Our Lady of Mt. Carmel - Pontifical Shrine

Located in East Harlem, the faithful are ministered to by the Pallottine Fathers.

Fr. Marian Wierzchowski, SAC, Pastor
Fr. Christopher Salvatori, SAC
Br. Wieslaw (Wesley) Gaska, SAC
Deacon Luiz Martinez

OFFICE HOURS
Monday -Saturday 10 A.M. - 4 P.M.

SHRINE HOURS

Monday - Thursday - 7 AM - 2:45 PM
Friday - 7 AM - 9:30 AM
Saturdays - 8 AM - 7:30 PM
Sundays - 7 AM - 4 PM

MASS SCHEDULE:

Weekdays 7:00 A.M. (English) & 9 A.M. (various Languages)
Saturdays 9:00 A.M. (various Languages)

First Fridays of the Month in Honor of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
The 7 AM Mass on First Fridays is celebrated in the Convent Chapel.
The Shrine closes shortly after the 9 AM Mass.

First Saturdays of the Month in Honor of Our Lady of Fatima

9 AM - Sung Mass in Latin followed by Novena Prayers to Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Prayers for the Beatification of the Servant of God Pierre Toussaint, Recitation of the Holy Rosary and Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament. Confessions are heard before Mass and during Eucharistic Adoration.

Saturday evening Vigil Masses
Fulfills Sunday Obligation to assist at Holy Mass

5:00 PM - English
6:30 PM - Spanish

Sunday - The Lord's Day

8 AM - Spanish Sung Mass
9:15 AM - English Sung Mass
10:30 AM - Tridentine High Mass in Latin
11:45 AM - Spanish Sung Mass
1 PM - English Sung Mass
2:30 PM - Polish Sung Mass

SACRAMENTS:
Of Baptism & Matrimony, please call the Rectory @ (212) 534-0681 Confessions: Saturday between 4:30 - 5:00 P.M. before & after Mass, and by request

DEVOTIONS:
Sacred Heart Of Jesus (First Friday) 9:00 A.M.
Immaculate Heart of Mary (First Saturday) 9:00 A.M. (Mass, Novena & Benediction)
Mount Carmel Novena (Saturdays) 9:00 A.M.

HISTORY:
Under the zealous care of the Pallottine Fathers, a new church was making material as well as spiritual progress. An annual Feast attracted an ever increasing number of worshippers who journeyed to New York from many sections of the neighboring states to manifest their devotion to Our Lady of Mount Carmel, who came to be considered in a special way, the patroness of the Italians in America.
The Church, itself, by a general acclaim, was called The Shrine Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. This enthusiasm gave rise to a unanimous desire to have the statue of Our Blessed Lady offically crowned by virtue of a Papal Decree.