The history of Mt. Carmel as a holy place of God's power and love is part of our great religious heritage. Elijah prepares us for Christ.

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Fr. Scott Haynes A Meditation for His Feast Day, July 11 On July 11, the Church remembers Pope Saint Pius I, one of the early successors of Saint Peter, a shepherd of the Roman Church in the second century, and traditionally honored as pope and martyr. His name may not be as familiar as those of Saint Peter, Saint Clement, or Saint Leo the Great, yet he belongs to that heroic age when the Church was still young, still persecuted, and still living close to the memory of the ap

Fr. Scott Haynes In the Franciscan convent of St. Clare in Coimbra, Portugal, behind the high altar, there rests a queen. Her shrine is not merely a monument of stone and metal. It is a sermon in silver and glass. The sarcophagus is placed beneath a graceful arch, raised in quiet dignity, as though the whole sanctuary has gathered itself around a mystery. Small circular windows open into the upper portion of the reliquary. The pilgrim bends close and looks down. At first, the

The young girl, Maria Goretti, was not only pure and virtuous, but full of courage and love.