Events

+ Maria Solemnity of Our Lady of Mount Carmel   On Tuesday, 16 July 2024, the Universal Church celebrated the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and with all due solemnity and joy the Carmelite Friars marked the feast at The National Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel …

Annual General Meeting 2024 12-13 June 2024   The Carmelite Friars of the Province of Saint Elias gathered in the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish Center and Church in Middletown, New York, for its Annual General Meeting (AGM) traditionally held during the second week of June each year. For …

+ Maria ORDINATION TO THE PRIESTHOOD & MASS OF THANKSGIVING 2024   The Carmelite Province of Saint Elias rejoices in the recent priesthood ordination and Mass of Thanksgiving of Rev. Jonathan P. Steele, O.Carm. On Saturday, 25 May 2024, the Most Rev. Charles Jason Gordon, Archbishop of Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and …

+ Maria   ORDINATION TO THE DIACONATE 2024 On Saturday, May 4th 2024, the Carmelite Provinces of Saint Elias and Most Pure Heart of Mary, ordained two of their brothers, Ryan-Joseph Resureccion and Gregg Jude Durham, to the Order of Deacons. The Ordination Mass was celebrated at The National Shrine …

Candlemas 2024 Nearly two hundred people braved the cold weather to attend the Mass for the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord Mass (Candlemas) at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Middletown, New York on February 2. Before Mass, Father Roberto Perez, O.Carm. blessed the …

+ Maria Simbang Gabi sa Shrine 2023 The Fil-Am Catholic Community of Hudson Valley (FACCHV) hosted their annual Simbang Gabi sa Shrine at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Middletown, New York. This is the seventh year that the Filipino community have hosted this devotional Mass …

+ 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 …

+ 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 …

+ Maria VETERANS DAY 2023 In observance of Veterans Day 2023, the Carmelites placed a flag on the gravestones of each of our friars who served in the military. Our brothers who served were: Rev. Norbert Hansen, Rev. Robert Greco, Rev. Robert Tracy, Rev. Edmund McCaffrey, Rev. Albert Pavlik, Rev. …