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Little Flower Monastery Formation House 10789 North Deroche Road, Deroche, BC V0M 1G0

Bulletin CH #2 September 15, 2015

Carmel Hill, is a dream come true of the Discalced Carmelites of the Karnataka Goa Prov-ince (India) in Canada. It is virtually a dream of dreams that is getting shaped through the monastery being built in this pisturesque green surrounding at Fraser Valley, British Colum-bia—Canada. The surroundings of this beautiful area is filled with lush green meadows, mountains and beautiful lakes. It was in April 2012 when Helen Chua Tiampo agreed to donate a piece of land to the Car-melites through Fr. Rudolf V. D’Souza, that the seed of this great project was sown. After re-peated discussions and meetings held with the estate planners and lawyers that finally a deal was struck to concretely find a land suitable for developing and realizing of the charism of the Discalced Carmelites friars. When at a meeting Helen C. Tiampo directed her secretary Mr. Steve Creighton to look for the land end of April 2012. Since Mr. Steve is in the field of real estate, he looked for almost 6 pieces of land in the Mission area of British Columbia. We zeroed in on a property at Sylvester Street, which was 20 acres in dimension. But as we were about to strike deal to purchase this land, someone else paid a higher price and we lost this chance. “This is God’s work, because God wants us to go elsewhere” said Helen and “we need to look for another piece.” Then in 15 days of search finally there was a 20 acreage of land with a beautiful house. Helen personally took charge of finalizing the deal and she strongly affirmed that she wanted this piece of land as there was a beautiful mountain right at the edge of the property. Immediately after initial documentations were done, Helen herself ex-claimed saying, “this land for the Carmelites is beautiful with a mountain attached, we can call it CARMEL HILL”. This is just the beginning of the story…

Directions: Head Northeast on Hornby St, Turn Right onto W.Georgia St, Turn Right on Main St./BC-99A S., Turn left onto Terminal Ave, Con-tinue onto E. 1st Ave, Use right lane to get on Hwy 1, merge onto Hwy 1E., Take Exit 44 for United Blvd., Keep left toward Mary Hill Bypass, Continue onto Mary Hill Bypass/ BC-7B, Take 7 East Ramp to Pitt meadows, Merge onto Lougheed hwy/BC-7, Slight Right onto Lougheed Hwy/BC-7E., Turn right to stay on Lougheed Hwy/BC-7E (signs for Hope), Continue Straight onto N. Deroche Rd., Turn Right to stay on N. Deroche Rd. Destination will be on the Left.

Fr. Rudy’s homilies on: youtube.com:Fr. Rudolf

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CELEBRATION OF FEAST OF OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL AT ST. EDMUND'S PARISH - July 16, 2015

In preparation for the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, St. Edmund’s Church held a Novena with Masses celebrated by OCD friar, Fr. Jerald D’Souza. On July 16 at 7 pm, the Feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel was celebrated with a solemn Mass. Parish-ioners of St. Edmund’s, devotees of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel along with OCDS members, Religious and Secular members filled St. Edmund’s Church. A beautiful flower arrangement surrounded the statue of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel which stood prominently in front of the Altar. Bishop David Monroe of Kamloops was the main celebrant (hurdled the 5-hour drive to North Vancouver). Concelebrating the Mass were OCD friars Fr. Rudolf D’Souza, Fr. Jerald D’Souza, Fr. Steny Mascarenhas, Fr. Rajesh Madtha to-gether with Msgr. Gregory Smith, Fr. James Comey and Fr. Paul Goo, of the North Shore Deanery. Bishop Monroe was particularly pleased to celebrate the special liturgy at St. Edmund’s, his former parish. He has been instru-mental in many initiatives in the Parish and nostalgically recalled the challenges he and other faithful overcame and accomplished during his tenure. Prior to the final blessing, Bishop Monroe blessed scapulars (donated by OCDS members), and were distributed to the devo-tees after the Mass. In his concluding remarks, Fr. Jerald D’Souza, thanked Bishop Monroe, his brother Carmelites, all the other priests present, and everyone who contributed their time and talent to make the cele-bration such a prayerful, joyous occasion. He also introduced Fr. Rudolf D’Souza, Regional Superior of OCD Canada, who has been instrumental in the building of Carmel Hill in Deroche (Fraser Valley). Fr. Rudolf announced the publication of the first Carmel Hill bulle-tin (copies were distributed to the congregation) and extended the invitation to visit the new Formation House and beautiful grounds. He also spoke about the many features provided by the members of the Order and encouraged the congregation to consider joining. Afterwards, everyone went to the Parish Hall and enjoyed a re-ception prepared by the CWL and parishioners.

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Below: Bishop Monroe flanked by his concelebrant priests and the Knights of St. Edmund’s Parish.

Below L—R: Fr. Jerry D’Souza, OCD (St. Edmund’s), Bishop Monroe (Kamloops), Fr. Rudolf D’Souza, OCD (Guardian Angels), Bro. Joseph Giroux, OCD

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The Evolution of Carmel Hill Construction-In-Progress as of July 23, 2015

Fr. Rudy’s homilies on: youtube.com:Fr. Rudolf

Carmelite Communities and Venue:

St. Joseph Vancouver Community Guardian Angels Church, Vancouver St. John of the Cross Community Precious Blood Church, Surrey, BC Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Community St. Edmund’s Church, North Vancouver St. Teresa of Jesus of Andes Community Our Lady of the Valley Church, ColdstreamBC St. Joseph Calgary Community St. Thomas Church, Calgary, AB

FOR MORE INFO ABOUT DISCALCED CARMELITES IN CANADA

http://www.carmelhill.ca http://www.cccsocd.ca

DISCALCED CARMELITES CANADA

British Columbia

Archdiocese of Vancouver Guardian Angels Church (Vancouver Downtown)

Fr. Rudolf V. D'Souza- Regional Superior Fr. Rajesh Madtha (In-Res.) Hosp. Chaplaincy St. Edmund’s Church (North Vancouver)

Fr. Jerald D'Souza St. Anthony of Padua (Agassiz)

Fr. Steny Mascarenhas Carmel Hill (Deroche, BC) Bro. Joseph Giroux Diocese of Prince George Sacred Heart Cathedral (Prince George) Fr. Melvin Pinto (Rector) Fr. Ronald Sequeira (Assistant) Alberta

Diocese of Calgary St. Thomas More Church (Calgary)

Fr. John Pinto Fr. Godwin Pinto

Ontario:

Diocese of London St. Andrew’s Church (London, ON)

Fr. Ranjan De Sa Fr. Alfredo Pereira ( In Residence) Diocese of Hamilton St. Aloysius Church (Hamilton, ON) Fr. Jerome Mascarenhas Diocese of St. Catherine St. Patrick’s Church (St. Catherine, ON) Fr. Mario Fernandes St. Anne and St. Mary’s Church Fr. Victor Fernandes

CARMEL HILL 10789 North Deroche Road, Deroche (Fraser Valley) BC

PLANNING AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Helen Chua Tiampo

Director, Alegre Investments and Feliz Enterprises

Darrell J. Wickstrom Partner, Fasken Martineau

Emmet Mc Grath

Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia and Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants;

Ex-Partner KPMG

Fr. Rudolf V. D'Souza, OCD, Phd Canadian Carmelite Charitable Society

Steve Creighton

Secretary to Helen Chua Tiampo Creighton Associates and Realty.

Francis BC Wong, CDFM, CPA, CGA, ACIS, PAdm

Director of Finance, Archdiocese of Vancouver