiela Estanilla before going back to Ne Zealand,

came to have some refreshment with the Lord

together with her batchmates.

Sharing of Faith experiences

Shiela, Rea, Leonor and niece

Accompaniment Sister: Sr. Loida, cm

Francisco Palau Hall

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Class on CM General Chapter Documents


The General Chapter Documents

Closing Liturgy

Prayer of Group I and their creative symbol - Cross

Father, Son and Holy Spirit, you are our model of Community living

help us to deepen our relationship with you so that we may also deepen our relationship with

each other.

fill us with the fire of your loving presence

that will make us accept and appreciate the goodness

and uniqueness of one another and learn to forgive and support each other,

that we may become one, to radiate your light to others as true witnesses

of COMMUNION.
Group I - Sr. Anne, Sr. Lanie, Sr. Connie & Sr. Pehm

Prayer of Group II and their symbol

Lord, we thank you for the seed of charism planted in

the person of Father Palau which handed unto us and flourish until now in the congregation of Carmelite Missionaries.

As we continue to respond to the signs of the times,

give us the strength to face all the challenges with open mind and heart

to discern and to be in line with the will of God

so as to bear fruit.

May the fruit of our relationship with you radiate in our relationship with others and

in our respective communities and families.

Lord, continue to guide and bless us, so that we may be able to walk our talk.

We ask this through Christ our Lord and through the intercession of

Mother Mary

and

Father Palau.

Amen!
Group II - Sr. Chris, Sr. Jane & Sr.Imelda

March 11-13, 2013

General Chapter Documents

Tandang Sora

Preparation for Perpetual Vows

with Sr. Loida Tortogo, cm

Sunday, March 3, 2013

"Resting with God"... "Healing of a Family"

Welcome Adrress - Fr. Tirso Dolina

DAY 1 - Introduction "Resting with God"

Reflection from the Powerppoint Presentation

"Five Loaves and Two Fishes"

Spiritual Talk, Sharings and Dynamics

Sr. Loida Tortogo,cm

Action Song

Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes

Group Sharing on

Tips on Parenting

Prayer of Husband and Wife/Prayer for the Family

Concluding Prayer

Act of Gratitude from Fr. Tirso Dolina and Fr. Bermudez
in behalf of the Phil. Navy Officials

Sr. Loida Tortogo distributes the Holy Family Stampita
to the Navy officials and their wives

Eucharistic Celebration

Talk: Dr. Rene Joseph Bullecer, MD

Day 2 - Fr. FrancisMa. Alberto Tiquia, OATH

Talk with the Navy Officials together with their wives

March 2-3, 2013

Philippine Navy Officials and wives

Retreat

Theme: RESTING WITH GOD/HEALING OF A FAMILY

Speakers: Sr. Loida Tortogo, cm

Fr. Francis Tequia

Dr.

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Philippine Navy officials on retreat

Eucharistic Celebration with Fr. Fernando Suarez

and his talk integrated at Mass

on the First day of Retreat

Theme: Marital Spirituality/Family Spirituality

Philippine Navy Officials on Retreat

Prayer and Spiritual Bonding, relationships...

March 30-31, 2012

Francisco Palau Hall

Speaker: Sr. Loida Tortogo, cm

Priests organizers: Fr. Tirzo Dolera & Fr. Rowell

The way of the Cross

First Prayer Activity

at the Resurrection Chapel

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

FDNSC - General Chapter

Delegates

The General Council

Chapter Hall

Chapter Delegates

Translation Booth

Day of Thanks giving
to the following:
Secretariat, Translators, Chaplain, Staff and CMCS Management

FDNSC
Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart
General Chapter (55)
November 15 - December 3, 2011
St. Teresa Hall

CM CORNER: WHO ARE WE?

"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

Present in:

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

Latin America: Brazil, Colombia, Peru, El Salvador, Cuba, Chile, Argentina, Guatemala, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Ecuador.

Asia: India, Nepal, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Taiwan, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam.

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

Oceania: Australia.

WELCOME TO OUR BLOGSITE!!!

We welcome you to this site of the Carmelite Missionaries Center of Spirituality, Tagaytay City, Philippines.

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