Feast of Our Lady of Mt Carmel
Today we celebrate the Solemnity of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. From the earliest days of the Order's beginnings, Mary has held a special place in the lives of Carmelites. Mary embodies everything that we hope for - to enter into an intimate relationship with Christ, being totally open to God's will and having our lives transformed by the Word of God. Like Mary, we too want to listen so deeply to the Word of God that he becomes flesh in us.
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Read the letter of the Prior General for the Feast.
Watch the video.
Happy feast day to all members of our Carmelite Family!
Large crowd at Mothers' Mass
A large crowd gathered at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Middle Park (VIC) for our annual Mothers’ Mass on 14 July. The Mass, in honour of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, is celebrated for all mothers, living and deceased.
Carmelite Friars, Nuns, Lay Carmelites, parishioners, friends and supporters gathered for the Mass celebrated by Fr Paul Cahill (Prior Provincial). The names of nearly 4,000 mothers were included in the Mass.
Solemnity of Our Lady of Mt Carmel
Today we celebrate the Solemnity of Our lady of Mount Carmel. From the earliest days of the Order's beginnings, Mary has held a special place in the lives of Carmelites.
Mary embodies everything that we hope for - to enter into an intimate relationship with Christ, being totally open to God's will and having our lives transformed by the Word of God. Like Mary, we too want to listen so deeply to the Word of God that he becomes flesh in us.
Happy feast day to all members of our Carmelite Family!
Feast day Greetings - Solemnity of Our Lady of Mt Carmel
Today is the Solemnity of Our Lady of Mt Carmel, the Carmelites' principal feast day.
The first hermits on Mount Carmel built a church in the middle of their cells which was the centre of their lives where they gathered each day to pray and celebrate Mass together.
They named their church in honour of Our Lady, taking her as their patroness, promising her their faithful service and expecting her protection and favour.
That's why Carmelite friars are officially known as the "Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel".
“Carmelites see in Mary the perfect image of all that we want and hope to be as the brothers and sisters of her Son.” (Carmelite Constitutions)
Read the Prior General's letter for the feast day here.
