Communicationes
ROMA (15-10-2009).- Fr Saverio Cannistrà, Superior General of the Discalced Carmelites, announced the opening of preparations for the V Centenary of the birth of Saint Teresa of Jesus, which will be celebrated in 2015.
The announcement was made during the celebration of the Eucharist in honour of Saint Teresa of Jesus, which took place in the Teresianum Pontifical Faculty of Theology in Rome, to celebrate the feast of the Holy foundress and to inaugurate the academic year.
Fr General recorded that, from today, we Discalced Carmelite friars and nuns, individually and in community, undertake the task of devoting a little of our time and attention each day to reading the writings of Teresa. It is a commitment that is moderate, hidden yet essential that will have the whole Order reading the works of Saint Teresa until 2014, not simply to derive from her historical and doctrinal facts, emphasised Fr Saverion, but to enter into communication with her, to get to know the person who is talking to us, and to know ourselves.
During the homily, the Superior General referred to the fascination Teresa had for the Gospel about the Samaritan woman, in which Teresa contemplates herself as a thirsting woman, tired by her journey towards God. It is a journey which Teresa invites us to follow to meet the risen crucified One, in every page and in every line of her writings.
Fr General presided at the celebration, accompanied by the General Definitors, Emilio J. Martínez, Agustine Mulloor and Robert Paul; the President of the Teresianum Faculty, Aniano Álvarez; the prior of the permanent community, Zacarías Igirukwayo, the prior of the International College, Charles Serrao, and the prior of the specialisation community, Nicolás García. Also present were more than one hundred priests, students, and religious from various congregations.
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