From a reader:
On Saturday July 21, 20012, at 11 a.m., there will be celebrated at the Shrine Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in East Harlem, New York, a Solemn High Traditional Latin Mass at the altar of the Pontifically Crowned Madonna on the occasion of a pilgrimage being made that day by faithful attached to the Extraordinary Form of the Latin Rite.
There have been several documented miracles that have been performed by the Blessed Mother at this shrine. The image located there was proclaimed miraculous by His Holiness Pope Leo XIII, and so crowned during the pontificate of Pope St. Pius X on July 10th, 1904. There are only three images of the Blessed Virgin that have been crowned by Pontifical Authority in North America.
The Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel at 115th Street is one of the first Italian National Parishes in the United States. At one time more than 500,000 people attended the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel during the month of July before and after the feast day which takes place on July 16th. The dress of the Madonna was made in India and is valued at 8,000 dollars. The crown of the Madonna and child is gold, adorned with precious stones, the emerald of which was donated by the aforementioned pope.
The Crowned Statue is taken down in procession only on special occasions and with the authorization of ecclesiastical authority.
For more information on the pilgrimage please contact:nyctlmpilgrimage@gmail.com
This church is said to have been the first in New York City to obtain a diocesan TLM following Ecclesia Dei, in 1988. The TLM continues to be said in this church at 10:00 AM every Sunday.
8 comments:
My favorite church in NYC. And a decent section of town. Great community and clergy.
This shrine means a lot to me. It is the mother Church of the Pallottines in this country, a congregation I spent some time with. (That's the "Society of the Catholic Apostolate" (SAC), founded by Saint Vincent Pallotti.)
The story of Our Lady's love for her Italian immigrants to NYC is very touching. At first, second class citizens, when "their" statue in the crypt church became known as miraculous -- and copiously so -- they eventually moved upstairs, and so did their statue, both the Madonna and Child of which have real human hair donated as votive offerings by Italian girls.
You can read about it here:
http://catholicism.org/miracle-on-115th-street.html
You can read about Saint Vincent Pallotti here:
http://catholicism.org/saint-vincent-pallotti.html
For a minute I thought you were going to post this:
"30 Rock star Alec Baldwin wed yoga instructor Hilaria Thomas on Saturday June 30, 2012 at St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral"
I read somewhere Mr. Baldwin received an annulment to former wife Kim Basinger.
Just a curiosity, is there a 'new' St. Patrick as well as an 'old' St. Patrick Cathedral?
Is it a good part of town? Is there still an Italian community there like at OLMC in the Bronx?
Is there more info about the pilgrimage or is it just this Mass?
Thanks
"New" St. Pat's is the famous one on 5th Avenue. When Old St. Patrick's was built it was in the northern part of the dangerous Irish ghetto known as Five Points.
The neighborhood is much bettern now, becoming quite yuppie with some latinos and Italians left.A few nice retaurants an Costco have opened
There is a plenary indulgencee granted to pilgrims from July 5 to the 26th.
When the Irish moved to Five Points everyone else moved out and it became known as Hells Kitchen. Its touristy now and when I'm in NY I usually stay there.
Hell's Kitchen is west of 10th Ave in the high 30's and low 40's. St. Patrick's Old Cathedral is south of Houston St. in the neighborhood that is now called Nolita.
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