Events

+ Maria ALL CARMELITE SOULS 2023 On Saturday, 4 November 2023, the Carmelite Province of Saint Elias celebrated the 63rd Annual All Souls Mass at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. This annual event held usually in the first or second week of November is an opportunity …

+ 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 …

THREE BROTHERS ENTERED THE NOVITIATE IN VIETNAM 2023 Saigon, Vietnam – On Sunday, August 13, 2023 at the Chapel of Saint Joseph Novitiate, three brothers entered the novitiate program. The Reception of Novices took place during Vespers. Three brothers who were accepted into Novitiate program are John the Baptist Minh-Duc …

Simple Profession of Vows on the Solemnity of Prophet Elijah Middletown, NY – On the 20th of July, the feast of St. Elias, the spiritual founder of the Order, the two dedicated souls, Br. Joseph Trung Do, O.Carm., and Br. Pedro Cruz Diaz, O.Carm., officially professed their simple vows at …

Celebrating the Solemnity of Our Lady of Mount Carmel with Cardinal Timothy Dolan National Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Middletown, NY Sunday, July 16th, 2023        

THE ORDINATION TO THE PRESBYTERATE OF REV. VON ERICK MARIA SANDOVAL, O.CARM. Middletown, NY – In anticipation of Pentecost, Bishop Gerardo Colacicco took us back to the upper room on Saturday, 27 May 2023, as our Brother in Carmel, Von Erick Maria Sandoval, was ordained to the priesthood. A packed …

  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. …

CARMELITES FOR LIFE On Friday, 20 January 2023, some of our student friars residing at Whitefriars Hall and studying at The Catholic University of America took part in the annual March for Life in Washington, DC. They were joined by tens of thousands of people of every age and race …

  62nd Annual All Carmelite Souls Mass Middletown, NY. – On Saturday, November 5, 2022, the 62nd Annual All Carmelite Souls Mass was celebrated at 11:00AM at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Middletown, New York. It was a perfect Autumn day, with clear skies and …

Celebrating Mama Mary, Our Lady of Manaoag Rev. Bro. Von Erick Maria Sandoval, O.Carm. On Saturday, 22 October 2022, 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 Votive Mass in honor of Our Lady …