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 …
Read More »EIGHT CARMELITE BROTHERS PROFESS SIMPLE VOWS OF OBEDIENCE, POVERTY & CHASTITY
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 …
Read More »ORDINATION TO THE PRIESTHOOD
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 …
Read More »JANUARY 2020 – CARMELITE STUDIES PROGRAM IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
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 …
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