Carmelite Missions

  
 

Mexico - Transfiguration Parish in Torreon with its many mission stations, catechetical programs, and prison ministry. Brazil - Support for two congregations of Carmelite Sisters, one of which is primarily in the very poor Northeast area of the country, in their educational and catechetical work among the poor, and in their formation programs. El Salvador Dominican Republic Puerto Rico Trinidad Venezuela Columbia Peru - Diocese of Sicuani and Bishop Michael La Fay, O.Carm., to support the formation program of seminarians; various parishes, such as the Cathedral, Santa Barbara (Edward Adelmann, O.Carm.), and Santa Ana (Enrique Laguna, O.Carm.), and schools for handicapped and orphaned children. --- The parishes and schools of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Santa Teresita in Jose Galvez in the archdiocese of Lima. Guyana Bolivia East Timor - Support for five health clinics which give great assistance to the poor in all facets of daily living. --- Help to the formation and training programs of the aspirants, postulants, novices and junior Sisters as they begin their journey as Carmelite religious. --- Aid to the retreat houses for adults and for the schools among the poor people. Indonesia - Help to the Indonesian Carmelite Province, which presently has over 100 students studying in philosophy/theology seminaries for the priesthood, and 46 novices in two novitiates; as well as support for their ministries and parishes among the people in this predominantly Moslem country. --- Sisters of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in their teaching apostolates and in their formation programs. --- Support for the Daughters of Carmel in their charismatic and healing ministries and in their development of a Carmelite presence in China through the formation of young women in that country. Malaysia Philippines - Seven monasteries of contemplative Carmelite Nuns like St. Therese in their ordinary expenses, construction needs, and their outreach programs to many poor families. --- The Carmelite Sisters of Our Lady in their formation and training programs for young women to religious life, in their schools and catechetical programs in poorer parishes, in their various retreat centers. --- Five other congregations of Carmelite Sisters in their ministries of education among children and young adults, in their teaching Religion courses in various parishes, in work among orphaned children. --- Support for the formation programs and ministries of the Philippine Carmelite Province of men. Vietnam - Help to the Missionary Workers of the Immaculate (a group of unmarried Lay Carmelite Women) in their formation programs, and their various ministries, especially among pre-school children. China - Assistance to a new community of Carmelite Sisters, five with final vows, eleven with temporary vows, and numerous novices and postulants. India - Assistance to eight convents of Carmelite Sisters who direct and staff schools for the children and orphans, and for their work in different hospitals. Mozambique - Assistance to Carmelites in their seminaries, formation houses for Sisters, and in various ministries. Zimbabwe - Assistance to Carmelites in their seminaries, formation houses for Sisters, and in various ministries. Kenya - Assistance to Carmelites in their seminaries, formation houses for Sisters, and in various ministries. Rwanda Republic of the Congo - Assistance to Carmelites in their seminaries, formation houses for Sisters, and in various ministries. Cameroon - Assistance to Carmelites in their seminaries, formation houses for Sisters, and in various ministries. Burkina Faso - Assistance to Carmelites in their seminaries, formation houses for Sisters, and in various ministries.

 

Spreading the Good News of Jesus and Assisting the
Carmelite Family in 25 Missionary Countries

Fr. John Malley, O.Carm., Director
Carmelite Missions
8501 Bailey Road
Darien, IL  60561-8418