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Annual Feast of Infant Jesus celebrated at Infant Jesus Shrine, Mangalore The Annual Feast of Infant Jesus was celebrated on January 14th, 2012 with great solemnity and fervor at Infant Jesus Shrine, Bikarnakatte, Mangalore. The Solemn Eucharistic Celebration was at 6 pm presided over by Most Rev. Dr. Aloysius Paul D’Souza, the Bishop of Mangalore. 44 priests concelebrated along with him. There were at-least 15,000 people for the evening mass alone. Click here for more

INFANT JESUS DEVOTION AT CARMEL HILL - PRESS NOTE As we are celebrating the Novenas leading to the great Feast of Infant Jesus, here is a look into the development of this sacred devotion. In Mangalore, the devotion to Infant Jesus began about 150 years ago, but took definite shape about 60 years back. In the year 1947 the Discalced Carmelites (OCD Fathers) decided on founding a house of monastic observance in Mangalore. After exploring the city they found today’s popular Carmel Hill. A chapel was built there and they started the Novena prayer to Infant Jesus. Click here for more

Blood Donation Camp at Infant Jesus Shrine In view of the Annual Feast of Infant Jesus (to be celebrated on Jan 14), Carmelites at the Infant Jesus Shrine, Bikarnakatte, organized a Blood Donation Camp on Jan. 12th, 2012 in collaboration with Fr. Muller’s Charitable Institutions. The camp commenced at 9 am and closed at 1 pm. The response of the people was unexpectedly good. There were many in waiting in line to donate blood from the morning itself. By noon, more 100 people came forward to donate blood and about 80 units of blood were already collected. We thank the Lord for the generosity of these people by which so many lives can be saved. A word of thanks to the medical staff too, for their untiring commitment. May Infant Jesus bless them all abundantly. Click here for more

FEAST OF INFANT JESUS AT PUSHPASHRAMA The annual feast of the Infant Jesus was held on a grand scale at Pushpashrama on Sunday 8th January 2012. The festive mass was celebrated in different languages, like – Malayalam 7a.m, English 8a.m, Konkani 9a.m, Tamil 10a.m, and Kannada mass especially for the sick and their healing at 11.30a.m. Around 15,000 devotees visited the shrine during the novenas and on the feast day. Fr Joseph Abraham and Fr. Wilfred frank conducted the healing prayer service for the sick at 12.30p.m. It was followed by annasantharpane-mass feeding at 1p.m. Click here for more

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This website was launched in 2006 during the silver jubilee celebrations of the Karnataka-Goa Province of the Discalced Carmelite Order.

The ancient Carmelites founded in the thirteenth century were reformed in the sixteenth by two great doctors of the church, Saints Teresa and John of the Cross. These spiritual geniuses, while re-enforcing the contemplative dimension of the Carmelites, inserted a decidedly apostolic thrust into their spirituality, with special emphasis on the missions.

During the seventeenth century, we find Carmelite missionaries in several pockets along the west coast of the Indian sub-continent : Surat, Diu, Goa, Verapoly. In the eighteenth, Carmelites were appointed vicars apostolic of "the Great Mogul" and Verapoly. They are invited to attend to the pastoral needs of the Catholics in Mumbai. In the nineteenth century, the sees of Mangalore and Quilon were entrusted to the sons of St. Teresa.

Finally, in the twentieth century, the Discalced Carmelites opened their doors to Indian natives, who would henceforth draw more freely from the rich spiritual treasures of Sts. Teresa, John of the Cross, and other Carmelite interpreters of the Good News of Jesus.

As Indian vocations multiplied, more and more foundations were made, and grouped into "provinces". Today among more than thirty provinces world-wide, there are five Indian provinces . One of these is the Karnataka-Goa province.

The aim of this web-site is, primarily to acquaint readers with Carmelite history and tradition; to share the spiritual insights of the great Carmelite saints and also give glimpses of the life within the province to all our associates. Articles of topical interest have also been included.

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