Saint Kuriakos Elias Chavara was the co-founder and first prior general of the congregation of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate
4 January: St. Kuriakos Elias of the Holy Family Chavara
14 December: SAINT JOHN OF THE CROSS OUR FATHER
John was born at Fontiveros in Spain about 1542. He entered the Carmelites and with the permission of his superiors began to live a stricter life. Afterward, he was persuaded by Saint Teresa to begin, together with some others, the Discalced reform within the Order; this cost him much hard work and many trials. He died in Ubeda in 1591.
19 November: Saint Raphael of St. Joseph Kalinowski
St. Raphael Kalinowski contributed greatly to the restoration of the Discalced Carmelites in Poland. He founded a convent for the friars at Wadowice, where St. John Paul II visited as a young man and "received many graces there".
7 November: Blessed Francis of Jesus Mary Joseph Palau y Quer (Not observed in 2021)
Blessed Francis founded the Congregations of Teresian Carmelite Missionary Brothers and Sisters
Quote of the day, 8 October: St. Kuriakose Elias Chavara
A priest has to approach God with a humble heart because he has received everything from God.
7 August: Saint Albert of Trápani
Saint Albert of Trápani was a model of purity and prayer and a devoted servant of Our Lady
28 July: Blessed John Soreth
Lord God, you willed that Blessed John Soreth should renew religious life and establish communities for women in the Order of Carmel.
27 July: Blessed Titus Brandsma
He proclaimed human dignity and the freedom of the Church, even in the throes of degrading persecution and death
12 June: Blessed Alphonsus Mary of the Holy Spirit Mazurek and Companions
May the prayers of your martyrs Blessed Alphonsus Mary and companions, prevail with you, Lord, on our behalf
Quote of the day: 23 October
Her great desire will be fulfilled: I will be a priest, an apostle according to God's heart
Forgetful love: the Augustinian side of St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
Love, forgetful of its own dignity, is eager to raise and magnify the beloved
Quote of the day: 20 August
I sacrifice my days of suffering for my parish... with God's help I hope to persevere
Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel, July 8–16, 2020: Day 6
Yes, Mary, you are the Mother of the entire universe
Quote of the day: 16 June
For whom do you work? Whose service are you doing?
Quote of the day: 11 June
Thérèse predicted that after her death, we would never lack “our daily bread”
12 June: Blessed Alphonsus Mary of the Holy Spirit Mazurek and Companions
Let them strengthen us in our witness to your truth
Advent IV — Listen
In the silence of prayer, let us listen to Him, for He is the “Source”
Quote of the day: 15 September
To me you seem like a priest at the altar
Quote of the day: 20 August
I sacrifice my days of suffering for my parish...
7 August: Saint Albert of Trápani
Saint Albert of Trápani a model of purity and prayer
Carmelite Quotes 
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