Our Lady of

Mount Carmel Society

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Father Joseph Capella

As Chaplain of the Society, Fr. Joseph presides over the ceremony held at the monument to Our Lady of Mt. Carmel on Pine Road and participates in the morning mass that the membership attends on the feast day. 

The Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Society is proud to have Fr. Joseph P. Capella, S.A.C., serve as the Society's first Chaplain.  Fr. Joseph is the only member of the Society to enter the priesthood.

Fr. Joseph is the son of Anthony and Nina Capella of Hammonton.  His father and brothers, are also members of the Mt. Carmel Society.

A 1979 graduate of Hammonton High School, Fr. Joseph went on to study at

St. Joseph University in Philadelphia, PA, where he received a degree in corporate management.  In 1986, he entered the Pallotine Seminary in Hyattsville, MD.  Fr. Joseph was ordained as a priest on June 2, 1990 in a ceremony conducted at St. Joseph's Church in Hammonton.  He is presently assigned as an Administer at Bishop Eustace Prep School in Pennsauken, NJ.

Anthony Capella with his son Father Joseph Capella