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The Order of Carmelites

The Order of Carmelites has its origins on Mount Carmel, in Palestine, where, as we read in the Second Book of Kings, the great prophet Elijah defended the true faith in the God of Israel, when he won the challenge against the priests of Baal. It was also on Mount Carmel that the same prophet, praying in solitude, saw the small cloud which brought life-giving rain after the long drought. From time immemorial, this mountain has been considered the lush garden of Palestine and symbol of fertility and beauty. Indeed, "Karmel" means "garden".

The above is an extract from the official Carmelite website - to read more of this overview of Carmelite history, see here.

​Carmelite Saints & Blesseds
(From the Irish Carmelites)


The Carmelite Order has been blessed throughout its history with men and women outstanding in zeal for God and the spread of his Word wherever they have found themselves. Some of these have been elevated by Mother Church to the ranks of the Blesseds and Saints. Those remembered by the Order of Carmelites on particular days in the liturgical calendar are given here.

January
3        St Kuriakos Elias Chavara, Priest
8        St Peter Thomas, Bishop
9        St Andrew Corsini, Bishop
29        Bl Archangela Girlani, Virgin

March
19        St Joseph, Principal Protector of the Order
20        Bl Francis Palau y Quer, Priest

April
17        Bl Baptist Spagnoli of Mantua, Priest

May
5        St Angelus, Priest & Martyr
8        Bl Aloysius Rabatà, Priest
9        St George Preca, Priest
16        St Simon Stock, Religious
22        St Joachina de Vedruna de Mas, Religious
25        St Mary Magdalen de Pazzi, Virgin

June
4        Bl Maria Crocifissa Curcio, Religious
12        Bl Hilary Januszewski, Priest & Martyr
14        St Elisha, Prophet

July
9        Bl Jane Scopelli, Virgin
13        Bl Teresa of Jesus ‘of Los Andes', Virgin
16        Solemn Commemoration of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel
17        Bl Teresa of St Augustine and Companions, Virgins & Martyrs
20        St Elijah, Prophet and our Father
24        Bl John Soreth, Priest
26        Sts Joachim and Anne, Protectors of our Order
27        Bl Titus Brandsma, Priest & Martyr

August
7        St Albert of Trapani, Priest
9        St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein), Martyr
12        Bl Isidor Bakanja, Martyr
17        Bl Angelus Augustine Mazzinghi, Priest
25        St Mary of Jesus Crucified, Virgin
26        Bl Jacques Retouret, Priest & Martyr

September
1        St Teresa Margaret Redi, Virgin
17        St Albert of Jerusalem, Bishop and Lawgiver of Carmel

October
1        St Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Virgin & Doctor of the Church
15        St Teresa of Jesus (Teresa of Avila), Virgin & Doctor of the Church

November
5        Bl Frances d’Amboise, Religious
6        St Nuno de Santa Maria Alvares Pereira, Religious
8        St Elizabeth of the Trinity, Virgin
14        All Carmelite Saints
15        Commemoration of All Carmelite Souls
19        St Raphael Kalinowski, Priest
29        Bls Denis and Redemptus, Martyrs

December
5        Bl Bartholomew Fanti, Priest
14        St John of the Cross, Priest & Doctor of the Church
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St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church
4673 Victoria Avenue, Niagara Falls, Ontario CANADA L2E 4B8
(905) 354-7451 email: stpatrick1895@hotmail.com
Sunday Masses: Saturday (Vigil) 5:00 p.m., Sunday 8:00 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m.