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A Meditative Study of Liturgy and Significance of the Solemnity of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
July 16 honors the Virgin Mary as the Patroness of the Carmelite family. The Feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel demonstrates the relationship cultivated with the Blessed Virgin over the eight centuries of Carmelite history.
St. Simon Stock receives the Brown Scapular
One of the Stained Glass windows in the Basilica depicts an instance of Our Lady’s intercession on behalf of the Carmelite Order at a critical moment in its history.