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Ascent of Mount Carmel (Spanish: Subida del Monte Carmelo) is a 16th-century spiritual treatise by Spanish Catholic mystic and poet Saint John of the Cross. The book is a systematic treatment of the ascetical life in pursuit of mystical union with Christ , giving advice and reporting on his own experience.
Founded in 1733, current church dedicated in 1739. It is the oldest Catholic church in any urban area in the United States. [124] [125] Old St. Mary's: 248 S. 4th St, Philadelphia Founded in 1763 [126] [127] Our Lady of Mount Carmel 2319 S. 3rd St, Philadelphia Founded in 1896 [128] Sacred Heart of Jesus 1404 S. 3rd St, Philadelphia
Eric Lionel Mascall OGS (1905–1993) was a leading theologian and priest in the Anglo-Catholic tradition of the Church of England. He was a philosophical exponent of the Thomist tradition and was Professor of Historical Theology at King's College London (in the University of London). His name was styled as E. L. Mascall in most of his writings ...
Ascent of Mount Carmel; Dark Night of the Soul; Spiritual Canticle; Way of Perfection; Book of the First Monks; The Interior Castle; Abbey of the Holy Ghost; A Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation; From Willow Creek to Sacred Heart; The Glories of Mary; The Imitation of Christ; The Ladder of Divine Ascent; Philokalia; Revelations of Divine ...
Therese was taught at home until she was eight and a half, and then entered the school kept by the Benedictine nuns of the Abbey of Notre Dame du Pre in Lisieux. Therese, taught well and carefully by Marie and Pauline, found herself at the top of the class, except for writing and arithmetic.
In 1631 the Discalced branch of the Order returned to the Holy Land, led by the Venerable Father Prosper. He had a small monastery constructed on the promontory at Mount Carmel, close to the lighthouse [dubious – discuss], and the friars lived there until 1761, when Zahir al-Umar, the then effectively independent ruler of Galilee, ordered them to vacate the site and demolish the monastery.
The rite in use among the Carmelites beginning in about the middle of the twelfth century is known by the name of the Rite of the Holy Sepulchre, the Carmelite Rule, which was written about the year 1210, ordering the hermits of Mount Carmel to follow the approved custom of the Church, which in this instance meant the Patriarchal Church of Jerusalem: "Hi qui litteras noverunt et legere psalmos ...
Pius X was established as Our Lady of Mount Carmel High School in 1951 by the Salesian Sisters. It was renamed after Pope Pius X in 1953, shortly after his canonization. [3] Due to declining enrollment, Pius X High School was forced to close its doors on June 2, 2015.