THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE ORDINATION IN VIETNAM 2024 The Carmelite Friars of the Province of Saint Elias and the Commissariat of Saint Joseph in Vietnam joyfully announce the Ordination to the Diaconate and Priesthood of our Brothers: The Ordination to the Diaconate Brother Anthony Thanh Nguyen, O.Carm. Brother John Baptist …
Read More »Christmas Message from Prior General to the Carmelite Family 2023
Christmas Message from Prior General to the Carmelite Family 2023 Dear brothers and sisters in the Carmelite Family, This year we approach Christmas with a full appreciation of the fervent Advent prayer in which we have all shared, pleading with the Lord to come and save us. On a recent …
Read More »Two Brothers in Vietnam took their Solemn Vows 2023
+ Maria Solemn Profession of Vows in Vietnam 2023 Saigon, Vietnam – On the morning of November 18, 2023, at the Church of Chau Binh parish, Very Rev. Mario Esposito, O.Carm., the Prior Provincial of the North American Province of St. Elias, presided over the Eucharistic celebration and the …
Read More »The Annual General Meeting of the Commissariat in Vietnam 2023
+ Maria The Annual General Meeting of the Commissariat in Vietnam 2023 The Annual General Meeting of the Commissariat of St. Joseph in Vietnam was held on November 14, 2023, at the Vinh Phuc Retreat House. Attending it were Very Rev. Mario Esposito O.Carm., Prior Provincial of the …
Read More »Three Brothers professed their Solemn Vows 2023
+ Maria Three Brothers professed their Solemn Vows 2023 On Friday, 25 August 2023, three brothers professed solemn vows in the Order of Carmelites for the Province of Saint Elias at The National Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Middletown, New York. Brother John Truc Minh …
Read More »Celebrating St. Patrick the Carmelite Way
Celebrating St. Patrick the Carmelite Way Most Catholics celebrate St. Patrick, the Patron Saint of the Archdiocese of New York, only the day named in his honor. Not so for the Carmelites who brought a bit of Ireland with them when they arrived in New York in 1889. St. …
Read More »Liam Mellows: A Centennial Memorial Tribute in Ireland
Liam Mellows: A Centennial Memorial Tribute in Ireland Say the name Liam Mellows in America and you will be greeted with a puzzled look, that is, unless you know your Carmelite history because the name Mellows is part of the very fiber of the Irish Carmelites in New York. …
Read More »Mass for the Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary & Immaculate Conception
Fr. Nicholas Blackwell, O. Carm. celebrated the feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary and her immaculate conception at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Wed., Dec. 8, 2021). In his homily Fr. Blackwell brought home the meaning of and message of hope. During the Mass Fr. Blackwell …
Read More »What is Carmelite Spirituality?
Early on in Carmelite Rule — as written by St. Albert of Jerusalem, the Lawgiver of Carmel — is found its purpose: “Many and varied are the ways …” Those who seek Christ according to the life of Carmel are reminded it is one of various ways that lead to …
Read More »500th Anniversary of the Arrival of Christianity in the Philippines
On Saturday, 23 October 2021, the National Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Middletown, in collaboration with the Fil-Am Catholic Community of the Hudson Valley celebrated a Mass of Thanksgiving in honor of the 500th Anniversary of the Arrival of Christianity in the Philippines. As part of the …
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