REGIONAL MEETING WITH FATHER PROVINCIAL, CANADA

The Secular Carmelites were pleased to make a presence at the opening Mass of the Regional Meeting of the Discalced Carmelites of the Kanataka-Goa Province in Canada which was held on October 27-28, 2014 at St. Edmund’s Parish, North Vancouver, B.C. Mass on the evening of October 27th was officiated by Very Rev. Fr. Provincial Charles Serrao and concelebrated by sixteen Carmelite friars of Canada. The Secular Carmelite Choir sung at Mass accompanied by the parish organist.

Fr. Rudolf D’Souza gave a spirited homily, expanding on the Reading of the day, St. Paul’s letter to the Ephesians. “Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you. ….Be imitators of God, as beloved children and live in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.” He related a story of a hunchback king who had a statue of himself made with a straight posture. Every morning, he would look at the statue and straighten himself up so that he ultimately regained an upright posture. Like the king in the story, the purpose of their meeting is to straighten and examine themselves. “We are to be like the king! We are to stand at the Cross of Jesus everyday and be transformed until we become like Him”.

After the Mass, Fr. Jerald D’Souza officially welcomed the friars and presented each with a long-stemmed rose.

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