July 16 Our Lady of Mount Carmel. (1251) According to the most ancient Carmelite chronicles, the Order has its origins with the disciples of the prophets Elias and Eliseus. They lived in caves on Mount …More
July 16 Our Lady of Mount Carmel.
(1251) According to the most ancient Carmelite chronicles, the Order has its origins with the disciples of the prophets Elias and Eliseus. They lived in caves on Mount Carmel. They honored the Queen of Heaven as the Virgin who is to give birth to the Saviour. When the reality replaced the symbol, the pious ascetics of Carmel were converted to the Christian Faith. In the 12th century, many pilgrims from Europe who had followed the Crusaders came to join the solitaries. A rule was established and the Order began to spread to Europe.
Amid the many persecutions raised against the Order of Mount Carmel, newly arrived in Europe, Saint Simon Stock, General of the Order, turned with filial confidence to the Blessed Mother of God. As he knelt in prayer on July 16, 1251, in the White Friars' convent at Cambridge, She appeared before him and presented him with the well-known brown scapular, a loose sleeveless garment destined for the Order of Carmel, reaching from …More
(1251) According to the most ancient Carmelite chronicles, the Order has its origins with the disciples of the prophets Elias and Eliseus. They lived in caves on Mount Carmel. They honored the Queen of Heaven as the Virgin who is to give birth to the Saviour. When the reality replaced the symbol, the pious ascetics of Carmel were converted to the Christian Faith. In the 12th century, many pilgrims from Europe who had followed the Crusaders came to join the solitaries. A rule was established and the Order began to spread to Europe.
Amid the many persecutions raised against the Order of Mount Carmel, newly arrived in Europe, Saint Simon Stock, General of the Order, turned with filial confidence to the Blessed Mother of God. As he knelt in prayer on July 16, 1251, in the White Friars' convent at Cambridge, She appeared before him and presented him with the well-known brown scapular, a loose sleeveless garment destined for the Order of Carmel, reaching from …More
Our visit to Mount Carmel, Stella Maris Convent: 1 Visita/Visit/Besuch: Tierra Santa/Holy Land/Heilige Land 2013
Other Saints of the Day:
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Blessed Virgin of the Graces
Our Lady of Ziteil
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André de Soveral
Andrew the Hermit
Antiochus of Sebaste
Athenogenes of Sebaste
Bartolomeu Fernandez dei Martiri Fernandes
Benedict the Hermit
Claude Beguignot
Domingos Carvalho
Domnio of Bergamo
Dorothée-Madeleine-Julie de Justamond
Faustus
Generosus of Poitou
Gondolf of Saintes
Grimoald of …More
Other Saints of the Day:
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Blessed Virgin of the Graces
Our Lady of Ziteil
—
André de Soveral
Andrew the Hermit
Antiochus of Sebaste
Athenogenes of Sebaste
Bartolomeu Fernandez dei Martiri Fernandes
Benedict the Hermit
Claude Beguignot
Domingos Carvalho
Domnio of Bergamo
Dorothée-Madeleine-Julie de Justamond
Faustus
Generosus of Poitou
Gondolf of Saintes
Grimoald of Saintes
Helier of Jersey
Irmengard
John Sugar
Madeleine-Françoise de Justamond
Marguerite-Rose de Gordon
Marguerite-Thérèse Charensol
Marie-Anne Béguin-Royal
Marie-Anne Doux
Marie Madeline Postel
Marie-Rose Laye
Nicolas Savouret
Paulus Lang Fu
Reinildis of Saintes
Robert Grissold
Simão da Costa
Sisenando of Cordoba
Teresia Zhang Heshi
Vitalian of Capua
Yangzhi Lang
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Elvira of Ohren
Fulrad
Justinian
Valentine of Trier
Vitaliano of Osimo
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Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Blessed Virgin of the Graces
Our Lady of Ziteil
—
André de Soveral
Andrew the Hermit
Antiochus of Sebaste
Athenogenes of Sebaste
Bartolomeu Fernandez dei Martiri Fernandes
Benedict the Hermit
Claude Beguignot
Domingos Carvalho
Domnio of Bergamo
Dorothée-Madeleine-Julie de Justamond
Faustus
Generosus of Poitou
Gondolf of Saintes
Grimoald of Saintes
Helier of Jersey
Irmengard
John Sugar
Madeleine-Françoise de Justamond
Marguerite-Rose de Gordon
Marguerite-Thérèse Charensol
Marie-Anne Béguin-Royal
Marie-Anne Doux
Marie Madeline Postel
Marie-Rose Laye
Nicolas Savouret
Paulus Lang Fu
Reinildis of Saintes
Robert Grissold
Simão da Costa
Sisenando of Cordoba
Teresia Zhang Heshi
Vitalian of Capua
Yangzhi Lang
—
Elvira of Ohren
Fulrad
Justinian
Valentine of Trier
Vitaliano of Osimo
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