Carmel and St Mary Magdalen

On this Feast Day of St Mary Magdalen I am delighted to discover that there is a Carmel of Mary Immaculate and St Mary Magdalen in the US; it is located in Flemington, New Jersey.  Interestingly, its foundation is connected to Fatima.  I read that in 1949 ‘Mother Mary Magdalen of Jesus Crucified, then Prioress of the Morristown Carmel, was inspired to make a foundation in response to Our Lady of Fatima’s call for prayer and penance.’  The original foundation was in New Brunswick but the community moved in 1956 and again in 1972.  On their website it says that their gift shop sells honey from their ‘Glory Bee’ apiary!  I do like the pun!

Intercessions

RIP Jacqui, Sister Maisie

Cancer: Brian Davis, Bernard (and wife Angela caring for him), Fr Jon Bielowski (Plymouth Diocese), Catherine, Alex (43 with five children), Theresa K, Elena

Sophie – newborn having heart surgery; Sianna, young child in the post-operative phase; James, recovering from heart surgery

Ivy – sick child

Brian (recovering from Pneumonia)

Kevin (heart attack)

William Gove (in recovery)

Illness:  Katy Keeling

Siena, Elara – sick children

David OCDS – housebound

Grace – troubling ailments, job difficulties, family (deceased mother and health of father)

Mark – brain infection

Michael, Kira – vulnerable youngsters

Defence of the unborn and the elderly

We are asked to pray for the Diocese of Chiang Mai and Northern Thailand, as the Northern Mission celebrates its centenary. The process of selecting a new bishop continues.