On Thursday, September 17, 2020, the Feast of St. Albert of Jerusalem, the Lawgiver of Carmel, at St. Eliseus Pre-Novitiate in Harrison, New Jersey, the Province of St. Elias welcomed its newest Pre-Novice, Vincent LoBiondo, into the Formation Program. During a ceremony in which he received the Scapular of Our …

Reverend Bede Mulligan O.Carm., a member of the Order of Carmelites of the North American Province of St. Elias, died on August 31, 2020 after a brief illness. He was 86 years old. May he rest in peace. John Kevin Mulligan was born in the Bronx, NY on June 14, …

On August 29th, 2020, four Carmelite Friars: Brother Marlon Beharry, O.Carm., Brother Henry Soto, O.Carm., Father Jon Moore, O.Carm., and Father Justin M. Cinnante, O.Carm pronounced their solemn vows at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. The Very Reverend Mario Esposito, O.Carm., Prior Provincial, was the celebrant …

  The Rite of the Holy Sepulcher, rooted in the worship of the Christian community in Jerusalem and used by various Knights and the faithful and commonly called the Carmelite Rite, is the liturgical rite in Latin that the Carmelite Order first began using in the mid-twelfth century. This Rite …

On Sunday, July 19, 2020, the Feast of St. Elias, Father and Leader of Carmel, was celebrated at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Middletown according to the Ancient Carmelite Rite of the Holy Sepulcher. The Mass was well-attended in the light of social distancing, and …

The Carmelites of the Province of St. Elias celebrated the Solemn Commemoration of Our Lady of Mount Carmel on July 16th, 2020 at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Middletown, NY. Bishop Gerardo Colacicco, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of New York celebrated the 11:30 AM …

June 8 – On a beautiful Monday morning at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Middletown, New York, under all due precautions and limits imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Carmelite Friars of the Province of St. Elias and the Province of the Most Pure Heart …

On Saturday, May 30th two of our Carmelite friars – Rev. Mikhail Woodruffe, O.Carm. and Rev. Leonard Paul Richmond, O.Carm., were ordained to the Priesthood at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Middletown, NY. The ordaining prelate was the Most Reverend Gerardo J. Colacicco, D.D., Auxiliary …

  From the evening of January 9th to the morning of January 12th, 2020, some 45 Carmelite student friars from various levels of formation and locations, along with their formators, gathered at Whitefriars Hall in Washington, D.C., for a session in their ongoing Carmelite Studies Program. The topic this January …