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Being Carmelite in today's world

1. “Being Discalced Carmelites Today” General Curia of the Teresian Carmel

2. Guiding Questions: What points do you agree with the documents? Are there points that may need rephrasing? What can we learn from the document? What are the ways in which we can apply the main points of the Charismatic Declaration to our situation?

3. PROPOSAL THE CHAPTER MANDATES THE VICAR AND THE VARIATE COUNCIL TO ENSURE THAT EACH COMMUNITY DISCUSSES THE CHARISMATIC DECLARATION AND TO SEND A RESPONSE FROM THE VICARIATE TO THE GENERALATE BY 15 TH OF DECEMBER, 2020

4. A document in process of creation:

5. Ávila 2003: Return to the essential Fátima 2009: “What do you think we should be like?” Ávila 2015: It is time to walk Goa 2019: Walk in the Truth

6. BEING DISCALCED CARMELITES TODAY

7. The present text is a proposal of the Definitory, which takes into account the contributions of the Provinces in the reading of the Constitutions

8. It will be studied in the Chapters and in the Extraordinary Definitory before being submitted to votation in the General Chapter of 2021

9. We are each one and all together. Heirs: of the Teresian style of living the Gospel Living the present and the future: renewing and inculturating . It speaks to us of: IDENTITY CHARISM RENEWAL

10. The document wants to use a language: SYNTHETIC AND UNDERSTANDABLE UNIVERSAL FOUNDED ON STUDIES ON THE LIFE AND THOUGHT OF TERESA AND THE HISTORY OF THE ORDER POSITIVE NARRATIVE AND DESCRIPTIVE

11. WRITTEN IN FIRST PERSON PLURAL: We are the ones who are speaking and give this text, which speaks of our identity.

12. FIVE FUNDAMENTAL PARTS: • GOD’S CALL • FORMATION (THE RESPONSE) • TERESIAN ANTHROPOLOGY • THE CHARISM AND ITS CONSTITUTIVE ELEMENTS • THE HARMONY BETWEEN DIFFERENT WAYS OF LIVING THE CHARISM TODAY

13. INTRODUCTION Charismatic Declaration “Being Discalced Carmelites Today” General Curia of the Teresian Carmel

14. A charism is an ongoing tradition, and renewal is a permanent attitude (Vatican Council II)

15. CALL AND RESPONSE Charismatic Declaration “Being Discalced Carmelites Today” General Curia of the Teresian Carmel 1-2

16. THE POINT OF DEPARTURE: GOD CALL EACH ONE The call and the response are the work of the Spirit: INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP A call that is renewed each day, beyond the concrete circumstances of the world and the Order

17. FORMATION IS RESPONSE to a call Construct our Identity, that is not a STATIC concept but DYNAMIC , in PERMANENT CONSTRUCTION

18. FORMATION = CONSTANT ELABORATION OF IDENTITY Formation must be integral, communal, ongoing and supported also by human sciences

19. TERESIAN ANTHROPOLOGY Charismatic Declaration 3 “Being Discalced Carmelites Today” General Curia of the Teresian Carmel

20. BE A DISCALCED CARMELITE IS A CONCRETE WAY OF BEING A PERSON AND CHRISTIAN

21. The Teresian vision of the person is very CURRENT , especially suitable for the needs and desires of today’s humanity

22. HOW IS OUR WORLD TODAY?

23. The fundamental elements of the Teresian proposal: WE ARE AN INHABITED INTERIORITY

24. THE CHARISM Charismatic Declaration 4 “Being Discalced Carmelites Today” General Curia of the Teresian Carmel

25. We enter in the fundamental section, for that reason it is the most extensive

26. We speak of: • RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD • FRATERNITY • MISSION adding an important CONCLUSION

27. The central axis is the fruit of the experience of Saint Teresa and a fundamental element of her charism: FRIENDSHIP

28. What is PERFECT FRIENDSHIP for Saint Teresa? RELATIONSHIP in its various modalities is the element that DEFINES THE TERESIAN CHARISM

29. THE CHARISM A: RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD Charismatic Declaration “Being Discalced Carmelites Today” General Curia of the Teresian Carmel 4A

30. God TAKES THE FIRST STEP and makes possible the relationship with HIM CHRIST IS THE DEFINITIVE WORD OF THE FATHER IN THE RELATIONSHIP

31. In Jesus, God reveals himself fully. Carmel is called to live in “Allegiance to Jesus Christ,” that is, FRIENDSHIP WITH HIM , using Teresian Language

32. This FRIENDSHIP is an experience of LOVE

33. • LISTENING TO THE WORD • THE PRACTICE OF PRAYER • SOLITUDE AND SILENCE • DETACHMENT • THE PASSION THAT AVOIDS ACEDIA • COMMUNITY LIFE The spirituality of the TERESIAN Carmel has a clearly INTERPERSONAL character; it is founded on a RELATIONSHIP built on:

34. THE CHARISM B: FRATERNITY Charismatic Declaration 4B “Being Discalced Carmelites Today” General Curia of the Teresian Carmel

35. A fundamental question for Saint Teresa and significant in today’s world Faced with INDIVIDUALISM , so diffuse today, the TERESIAN COMMUNITY is a strong response

36. Teresa builds a charismatic proposal that preserves the BALANCE between EREMETICAL/SOLITUDE and COMMUNITY LIFE

37. FRIENDSHIP with GOD becomes authentic and grows in FRIENDSHIP with the FRIENDS OF GOD

38. The TERESIAN COMMUNITY is FAMILY gathered around JESUS (Nazareth, Bethany...) MARY, Mother and Sister, inspires our community life. We are called to move from simple devotion to MARIAN IDENTITY which touches concrete life.

39. Our life as a TERESIAN FAMILY must overcome the temptation of INDIVIDUALISM , but also that of CLERICALISM

40. PERSONAL GROWTH depends on BUILDING COMMUNITY which is not a limitation, but an adequate scope for the realization of my IDENTITY.

41. The TERESIAN COMMUNITY is in tune with the Ecclesiology of Communion proposed by the Second Vatican Council. It is a lived fraternity that is expressed through different instruments and structures

42. As a TERESIAN COMMUNITY , we live an enriching unity among the three groups of the family: The FRIARS , the DISCALCED CARMELITE NUNS and the SECULARS .

43. THE CHARISM C: THE MISSION Charismatic Declaration 4C “Being Discalced Carmelites Today” General Curia of the Teresian Carmel CONCLUSION: UNITY BETWEEN THE CONSTITUTIVE ELEMENTS OF THE CHARISM

44. THE MISSION is part of the DIVINE CALL , which always involves being sent to serve the CHURCH and HUMANITY

45. What are the characteristics of the TERESIAN CARMEL’S MISSION in the CHURCH and the WORLD TODAY?

46. The source of our apostolic action is also FRIENDSHIP WITH GOD . It is also the first element of the witness that we as Carmelites are called to give

47. We are inheritors of the APOSTOLIC SENSITIVITY of Teresa of Jesus

48. The FIRST ELEMENT of the MISSION of the Carmelite is PRAYER , which has in itself APOSTOLIC VALUE

49. There is a DIVERSITY OF SERVICES in which the mission becomes concrete, without forgetting to exercise them from our CHARISMATIC IDENTITY

50. AN INTERESTING CONCLUSION: The THREE CONSTITUTIVE ELEMENTS OF CHARISM (prayer, fraternity and mission) ARE UNITED AND MUTUALLY NOURISHED . In Carmel, NIETHER ONE HAS MEANING WITHOUT THE OTHERS TWO

51. UNITY AND PLURALISM . CONCLUSION Charismatic Declaration 5 “Being Discalced Carmelites Today” General Curia of the Teresian Carmel

52. We are aware that the territorial EXPANSION of the Order entails a new development

53. In this environment it is fundamental that the charism is transmitted from the LIVING EXPERIENCE of those who communicate it and not only in a theoretical way Today’s Teresian Carmelites come from different ORIGINS and CULTURES . We have different STYLES and SENSITIVITIES

54. Pluralism is RICHNESS and CHALLENGE , it demands our attention and discernment: we have to reflect particularly on the CONFIGURATION and AUTONOMY of the circumscriptions at present, evaluating THEIR CONSEQUENCES

55. Wherever the Order lives, it is necessary that the sense of belonging to ONE SAME RELIGIOUS FAMILY , spread in DIFFERENT PLACES OF THE WORLD , be fostered and lived

56. CONCLUSION Charismatic Declaration “Being Discalced Carmelites Today” General Curia of the Teresian Carmel

57. THE DECLARATION CANNOT BE A THEORETICAL TEXT, WE MUST HELP TO CREATE CONCRETE WAYS FOR ITS APPLICATION, SO THAT IT IS EFFECTIVE AND PRODUCES FRUITS FOR THE WHOLE ORDER

58. “Being Discalced Carmelites Today” General Curia of the Teresian Carmel