Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church — Local services in Carmel

I have been attending this Church for several years, and while I may not agree with all of the homilies, I have generally had a good experience. However, a couple of weeks ago there was a message that was completely appalling. The deacon decided to go into a diatribe about the lies permeating all levels of the media and society. Unfortunately he was not referring to the disaster what used to be the Republican party, but instead about a woman's right to choose, and gender politics. Despite preaching that Christians should convince these people through love, there were still harsh undertones that these people are wrong and should be ashamed of what they have done. This sort of language is what drives people to feel depressed and suicidal about things they have done or think they can't control. The Jesus that I know loves everyone, and I don't believe this is...

Beautiful church with beautiful mass on Christmas Day! The choir was kids under 8th grade and they filled the room with so much joy and happiness! The have an awesome baptismal fount with very artistic tapestries of saints, priests, important figures in the church and descriptive label explaining the story of the tapestry. The side chapel is also very beautiful. The monstrous sits on a stand sitting in sand surrounding it with rocks throughout. I thought this was very artistic and out of the norm which created a new interesting dynamic to the altar the monstrous sit on. Very beautiful church overall with many objects of interests inside. I give it 5 stars due to the atmosphere, people, art, and the baptismal fount! This place is filled with the Holy Spirit! Everyone is happy, talking, singing songs of...

I am a 67 year old cradle Catholic. My wife and I were in town from PA visiting relatives and attended the 11:00 am Mass on Sunday, December 17, 2017. We were both amazed and delighted to count 9 handsome, young male altar servers processing to the altar with the priest. It added such dignity, reverence and power to the celebration of the Mass. It’s been a very long time since we’ve been in a Catholic Church that was completely filled and teeming with children! What a testament to the parish and community at large. It was Gaudete Sunday and we felt there was much to rejoice about at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church. Upon leaving the Mass my wife commented she’d love to move to Carmel just to be part of such a vibrant faith community. Well done!

Michael and Renee...