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 …

On Thursday, November 28th, it was truly a day of thanksgiving for two of our Carmelite Brothers, Joseph Vinh Nguyen, O.Carm. and Joseph Dat Cao, O.Carm., who were ordained to the Priesthood and Diaconate at the Chapel of the Pastoral Center by the imposition of hands of the Most Reverend …

On a cold but beautiful morning, the Carmelite Friars celebrated the 59th Annual All Carmelite Souls Mass and procession to the Carmelite cemetery at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Middletown, NY. This special annual occasion is to remember and pray for all of the deceased …

Reverend Raymond Bagdonis, O. Carm. Born in Fort Bragg, North Carolina on April 13, 1949 Professed First Vows in the Order of Carmelites on June 14, 1982 Professed Solemn Vows on August 22, 1987 Ordained to the Priesthood on March 26, 1994 Died on October 30, 2019 Reverend Raymond Bagdonis, …