The Solemnity of Our Lady of Mount Carmel has become a day to remember for the second foundation of Carmelites in English-speaking Canada, at Edmonton.
At 10.45, around 1.150 persons gathered at the entrance of the Chapel together with Mons. Richard Smith, the Archbishop of Edmonton, Mons. Gary Franken, Bishop of St. Paul and more than 40 priests and numerous Carmelites. The Provincial of the Karnataka-Goa Province, Father Silvestre D’Souza, cut the tape and opened the doors of the new Spiritual Centre. The Archbishop then welcomed all the visitors and they entered the new Chapel for the solemn blessing.
After the celebration of the Eucharist, a sumptuous dinner had been organised under a marquee and in the Great Hall of the Spiritual Centre. All the guests expressed their profound gratitude and sincere congratulations to the OCD Carmelites of the Karnataka-Goa Province for this memorable inauguration ceremony of the Spiritual Centre and Monastery.
