The Annual Carmelite Novena opened last night at the Carmelite Monastery, 9150 Clayton Rd., Ladue, with a record crowd estimated at 3,000 in attendance. Rev. Gabriel Hentrick of San Antonio, Second Provincial Definitor of the Southern Province of the Discalced Carmelite Fathers, delivered the sermon and will speak during the remaining services, which begin nightly at 8 o'clock.