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.

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 ...

I immediately saw that our three big statues were missing: those depicting Our Lady of Mount Carmel, St. Joseph and St. Thérèse of Lisieux. They were gone without a trace. The banks of votive ...

SHENANDOAH – Tradition was the word of the day at St. Casimir’s Catholic Church for the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Many people attending the Mass and the 109th annual procession of the ...

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 ...

We visited the Atlantic County town on Monday for the 149th Our Lady of Mount Carmel Festival, a six-day summer carnival event that features food, rides, fireworks, Catholic mass in English and ...

A Lackawanna County church celebrated a special anniversary on Sunday. Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish in Carbondale celebrated its 50th annual Feast of the Lady of Mt. Carmel. After the mass ...