The Fiesta de la Virgen del Carmen is celebrated on July 16, because on that date, in 1251, the Virgin Mary appeared to San Simón Stock, superior of the Carmelites, who begged God by the persecuted members of the Order.
The Virgin handed the Holy Scapular Carmelita. Over time, devotion to the Virgen del Carmen extended throughout the world, along with the use of the scapular.
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“I now invite all the devotees of the Holy Virgin to direct a fervent prayer, so that she, with her intercession, reach each one to continue safely on the path of life and” arrive happily to the Holy Mount, Jesus Christ Our Lord, ‘”San John Paul II encouraged to the faithful, in July 1988, remembered the month of the Virgen del Carmen.
Here we offer a novena to Our Lady of Carmen:
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