Devotions such as the Rosary, the Scapular, and Marian feast days provide ways to honor her, drawing closer to God through her intercession. In a world marked by spiritual challenges and turmoil, Mary ...

Pope Pius XII said: “The devotion to the Carmelite scapular has brought down on the world a copious rain of spiritual and temporal graces.” On the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, July 16 ...

Blessed Isidore Bakanja (1885-1909), a humble labourer from Congo, exemplified this devotion. Baptized by the Trappist Fathers of Belgium, he received a Scapular of Mount Carmel and a Rosary. Isidore ...

When Pope St. John Paul II addressed the Carmelite family in 2001, on the occasion of the 750th anniversary of the bestowal of the scapular, he said, “Over time this rich Marian heritage of ...

The devotion to Our Lady of Mount Carmel began in earnest when, according to Carmelite tradition, the Virgin Mary appeared to St Simon Stock, the Prior General of the Carmelites, in 1251. During this ...

Like any sacramental, the scapular should be blessed by a priest or deacon. Any priest may invest a person in the brown scapular and there is a ritual for this in the “Book of Blessings.” While ...

Archaeologists excavated an ancient church in France and found hundreds of tombs, rare jewelry and objects of religious devotion, according to officials. Photo by Emmanuelle Collado from INRAP ...

Spread the loveIntroduction: The brown scapular is a piece of cloth worn by devout members of the Catholic Church as a symbol of their devotion to Our Lady of Mount Carmel. The scapular has been a ...