by Francine Calabrese | May 26, 2022 | Blog
Father Phil Tangorra enrolled 16 people in the Brown Scapular Confraternity. Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish Branchville, NJ May 23, 2022 They will be prayed for by the Carmelite Nuns, Morristown, NJ #thelittlebrownscapularbook #brownscapularinvestiture #carmelites...
by Francine Calabrese | Apr 30, 2022 | Blog
The Brown Scapular of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel is the habit of the Carmelite Order. For the religious members of the Order, the Scapular is made of two long brown cloth panels joined at the shoulders. One panel is in the front and one in the back. As the devotion spread...
by Francine Calabrese | Apr 24, 2022 | Blog
A novena is a special prayer said for nine consecutive days asking God to answer a specific petition. Since Our Lady is the most powerful intercessor before God, this is a very powerful prayer. First Day: “O most beautiful flower of Mount Carmel, Fruitful Vine,...
by Francine Calabrese | Apr 15, 2022 | Blog
St. Simon Stock’s Prayer to the Blessed Mother St. Simon Stock wrote a beautiful prayer to the Blessed Mother asking for special favors when the Carmelites were being persecuted by the Turkish people during the thirteenth century. The night before the Blessed...
by Francine Calabrese | Apr 7, 2022 | Blog
This is the origin of the Brown Scapular. Eight hundred and sixty years before Jesus’ birth the Jewish people had fallen into idolatry. The prophet Elijah who lived on Mount Carmel in Palestine warned the Israelites if they were to continue to serve pagan gods they...
by Francine Calabrese | Mar 27, 2022 | Blog
Our Lady of Fatima appeared to three shepherd children in Fatima, Portugal on the 13th of each month beginning on May 13, 1917. This continued for six consecutive months. The Blessed Mother appeared to Francisco, Jacinta and Lucia asking them to pray for conversion of...
