The Bibliotheca Carmelitana is a private research library belonging to the Institutum Carmelitanum of the Carmelite Order. The library is situated in the Carmelite International Centre of St. Albert (CISA) at Via Sforza Pallavicini, 10 in Rome, Italy, near Castel Sant?Angelo. 
It is on the near the end and on the Bus routes: The centre is close to the end of the number 40 bus route and the number 23 bus passes by the door.
A research library of Carmelite printed material dating from the late 15th century to the present. It contains over 22,000 titles and over 400 periodical titles from both the Ancient Observance and the Teresian (Discalced) branches of Carmelites. There is also a selection of microfilms and microfiches. The library is available for scholars of the Carmelite history and spirituality.
HOURS
The library is not open to the public, but we do welcome scholars and serious students who wish to do research in our library. The library is available by appointment with the librarian.
Monday to Friday:
Morning: 9.00 a.m. - 12.30 p.m.
Afternoon: 4.00 p.m. - 6.30 p.m.
Saturdays: 9.00 a.m. - 12.30 p.m.
Sunday: cloesed
Also closed from July 15 until the Monday after the first Sunday in September and from the Saturday before Christmas until January 6th. During the year it closes on designated civil and religious holidays.
For further information please contact the librarian:
Fr. Ton van der Gulik, O.Carm.
Biblioteca Carmelitana
Via Sforza Pallavicini, 10
00193 Roma, Italy
Tel.: [39] 06 - 681.00.824
Fax: [39] 06 - 683.07.200
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International Conference of Formators of the Carmelite Missionary Sisters of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus
From 18th to 30th October 2010, the International Conference of Formators of the Carmelite Missionary Sisters of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus took place at Focene di Fiumicino (Rome). The 37 participants, coming from Italy, Romania, Brazil, Canada, Tanzania and the Philippines, included the women in charge of the various stages of formation, together with the General Council, provincials, and general delegates.
The course centered on the theme of “The Person and Their Formation in the Ratio Institutionis, Making Carmel Flourish Again Today and in Actual Reflection.” During the first week, the presenters Giuseppe Roggia, SDB, Angela Ferreira Rocha, MC, Santiago Gonzales Silva, MC, and Mario Alfarano, O. Carm., developed the theme according to the human perspective, specifically feminine, missionary, and charismatic. During the second week, the Ratio Institutionis of the Congregation (8 years since its redaction) was elaborated, with the help of Sr. Marianerina de Simone, Sr. M. Lilian Kapongo, Sr. M. Elizabeth Ribeiro, and Sr. M. Ivana Calvo. The experience, rich in international and intercultural fraternity, concluded with the firm will to develop a united formative path for the entire Congregation through a clearer identity as a Missionary Carmelite of St. Therèse of the Child Jesus.
Last 3-7 November, a group of around 20 Carmelite experts in the areas of history, spirituality, biblical studies, and liturgy, gathered at Centro Internazionale S. Alberto (CISA) to examine the contemplative dimension of Carmel according to the first authors of the Order. Beginning with the medieval context, the first part of this seminar, which will continue in the coming years, studied the Carmelite Rule, the Flaming Arrow, the Ten Books of the Institution of the First Monks and various Carmelite authors of the 13th to 15th centuries.
The seminar highlighted the richness that appears in the texts of the well-known and lesser-known authors: all offer themes and elements authentically Carmelite. The particular way of using Scripture and the attention to the dynamic process of transformation towards a mystical union with God, of which diverse authors indicated its fruits rather than give a definition, were noted. The eschatological and glorious perspective was highlighted in various texts, the reciprocal call of the liturgy and prayerful meditation on the Word underline the centrality of Christ. The language used and the mystagogical dimension were also examined, and called for a focused rereading.
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*photo courtesy of Carmelite Bristish Province.
