Luis Jorge González O.C.D.
Luis Jorge González, a Carmelite friar, born in Guadalajara, Mexico, has three doctorates: Spiritual Theology (Teresianum, Rome), Counseling. Human Development (Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico), Psychology (Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico). He has dedicated his life to teaching these disciplines, in university and popular contexts, in several countries. He has published more than 80 books on these three disciplines. He accompanies individuals and groups on a therapeutic and spiritual level. Professor for 26 years at the Teresianum (Rome) and, since 2010, at the University of Mysticism (Avila, Spain).
In the latter, since 2023, she has been animating the program "Formators Coaches for the Mystical Experience" (Master in perspective). It includes the contents of other programs for trainers, but with a Carmelite seal and focused on people and collaborative groups.
He is a certified trainer in Cognitive Coaching, and also in Mind Field Therapy, as well as Neuro-Linguistic Programming.
María Alexandra Triana Méndez O.C.D.
María Alexandra Triana Méndez. I was born in Bogota (Colombia) on June 15, 1975 in the bosom of a Christian family, although not too close to the church. I was educated with the Sisters of the Company of St. Teresa for 13 years. There I met Teresa in a very unconscious way. I belonged to the Neocatechumenal Way since I was 13 years old along with my parents and siblings. It was where I discovered that the Lord was calling me to Himself in a pilgrimage to the Sanctuary of the Virgin of the Rosary of Chiquinquira, Patroness of Colombia.
There I began a painful process of searching for the Way of the Lord for me. After 3 years of not knowing, in the end, I ended up in the Carmel of Sanlúcar la Mayor where Jesus found me through a Community of very normal sisters, very in love with Him and very wise who knew how to bring the Charism closer to my awkwardness. Since then, September 1996, I remain open to the Presence in the midst of 13 sisters, which we are now, and where, at present, I have been asked to serve as prioress. I have no academic studies or publications. Nothing but the desire to be such and the truth of myself.
Marisa Camaro Sala y Emilio Luis López Torres O.C.D.S.
We have been married for twenty-one years and together we have five children and five grandchildren. We are originally from Valencia, where we live. Emilio is a family doctor and Marisa holds a degree in chemical sciences; we are currently retired, which allows us to spend more time with our family, especially the grandchildren. Although our contact with Carmelite spirituality occurred much earlier, we joined the secular Carmelite order in 2011 in the community of Caravaca, where we remained until October 2023, serving as advisors and formation teachers. We have collaborated in the revitalization of the secular community of San Juan de la Cruz in Valencia, where we have been members since November 2023 to the present.
Emilio holds a diploma in Spiritual Theology from the Distance Spirituality Institute since 2013, and we have attended in-person tutorials related to the Spirituality courses offered by the Distance Spirituality Institute, associated center with the Pontifical Faculty of the Teresianum, collaborating in the dissemination and maintenance of this course as a means of promoting Carmelite spirituality in Valencia. We have attended various courses and congresses on Saint John of the Cross and Saint Teresa at the Cites in Ávila. We have also collaborated with the Friends of the Monastery Association to help promote and maintain the Convent of the Discalced Carmelites of the Desert of the Palms in Castellón.
We have visited the Monastery of Las Batuecas on numerous occasions, where Emilio, over several years and at the request of Fr. Prior Francisco, remained with the secular Carmel for periods of no less than a month to assist the community there in the upkeep of the Desert. Currently, Marisa serves as a counselor for the Levante Zone of the Provincial Council.
