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Order of the Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel
Ordo Fratrum Beatissimæ Virginis Mariæ de Monte Carmelo(Latin)
Coat of arms of the order
Abbreviation
OCarm
Formation
Late 12th century
Founders
Early hermits of Mount Carmel
Founded at
Mount Carmel
Type
Mendicant order of pontifical right
Legal status
Institute of Consecrated Life
Membership (2022)
2,041 members (includes 1,303 priests)[1]
Motto
Zelo zelatus sum pro Domino Deo exercituum (Latin for 'With zeal have I been zealous for the Lord God of hosts')
General Headquarters
Curia Generalizia dei Carmelitani Via Giovanni Lanza, 138, 00184 Rome, Italy
Prior General
Mícéal O'Neill, OCarm
Patron saints
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Elijah
Parent organization
Catholic Church
Website
ocarm.org
The Prophet Elijah is regarded as the spiritual father of the Carmelite order.
The Order of the Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel (Latin: Ordo Fratrum Beatissimæ Virginis Mariæ de Monte Carmelo; abbreviated OCarm), known as the Carmelites or sometimes by synecdoche known simply as Carmel, is a Roman Catholic mendicant religious order for men and women. Historical records about its origin remain uncertain, but it was probably founded in the 12th century on Mount Carmel in the Crusader States.[2] Berthold of Calabria, as well as Albert of Vercelli, have traditionally been associated with the founding of the order, but few clear records of early Carmelite history have survived.[3] The order of Carmelite nuns was formalised in 1452.[4]
^Annuario Pontificio per l'Anno 2022. Citta del Vaticano: Libreria Editrice Vaticana. 2022. p. 1388.
^"CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Carmelite Order". New Advent. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
^Not until the late fourteenth century was 'B', the prior of the earliest known community of Carmelites, expanded to read Brocard. See Keith J Egan, "The Spirituality of the Carmelites", in Jill Raitt with Bernard McGinn and John Meyendorff, eds, Christian Spirituality: High Middle Ages and Reformation, (London: SCM, 1989), p. 50. See also Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
^Carmelite Nuns of Great Britain, Our History, accessed 19 December 2019
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