The Pontifical Shrine of
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
448 E 116th St, New York, NY 10029
Telephone: (212) 534-0681 Fax: 646-568-2992
God is lightness, and there is no darkness in Him.
[1 John 1:5]
Welcome, Dear Visitors to Our Lady.
A place of Peace, A place of Spiritual Comfort, A place of Answered Prayers
Dedicated to Our Blessed Lady of Mount Carmel in the traditions of St. Vincent Pallotti
Dear visitors to Our Lady. Ours is a special honor to be associated with the Pontifical Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. For 133 years now, pilgrims have undertaken the journey to East Harlem. Some come in fervent hope that their petitions will be heard. Some come in humble gratitude for the many prayers that Jesus answers through the intercession of Our Lady. Some come to sit and talk to Our Lady. To this very day, they flock by the thousands during July to celebrate Our Lady of Mount Carmel, many still entering on their knees, with novenas, processions and special masses. Our magnificent Shrine church is overflowing with their entreaties. Such a far cry from, yet with the same fervor, as the original Italian immigrants, men and women, who with dedication fueled by love of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, built this edifice, brick by brick, during the nights of 1884.
"As holy sites go, the Sanctuary Our Lady of Mount Carmel (OLMC) should be top of list for Catholics visiting New York. There have been several documented miracles that have been performed by the Blessed Mother at this Shrine. The image located here was proclaimed miraculous by His Holiness Pope Leo XIII and crowned during the pontificate of Pope St. Pius X on July 10th, 1904. It is one of the 3 most holy sites in the Americas as coronated by Pontifical Authority. The two others are Our Lady of Prompt Help in New Orleans, and the Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico. OLMC was built by the neighborhood's Italian immigrant parishioners (who upon completing the cathedral in the style of an Italian mountain village basilica, were only permitted to worship in their native language down in its basement). (…) the church has been the center of a religious feast in the street out front each July for the past 130 years. At one time was attended by upwards of 500,000 people. Today, services are offered in English, Spanish, French, Italian, Polish and Latin." (source: tripadvisor)
Upcoming Events
140th Annual Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel - July 6, 2024 - July 20, 2024
First Saturday, July 6, 2024 - First (1st) Day of the Novena
Ordinary Form Calendar - Optional Memorial of Saint Maria Goretti, Virgin and Martyr
Extraordinary Form Calendar - Saturday of the 6th Week after Pentecost
7:45 A.M. - Mass
9:00 A.M. - Mass
10:00 AM Holy Hour
3:00 P.M. - Holy Rosary and Divine Mercy Chaplet
4:00 PM - English Mass
5:30 PM - Spanish Mass
7:00 P.M. - Rosary and Confessions
7:30 P.M. - Novena Mass - French and Creole (1) - Main Church
8:15 P.M. - Exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament, Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Benediction
Sunday, July 7, 2024 - Second (2nd) Day of the Novena
Ordinary Form Calendar - Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Extraordinary Form Calendar - Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
Saints Cyril & Methodius
8:00 A.M. - Spanish Mass
9:15 A.M. - English Mass
10:30 A.M. - Choir Mass
12:00 P.M. - Spanish Mass
1:00 P.M. - English Mass
2:30 P.M. - Polish Mass
4:30 P.M. - Solemn Vespers, Rosary and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
7:00 P.M. - Rosary and Confessions
7:30 P.M. - Novena Mass - French and Creole (2) - Main Church
8:15 P.M. - Exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament, Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Benediction
Monday, July 8, 2024 - Third (3rd) Day of the Novena
Ordinary Form Calendar - Monday of the 14th Week in Ordinary Time
Extraordinary Form Calendar - Saint Elizabeth of Portugal
7:00 A.M. - Mass
7:45 A.M. - Mass
9:00 A.M. - Mass
3:00 P.M. - Holy Rosary and Divine Mercy Chaplet
7:00 P.M. - Rosary and Confessions
7:30 P.M. - Novena Mass - French and Creole (3) - Main Church
8:15 P.M. - Exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament, Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Benediction
Tuesday, July 9, 2024 - Fourth (4th) Day of the Novena
Ordinary Form Calendar - 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time
(Saint Augustine Zhao Rong, Priest, and Companions, Martyrs)
Extraordinary Form Calendar - Tuesday of the 7th Week after Pentecost
7:00 A.M. - Mass
7:45 A.M. - Mass
9:00 A.M. - Mass
3:00 P.M. - Holy Rosary and Divine Mercy Chaplet
7:00 P.M. - Rosary and Confessions
7:30 P.M. - Novena Mass - Spanish (1) - Main Church
8:15 P.M. - Exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament, Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Benediction
Wednesday, July 10, 2024 - Fifth (5th) Day of the Novena
120th Anniversary of the Canonical Coronation
of the Miraculous Image of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Saturday, July 10, 1904
Ordinary Form Calendar - Wednesday of the 14th Week in Ordinary Time
Extraordinary Form Calendar - Wednesday of the 7th Week after Pentecost
7:00 A.M. - Mass
7:45 A.M. - Mass
9:00 A.M. - Mass
3:00 P.M. - Holy Rosary and Divine Mercy Chaplet
7:00 P.M. - Rosary and Confessions
7:30 P.M. - Novena Mass - Spanish (2) - Main Church
8:15 P.M. - Exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament, Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Benediction
Thursday, July 11, 2024 - Sixth (6th) Day of the Novena
Ordinary Form Calendar - Saint Benedict, Abbot
Extraordinary Form Calendar - Thursday of the 7th Week after Pentecost
7:00 A.M. - Mass
7:45 A.M. - Mass
9:00 A.M. - Mass
3:00 P.M. - Holy Rosary and Divine Mercy Chaplet
7:00 P.M. - Rosary and Confessions
7:30 P.M. - Novena Mass - Spanish (3) - Main Church
8:15 P.M. - Exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament, Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Benediction
Friday, July 12, 2024 - Seventh (7th) Day of the Novena
Ordinary Form Calendar - Friday of the 14th week in Ordinary Time
Extraordinary Form Calendar - Saint John Gualbert
7:00 A.M. - Mass
7:45 A.M. - Mass
9:00 A.M. - Mass
3:00 P.M. - Holy Rosary and Divine Mercy Chaplet
7:00 P.M. - Rosary and Confessions
7:30 P.M. - Novena Mass - English (1) - Main Church
8:15 P.M. - Exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament, Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Benediction
Saturday, July 13, 2024 - Eighth (8th) Day of the Novena
Ordinary Form Calendar - Optional Memorial of Saint Henry
Extraordinary Form Calendar - Saturday day of the 7th Week after Pentecost
107th Anniversary of the 3rd Apparition of Our Lady of Fatima in Portugal
7:45 A.M. - Mass
9:00 A.M. - Mass
10:00 AM to 3:00 PM Praying of 1,000 Hail Mary's Devotion
3:00 P.M. - Holy Rosary and Divine Mercy Chaplet
4:00 PM English Mass
5:30 PM Spanish Mass
7:00 P.M. - Rosary and Confessions
7:30 P.M. - Novena Mass - English (2) - Main Church
8:15 P.M. - Exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament, Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Benediction
8:30 P.M. - Outdoor Candlelight Procession with the Statue of Our Lady of Fatima
Sunday, July 14, 2024 - Ninth (9th) Day of the Novena
Ordinary Form Calendar - Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, Virgin
Extraordinary Form Calendar - Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
St. Bonaventure
8:00 A.M. - Spanish Mass
9:15 A.M. - English Mass
10:30 A.M. - Choir Mass
12:00 P.M. - Spanish Mass
1:00 P.M. - English Mass
2:30 P.M. - Polish Mass
4:30 P.M. - Solemn Vespers, Rosary and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
7:00 P.M. - Rosary and Confessions
7:30 P.M. - Novena Mass - English (3) - Main Church
8:15 P.M. - Exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament, Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Benediction
Presentation and Indoor Procession with Banners
Monday, July 15, 2024 - The Vigil
Ordinary Form Calendar - Saint Bonaventure, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
Extraordinary Form Calendar - Saint Henry the Emperor
7:00 A.M. - Mass
7:45 A.M. - Mass
9:00 A.M. - Mass
3:00 P.M. - Holy Rosary and Divine Mercy Chaplet
5:30 P.M. - Vigil Mass
7:30 P.M. - First Solemn Vespers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Benediction
9:00 P.M. - Outdoor Candlelight Procession with the Statue of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
11:00 P.M. - Multilingual Recitation of the Holy Rosary and Litany of Loreto followed by Midnight Mass
Tuesday, July 16, 2024 - The Solemnity and Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
12:00 A.M. - Solemn Midnight Mass and Perpetual Enrollment in the Brown Scapular
Following Midnight Mass*, Total Consecration to Jesus through Mary by St. Louis Marie de Montfort
8:00 A.M. - Spanish Mass and Perpetual Enrollment in the Brown Scapular
10:00 A.M. - Solemn Feast Mass and Perpetual Enrollment in the Brown Scapular
11:00 A.M. - Grand Outdoor Procession with the Statue of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
3:00 P.M. - Holy Mass - French and Creole and Perpetual Enrollment in the Brown Scapular
6:00 P.M. - Gregorian Chant Mass and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
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Saturday, July 20, 2024 - 13th Annual Pilgrimage
7:45 A.M. - Mass
9:00 A.M. - Mass
10:00 A.M. - Welcome of Pilgrims, Introduction and Recitation of the Holy Rosary
10:45 A.M. - Penitential Procession of Pilgrims
11:00 A.M. - Solemn Mass
12:00 P.M. - Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
Investiture in the Brown Scapular, Farewell of Pilgrims
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