Lay Carmelites adhere to the traditions of the Carmelite Order while still remaining laypeople. Gloria Hooper has begun a spiritual journey. A longtime member of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in ...

About 800 people - a congregation reminiscent of Christmas and Easter - filled St. Monica Church in Moraga to celebrate the official opening of the Carmel of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, a new foundation ...

Ursula G. Harter, a lay member of the Carmelites who was active in St. Margaret Catholic Church, died Tuesday in her Buffalo home after a lengthy illness. She was 73. A native of Berlin, Germany, the ...

DARIEN, Ill. — Carmelites see the 750th anniversary of the brown scapular as an opportunity to educate Catholics on what the devotion to the scapular is all about. The scapular is not a magic charm of ...

Ann T. Rush, 89, of West Hartford, peacefully passed away Thursday, September 6, 2018. Ann was born in Hartford, daughter to the late James and Anna (Leahy) Rush and sister to the late Helen Stelmach ...

Antoinette Sanchez Padilla, 83, of San Diego died Friday. She was born in Chaperito, New Mexico, and was a member of Our Lady of Angels Catholic Church and the Lay Carmelites of St. Patrick Parish.

Father Aloysius Sieracki, O.Carm. Member of the (Chicago) Province of the Most Pure Heart of Mary of the Order of Carmelites, age 75, died Feb. 17, 2005. Son of the late Peter and Mary, nee Knoll, ...

NEW YORK — The 10 Carmelite nuns of Cypress Hills, cloistered in Brooklyn for almost 20 years, decided to leave New York City after much contemplation. As much as they tried, the sisters of the ...