Update on Teresian Carmelites in today's T&G

Submitted by wccatv on August 25, 2008 - 9:04am.

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Worcester's Teresian Carmelite community, who produce the WCCA TV13 program Love, Truth & Miracles, are profiled in today's Telegram & Gazette:

On Aug. 14, Bishop Robert J. McManus officially dissolved the diocese’s recognition of the Carmelites, saying the community was too small to sustain itself and there was little possibility of growth.

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At the request of the bishop, members said they will sever their “spiritual bond” with the Order of Discalced Carmelites but will continue to wear their brown robes because of their official enrollment in the Brown Scapular, which is affiliated with the International Carmelite Association of the Faithful.

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Clarification on the Brown Scapular

Submitted by Anonymous on November 3, 2008 - 10:31pm.

According information from the Order of the Brown Scapular: "The Brown Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel is the habit of the Carmelite Order. For the religious members of the Order, it takes the form of two long, undecorated panels of brown cloth joined at the shoulders and falling, one to the front and one to the back. For the laity, it takes the form of two small pieces of brown or dark cloth, joined over the shoulder by ribbons, and falling, one to the back, the other to the front." Wearing of the scapular as in a religious habit presupposes that the group is classified as a religious group by the local bishop. This is also true for affilitation to the Order of Discalced Carmelites. Therefore, if a group is not recognized by and has approval by the local bishop, they are not affiliatied with the Order of Discalced Carmelites, nor are they supposed to wear the religious version of the scapular. If they have been invested in the brown scapular (as were most Catholics who made First Communion in the 1950s), they can wear the lay version of the scapular.

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