The final day of the International Lay Carmelite Congress, Friday 21st September 2012, included a presentation, group discussion, a Closing Mass, and summing-up. A full report will be posted in due course; in the meantime, we are pleased to share some photos of the day.
The final day of the International Lay Carmelite Congress, Friday 21st September 2012, included a presentation, group discussion, a Closing Mass, and summing-up. A full report will be posted in due course; in the meantime, we are pleased to share some photos of the day.
A full report will be published in the coming days; in the meantime we share some photos of the fourth day of the International Lay Carmelite Congress in Rome...
A Portuguese-speaking Lay Carmelite reading the Scriptures at Morning Prayer.
We continue our photo report from the Wednesday of the International Lay Carmelite Congress in Rome, which included a general audience with the Pope and Mass at the Carmelite church of Santa Maria in Traspontina.
We continue our photo report from the Wednesday of the International Lay Carmelite Congress in Rome, which included a general audience with the Pope and Mass at the Carmelite church of Santa Maria in Traspontina.
We continue our photo report from the Wednesday of the International Lay Carmelite Congress in Rome, which included a general audience with the Pope and Mass at the Carmelite church of Santa Maria in Traspontina.
On Wednesday 19th September 2012 the delegates taking part in the International Lay Carmelite Congress made a pilgrimage into central Rome for a general audience with Pope Benedict XVI and Mass at the Carmelite church of Santa Maria in Traspontina.
During the audience the Pope greeted the Congress delegates, saying "I greet the Lay Carmelites who are taking part in an International Meeting ... On each one I invoke the continued protection of God and of the Most Holy Virgin for a fruitful service to the Gospel and to the Church."
On Monday 17th September 2012, the feast of Saint Albert of Jerusalem, the International Lay Carmelite Congress opened. A full write-up will be posted in due course; in the meantime, we are pleased to publish various photographs from the first day.