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 ...

On the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, July 16, here are 12 keys to explaining the brown scapular and its use: 1. It is not an amulet. The scapular is not a charm or an automatic guarantee of ...

The feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, celebrated on July 16, was first instituted in the late 14th century in commemoration of the approval of the rule of the Carmelite Order a hundred years earlier.