Traditional Pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel

The fifth annual Traditional Mass Pilgrimage at The Pontifical Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, New York,  will take place on Saturday, July 23, 2016 from 10 A.M. – 3 P.M. The focal point of the Pilgrimage will be the Entrance of Pilgrims and Solemn High Mass celebrated according to the1962 Missale Romanum at 11 A.M.    The shrine address is 448 E. 116th Street, New York, NY.

Pilgrims will be welcomed at 10 A.M. by our Pastor, Father Marian Wierchowski SAC, a Priest of the Pallottine Fathers. Spiritual Talks of a Marian Motif will be delivered by priest pilgrims. We also will have priests hearing confessions before and during Mass for pilgrims who wish to avail themselves of the Sacrament.

There will be a Plenary Indulgence granted by devoutly visiting the Shrine, Receiving the Sacraments of Penance and Holy Communion within twenty days, being free from attachment to sin, and praying for the Intentions of Our Holy Father.

Pilgrims may choose to process down the nave of the Church walking on their knees or discalced, or remain in their pews. Thereafter, the Solemn High Mass will begin. The Mass to be Celebrated will be the Second Class Votive Mass of Our Patroness, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, which can be found in your hand missals under the Proper of the Saints on July 16.

Following the Mass, Pilgrims may elect to have Lunch in one of the many neighborhood restaurants, or have lunch in the Parish Undercroft, during which the Martyrology will be Chanted and spiritual talks delivered, a venerable practice adopted from Seminary Refectories, Abbeys, Convents and Monasteries.

At 2:15 P.M., Pilgrims will be invited to Enroll in the Brown Scapular by the Pallottine Fathers. It is said that those who are faithful and die wearing the Brown Scapular will be released from Purgatory on the Saturday following their death, known as the Sabbatine Privilege. Pilgrims will have an opportunity to Recite the Most Holy Rosary. The Pilgrimage will conclude with Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament and Farewell of Pilgrims.

10 A.M. – Welcoming of Pilgrims
10 A.M. – Sacrament of Penance, Confessions Heard
10;15 A.M. – Marian Spirilual Talks
11 A.M. – Entrance of Pilgrims
11:15 A.M. – Solemn High Mass – 1962 Missale Romanum
12:45 P.M. – Pilgrims may have an Independent Lunch in the Neighborhood or have Lunch in the Parish Hall, during which the Martyrology will be Chanted (a practice observed in Seminary Refectories, Convents, Monasteries, Abbeys etc) and a Spiritual Talk delivered by a Priest
2:15 P.M. – Investiture in the Brown Scapular by the Pallottine Fathers;
2:30 P.M. – Eucharistic Adoration; Recitation of the Rosary; Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament
3 P.M. – Farewell of Pilgrims

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Bus Directions: M116 or M15 SBS Buses to 116th Street and 1st Avenue; Walk East Past First Avenue to Church
Subway Directions: 6, C, 2 or 3 Trains to 116th Street; Wait for M116 Bus or Walk East Past 1st Ave to Church

Parking is Available in the Neighborhood, as well as the Costco Shopping Complex East of Pleasant Avenue

The Shrine is also nearby the Tri-Boro RFK Bridge to the Bronx and Queens,
the FDR drive along the East River, and the 125th Street Metro North Station

Other Traditional liturgies on the schedule for the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel:

Friday July 15 5:30 P.M. – Vigil Low Mass 1962 Missal followed by Exorcism of Salt and Blessing of Holy Water

Friday July 15 7:30 P.M. – 1st Solemn Vespers and Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament 1961 Breviarum Romanum; Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Friday July 15 9 P.M. – Outdoor Candlelight Procession with Our Lady

Saturday July 16 12:01 A.M. – Solemn Midnight Mass – 1962 Missale Romanum