There is a decree issued by Pope Paul V in 1613 stating the importance of wearing this scapular: "It is permitted to preach that the Blessed Virgin will help by her continued assistance and her merits ...

The mid-Hudson River Valley region in New York is home to the National Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. The Carmelites in charge have made sure visitors feel the peace, serenity and spirituality of ...

When speaking of the brown scapular, Pope Pius XII once said: “The devotion to the Carmelite scapular has brought down on the world a copious rain of spiritual and temporal graces.” On the feast of ...

A Brown Scapular was draped over the threshold of the inner door to the chapel. It was the first hint that something was wrong as I opened up the church early on a Sunday morning. The scapular was ...

SPRINGFIELD – When Frank P. Magagnoli was growing up in Springfield in the 1960s, his family couldn't go on summer vacation until after the Our Lady of Mount Carmel festival. "Everything revolved ...

Before Wickliffe claimed official status as a city, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish had already set down roots. This year a celebration of its 100th anniversary marked by several special events is ...

THE image of Our Lady of Mount Carmel at the minor basilica. The Catholic faithful worldwide celebrated the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel on July 16. In the Philippines, the Minor Basilica of the ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y -- The carnival at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel R.C. Church, West Brighton, was a local highlight at the end of every summer in my youth. That ended after a fire brought down the church ...

Catholic Charities is seeking zoning approval to operate a community center in the former Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Allentown. Zoning Hearing Board will consider a request to convert the ...

BRIDGEPORT — The members of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church (OLMC) will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at the church to start drafting a written appeal of the June 1 announcement that OLMC will be merged ...

On July 5, the restored painting of Our Lady of Mount Carmel at Żurrieq parish church was inaugurated during a musico-literary evening. This article puts this event into context by recounting the ...

The feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel was celebrated at Ta’ Ħamet church in the limits of Xagħra last Wednesday. A pilgrimage, with the statue of Our Lady, was led by the church rector, Mgr Carmelo ...