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The Discalced Carmelite Friars of the California-Arizona Province, U.S.A
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Carmelite Friar Mission Statement:
We Carmelite friars, followers of Saint Teresa of Avila and Saint John of the Cross, live as brothers in community. With Mary as our patroness, we serve Christ and His Church through ministries of prayer, presence, evangelization and pastoral care.
Mission News:
UGANDA UPDATE:
Word from our Provincial
Dear Friends of Carmel:
I begin by thanking everyone for your continued support of our Ugandan mission. We will be blessed this July 16th, the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, when our three novices, Bro. Andrew Bimpebwa, Bro. Augustine Sunday and Bro. Emmanuel Mayinja, will be making their First Profession of Vows. I feel blessed by God in the ability to be at our parish church of St. Kizito to receive their vows. It is an important step for the Carmelite friars in Uganda, and I ask all to say a special prayer for these young men on July 16th.
After these three brothers make their profession, they will continue with their formation, as they deepen their knowledge of Carmel, and grow in love for Jesus Christ. This event is a great opportunity for us to be able to give God thanks for our wonderful supporters, for it is your prayers and financial support that continue to be an essential part of the Ugandan mission, and our province is deeply indebted to all of our mission partners.
What is in the future for our mission? We hope that we will be able to assign another priest to Uganda, and that we will continue to make a difference in the lives of the people that we minister to. Speaking of making a difference, I want to take this moment to thank Fr. David Costello for his great work in Uganda. Because of health concerns, Fr. David will not be going back to Uganda on a full-time basis. All of us connected to the province wish to thank Fr. David for his zeal for the mission, his commitment, and for building a solid foundation in Uganda. Words cannot express my personal admiration for the work he did in Uganda, and I know he will be greatly blessed by Our Lord Jesus Christ and His Blessed Mother. We continue to ask God’s blessing upon Fr. David and his ministry at our House of Prayer in Oakville, California.
Yours in Christ,
Fr. Matthew Williams, OCD
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News
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 OCDS community in Denver support in prayer Fr. Steven Voss
Fraternal charity: priest donates kidney
by Julie Filby of the
Denver Catholic Register
After years of complex health issues, the kidneys of Father Steven Voss, parochial vicar at Spirit of Christ Parish in Arvada, were failing. On April 8—the Wednesday of Holy Week—the 30-year-old priest was driving to meet with his nephrologist. During the appointment, he expected the kidney specialist to tell him he needed to start dialysis: treatment required when kidneys no longer function on their own. Before he arrived at the doctor’s office, he answered a call on his cell phone from his friend, Father Matthew Hartley, 31, parochial vicar at Immaculate Heart of Mary in Northglenn. The news he received not only changed the course of the conversation with his doctor; it changed his life.
PRIESTLY ORDINATION:
Congratulations Father Ramiro and Father James
With praise and thanksgiving to Almighty God the Discalced Carmelite Friars of the California-Arizona Province announce the ordination of their brothers
 Ramiro Casale Sánchez, O.C.D.
and
 James Damien Zakowicz, O.C.D.
to the Priesthood
of Jesus Christ
on June 20, 2009
at St. Therese Church
in Alhambra, California.
Meeting of the General Definitory
Curia OCD
ROMA (15-06-2009).
The ordinary session of the General Definitory is planned for June 8 – 18. At this meeting the first decisions will be taken, the first appointments made, the calendar for the new sexennium will be worked out and the tasks and areas will be assigned to the various Definitors. In the July 1 edition of COMMUNICATIONES the results of the work of our major superiors will be published.
Practical suggestions from the General Chapter for the document ‘I was born for You’
Curia OCD
ROMA (15-06-2009).
The Order should read every year, from October 15, 2009 to 2014, either personally or as a community, one of St. Teresa’s works, with the help of a plan that is to be worked out by a commission appointed by the Definitory. Community study should be completed, where this is possible, by celebrations, short courses on spirituality, interdisciplinary conferences on her works, etc.
A complete bibliography of Saint Teresa
Curia OCD
Roma (2009-06-15).
After the two volume Concordance of St. Teresa’s works (Rome 2002), after the Teresian Dictionary (2nd edition, Burgos, 2002), we now have a third more important contributon for teresian studies. It is entitled “Bibliogafia Sistematica.” Is there a Saint that can count on a better reference book? It is the work of Fr. Manuel Diego Sanchez and published by ‘Editorial de Espiritualidad’, Madrid.
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Upcoming Events
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Passion Play Tour
Fr. James Zakowicz, OCD, will be the spiritual director for an upcoming tour to see the famous Passion Play in Oberammergau, Germany as well as other sights in Eastern Europe, May 9-20, 2010. For information on how to sign up click here.
2009 OCDS Washington Province Congress
Members of the OCDS Washington Province invite all of our Carmelite brothers and sisters throughout the country to attend the 2009 Congress lectures, workshops and panel discussions, July 16-19. Together, let us embrace these challenges and discuss practical solutions with zeal, prayer, and action.
We will open the Congress with a celebration of the Feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel. Come join us! (Registration is now closed.)
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