Our Lady of Mount Carmel celebrates when Mary appeared at Mount Carmel to St. Simon Stock. Mount Carmel has deep Old Testament history that makes the place even more special. Most notable about Our Lady of Mount Carmel is the institution of the scapular.
Pray the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Novena to ask for her intercession!
Father Jeffrey Kirby, STD, CPC, KHS, is a Catholic priest, moral theologian, writer, and pastor of Our Lady of Grace Parish in Indian Land, South Carolina. He holds a doctorate in moral theology (STD) from the Holy Cross University in Rome. He is an adjunct professor of theology at Belmont Abbey College, a certified life coach (CPC), radio personality, conference speaker, retreat master, and pilgrimage leader. In 2020, Father Kirby was appointed a Missionary of Mercy by Pope Francis.
Father Kirby is the Host of the YouTube channel, Daily Discipleship with Father Kirby. He is a Senior Contributor to the Crux news site, and is a frequent guest and the host of multiple miniseries on the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN). Father Kirby is a Papal Knight of the Holy Sepulcher (KHS) and is an advocate for the Christians in the Holy Land.
Fr. Anthony J. Manuppella was born in Brooklyn, NY. He studied for the Diocese of Camden at St. Charles Seminary, Overbrook, PA and was ordained a Priest on May 20, 1976 by Most Rev. George H. Guilfoyle. Father has been a Priest for 47 years and served in various parochial assignments and Pastor of St. Mary Magdalen, Millville, NJ for 8 years, St. Peter in Merchantville for 16 years, and now he is Pastor at St. Gianna Beretta Molla in Northfield. Father has preached many Novenas, Missions, and Retreats over the years. He is a member of the Bishop’s Board of Consulters, the Priest Personnel Board and the Presbyteral Council.
Rev. Joseph Carola, SJ, was born in Houston, Texas, in 1962. Having entered the New Orleans Province of the Society of Jesus in 1980, he was ordained priest in 1993. He studied philosophy and modern foreign languages at Saint Louis University as well as theology at the Weston School of Theology and the Pontifical Gregorian University. In 2001 he obtained his doctorate in theology and patristic sciences from the Patristic Institute Augustinianum in Rome. He is the author of Augustine of Hippo: The Role of the Laity in Ecclesial Reconciliation (2005). He has contributed to the Augustinus-Lexikon (2008) and published in Augustinian Studies, Gregorianum, and Faith. Since 2002 he has been Professor of Patristic Theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.