DOCUMENTS

1247 The 'Primitive' Rule of the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel, Albert of Jerusalem (corrected, emended, and confirmed by Pope Innocent IV)

1567- 1568 The Primitive' Constitutions of St Teresa of Jesus for the Discalced nuns, Teresa of Avila

1567 The way of perfection, Teresa of Avila

1580 Pia consideratione, Brief forming Province of Discalced Carmelites, Pope Gregory XIII

1581 Constitutions of the Discalced Nuns of the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel approved in 1581 at the Provincial Chapter of Alcalà), Chapter OCD of Alcalà

1590 Salvatoris, Brief for OCD Constitutions of Mother Anne of Jesus, Pope Sixtus V

1591 Quoniam non ignoramus, Brieffor OCD Constitutions of Father Doria, Pope Gregory XIV

1786 OCD Constitutions for Spain

1926 Rule and Constitutions of the Discalced Nuns of the Order of Our Blessed Lady of Mount Carmel, 1926, SCRIS

1939 Spanish Ceremonial, Appendix

1967- 1968 [Aborted attempt by interim commission of Friars], Chapter of OCD Friars

1971 Statutes on Enclosure of the Nuns of the Order of the Discalced Carmelites, CRIS and Michelangelo Baitz OCD

1971 Basic Legislation, Michelangelo Baitz OCD

1977 Declarations for the Updating of the 'Primitive Constitutions of the Discalced Nuns of the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel in Accordance with the Directives of the Second Vatican Council, CRIS

1984 Letter to Father Philip Sainz de Baranda OCD, October 15, Cardinal Agostino Casaroli

1985 Letter to Cardinal Jean Jerome Hamer OP, January 24, Augusto Guerra OCD et al.

1986 Draft of the Legislation for the Discalced Cat7nelite Nuns, CRIS

1986 Sintesi delle riposte ai quesiti sul progetto di legislazione sottoposto all esame dei carmeli femminili (Official-unpublished Report), Silvano Satri SDB

1987 The Constitutions of Alcalà: A paper presented to the Carmelite sisters in Boston and the CCA Prioress' meeting, Narraganset, RI, Kieran Kavanaugh OCD

1988 Report for the Plenary Session: The Legislation of the Discalced Carmelites, November 29, 1988-December 2, 1988, CRIS

1990 Rule and Constitutions of the Discalced Nuns of the Order of the most Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel for the monasteries of Discalced Carmelites (according to Canon 615) accommodated to the Second Vatican Council and the canonical laws in vigour according to the Norms given by His Holiness John Paul II October 15, 1984, CRIS

1991 Rule and Constitutions of the Discalced Nuns of the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel adapted according to the Directives of the Second Vatican Council and the Canonical Norms in force and approved by the Apostolic See in the Year 1991, CRIS

1993 By Love and Truth: Letter of Father Camilo Maccise Superior General to the Discalced Carmelite Friars and Nuns, Camilo Maccise OCD

ECCLESIAL DOCUMENTS

1965 Perfectae caritatis, Vatican II

1966 Ecclesiae sanctae, II, Paul VI

1969 Venite seorsum, CRIS

1992 The Consecrated Life and Its Role in the Church and in the World, 'Lineamenta', Secretaria Generalis Synodi Episcoporum

1994 The Consecrated Life and Its Role in the Church and in the World, 'Instrumentum laboris', Secretaria Generalis Synodi Episcoporum

1996 Vita consecrata, John Paul II

NOTES

¹ Patrimony (spiritual): the nature, end, spirit and character of the institute according to the intent of the founder or foundress and the institute's sound traditions.

² Redact: to put in writing (frame); to select or adapt for publication (edit).

³ M. K. Kuenstler, 'Post-Conciliar renewal of the legislative texts for the Order of the Discalced Carmelite Nuns of the Blessed Virgin Mary' (Rome, 1995). The facts for this article are taken from this text. See the bibliography of the dissertation for a complete list of references.

⁴ J. Clarke (trans), St Thérèse of Lisieux: her last conversations (Washington, DC 1977), pp 134, 205.

⁵ C. Maccise, By love and truth: letter of Father Camilo Maccise, superior general to the Discalced Carmelite friars and nuns (Rome, 1993).

⁶ Secretaria Generalis Synodi Episcoporum, The consecrated life and its role in the Church and in the world, Lineamenta (Città del Vaticano, 1992). Cf Secretaria Generalis Synodi Episcoporum, The consecrated life and its role in the Church and in the world, Instrumentum laboris (Città da Vaticano, 1994).

⁷ D. L. Fleming and E. McDonough (eds), The Church and consecrated life (St Louis, 1996). The Apostolic Exhortation of John Paul II, Vita consecrata, is reprinted on pp 323-436 in this edition. Paragraph 58, cited in this article, is found on p 374.

⁸ SCRIS, Rule and Constitutions of the Discalced Nuns of the Order of Our Blessed Lady of Mount Carmel, 1926 (Dublin, 1928), Prot. N. 5077/18-C.20.

⁹ CRIS, Rule and Constitutions of the Discalced Nuns of the Order of the most Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel for the monasteries of Discalced Carmelites (according to canon 615) accommodated to the Second Vatican Council and the canonical laws in vigour according to the norms given by His Holiness John Paul II October 15, 1984 (Rome, 1990). Cf CRIS, Rule and Constitutions of the Discalced Nuns of the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel adapted according to the Directives of the Second Vatican Council and the Canonical Norms in force and approved by the Apostolic See in the Year 1991 (Rome, 1991).

¹⁰ In vigour: having effective legal status or binding force of law.

¹¹ J. Smet, The Carmelites: a history of the Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Darien, 1985). Cf K. Egan, 'The spirituality of the Carmelites' in J. Raitt (ed), Christian spirituality: High Middle Ages and Reformation (New York, 1987), pp 60-62.

¹² 0. Rodriguez, 'El Testamento Teresiano' in El Monte Carmelo vol 78 (1970), pp 11-83.

¹³ OCD Provincial Chapter, Constitutions of the Discalced Nuns of the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel (Alcalà), 1581).The Brief, Pia consideratione, 22 June 1580, which forms the Province, is found in the prologue.

¹⁴ K. Kavanaugh, The Constitutions of Alcalà: a paper presented to the Carmelite sisters in Boston and the CCA Prioress' meeting, February 2, 1987 (Narraganset, 1987).

¹⁵ A. Casaroli, Prot. N. 135.770, letter to Father Philip Sainz de Baranda OCD, October 15, 1984 (Rome, 1984).

¹⁶ A. Kaptijn, 'The Constitutions of the Discalced Carmelites' in Bydragen vor Filosofie en Theologie vol 51 (1990), pp 350-381.

¹⁷ A. Guerra et al., letter to Cardinal Jean Jerome Hamer OP, January 24, 1985 (Madrid, 1985).

¹⁸ K. Kavanaugh, The Constitutions of Alcalà): a paper presented to the Carmelite Sisters in Boston and the CCA Prioress' meeting (Narragansett, 1987). Father Kavanaugh tells how Father Otilio Rodriguez, who originally concluded that the Constitutions of Alcalà were Teresa's, later changed his opinion in light of other research. He also tells how Father Fortunato Antolin, published in the Teresianum in 1973, researched all the material in the Constitutions of Alcalà that came from other sources than Teresa's Primitive Constitutions.

¹⁹ Magdelena De Jesus, La Madre Maravillas, Admiracion, Amor Y Dolor: Testimonio directo acerca de su vida solicitado por los Carmelos de Holanda y Alemania (Burgos, 1992).

²⁰ 0. Cattani, 'Una Storia Troppi Protagonisti' in Testimoni, Quindicinale de Informazione, Spiritualita e Vita Consecrata vol 10 (1993), pp 19-29.

²¹ S. Sarti, 'Sintesi delle risposte ai quesiti sul progetto di legislazione sottoposto all esame dei carmeli femminili' in Draft Legislation, Official-unpublished Report, April 16, 1988 (Rome, 1988).

²² CRIS, Report for the Plenary Session July 9, 1988 (Rome, 1988). Cf Report to Extraordinary Definitory, Chronology: Concerning the renewal of the legislation of the Discalced Carmelite Nuns (Rome, 1986).

²³ A. Guerra, Report Following the Father General's Letter, December 13, 1990 (Spain, 1990).

²⁴ OCD, 'List of monasteries that have chosen Constitutions (1990/1991)' in Communicationes OCD vol 45 (1993), pp 245-265.

²⁵ Ibid.

²⁶ Proper Law (ius proprium): the law of an institute of consecrated life, including, as a principal code, the fundamental law or constitutions, and other collections of statutes, norms or procedures by which the institute is governed.

²⁷ Discalced Carmelites of Mataro, Concerning the Basic Code of the 92 Carmels which is entitled the Rule and Constitutions of the Discalced Nuns of the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel (Mataro, 1991).

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