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North American Province of Saint Elias
CARMELITE FRIARS
Who We Are
A Brief History of the Carmelite Order
A Brief History of the Carmelite Order
The first Carmelites were 12th century Christian hermits who
settled at Mount Carmel, a mountain range in Israel. A Rule of
Life was given by St. Albert, the Patriarch of Jerusalem.
Driven from Mount Carmel, these early Carmelites relocated
to Italy, France and England, where they became Friars. It's
from these three countries that the Carmelite Order spread
throughout the world.
Irish Carmelites came to America in 1889, founding the Province of Saint Elias and opening the Church of Our Lady of the Scapular of Mount Carmel in Manhattan. Our ministry included helping the poor in, New York's Bellevue Hospital. From here, the Province grew and spread its ministries throughout the North East.
In 1912, we arrived in Middletown, New York, where we staffed Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish and its five mission churches. The National Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, first established in Manhattan in 1941, was transferred to Middletown in 1991. Thousands of pilgrims visit the Shrine each year for prayer, reflection and devotion to Our Lady of Mount Carmel.
Today, Carmelites strive to bring the presence of God to all men and women and to promote devotion to Our Lady of Mount Carmel and her Scapular. We do this through ministries in parishes, schools, hospitals, nursing homes, prisons, retreat centers ... wherever there is a need.
Irish Carmelites came to America in 1889, founding the Province of Saint Elias and opening the Church of Our Lady of the Scapular of Mount Carmel in Manhattan. Our ministry included helping the poor in, New York's Bellevue Hospital. From here, the Province grew and spread its ministries throughout the North East.
In 1912, we arrived in Middletown, New York, where we staffed Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish and its five mission churches. The National Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, first established in Manhattan in 1941, was transferred to Middletown in 1991. Thousands of pilgrims visit the Shrine each year for prayer, reflection and devotion to Our Lady of Mount Carmel.
Today, Carmelites strive to bring the presence of God to all men and women and to promote devotion to Our Lady of Mount Carmel and her Scapular. We do this through ministries in parishes, schools, hospitals, nursing homes, prisons, retreat centers ... wherever there is a need.
......A Marian Order living in allegiance to Jesus Christ
Carmelite Vocation Office PO Box 3079, 68 Carmelite Drive, Middletown, New York 10940, Tel (845)-344-2225, Text (845) 596-8845
@ Copyright 2011, Carmelite Friars, North American Province of Saint Elias, All rights reserved
@ Copyright 2011, Carmelite Friars, North American Province of Saint Elias, All rights reserved