Friday, July 14, 2017

133rd Annual Religious Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel

133rd Annual Religious Feast in Honor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Pontifical Shrine and Parish Church
448 East 116th Street New York, NY 10029
The Reverend Father Marian Wierzchowski SAC, Pastor
The Reverend Father Christopher Salvatori SAC, Parochial Vicar

6,2,3 or C Trains to 116th Street; Walk East past 1st Avenue to the Shrine
M116 Crosstown Bus, M15 local or SBS M15 Express buses to 116th Street and 1st avenue
*parking available in the neighborhood or Costco shopping complex
The Shrine is 1 Mile North from the new Second Avenue Subway line: Take the Q Train to 96th Street and Transfer to the M15 SBS Bus on 97th Street and 1st Avenue or Walk to 116th Street

TONIGHT - FRIDAY, JULY 14, 2017

7:30 PM - Solemn Conclusion of the Novena - Sung Mass, Novena Prayers, Procession with Banners, Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament and Veneration of the Icon of Our Lady of Mount Carmel

TOMORROW - SATURDAY, JULY 15, 2017 - THE VIGIL

9 AM - Daily Mass
5 PM - Vigil Mass in English
6:30 PM - Vigil Mass in Spanish

7:30 PM - 1st Solemn Vespers and Benediction
Traditional Latin - 1961 Roman Breviary, Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Please join us as we pray the Evening Prayer of the Church in the chanting of the Psalms and uniting ourselves to the Fiat and Magnificat of our Blessed Mother.

9 PM - Outdoor Candlelight Procession throughout the streets and neighborhood of East Harlem with the Statue of the Madonna

11 PM - Multilingual Recitation of the Holy Rosary and Litany of Loreto Chanted in Latin
We need Lectors (Readers) to lead the Recitation of the Hail Mary in English, French, Italian, Filipino, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish and Latin

SUNDAY, JULY 16, 2016 - THE FEAST DAY

12 AM - Solemn High Midnight Mass in Latin
Total Consecration to Jesus through Mary

INTERNATIONAL FOOD FESTIVAL
8 AM - 8 PM 115th Street between Pleasant Avenue and First Avenue

10 AM - Solemn Mass of the Day in English
Archbishop Bernardito Auza, Apostolic Nuncio, Holy See Mission to the United Nations, Principal Celebrant and Homilist

11:15 AM - Grand Procession throughout the streets and neighborhood of East Harlem with the Statue of the Madonna, returning after the 1 PM Mass

Holy Masses celebrated Every Hour
First Mass at 6 AM, Last Mass at 8 PM

6 AM and 7 AM, Low Masses in Latin, Extraordinary Form
7 PM, Latin Missa Cantata, Extraordinary Form

FRIDAY, JULY 21, 2017 - ITALIAN HERITAGE NIGHT

6 PM - Opening of the Shrine for Tours, Prayers, Rosaries and Devotions in Italian
7:30 PM - Holy Mass with Italian Anthems

SATURDAY, JULY 22, 2017 - 6TH ANNUAL TRADITIONAL MASS PILGRIMAGE

10 AM - Confessions
10 AM - Spiritual Talk on the Blessed Mother
10:20 AM - Recitation of the Holy Rosary
10:40 AM - Flower Procession, Nave
11 AM - Penitential Procession of Pilgrims on Knees or discalced, Nave

11:15 AM - Solemn High Mass, Procession with and Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament
Veneration of Relics

1:15 PM - Potluck lunch in Parish Hall, Chanting of the Martyrology

2:15 PM - Eternal Enrollment in the Brown Scapular