Canonical Coronation for Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Statue with Fr. Frank Donio, S.A.C.: Son Rise Morning Show 07/02/2025
A Canonical Coronation from the Pope is being bestowed upon the statue a Our Lady of Mt. Carmel on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of a procession in her honor that goes through the streets of Hammonton, New Jersey. Listen to Fr. Frank Donio, S.A.C share more in this segment of the Son Rise Morning Show on Sacred Heart Radio, about how the procession impacted his family and the people who attend it.
The 150th anniversary of the procession in honor of the feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in Hammonton, New Jersey, is the longest continuous Italian festival in the United States. The image of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel there will have a canonical coronation on the feast day, July 16th. A Mass celebrates the special event as well as the annual procession of saints through the streets. The Pallottines served the parish that was called St. Joseph from 1901-2004. The diocese merged three parishes into one and renamed the parish, St. Mary of Mt. Carmel. The other image of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel that has a canonical crown is at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in New York (1904) which is the first church of the Pallottines in the United States. The Pallottines still serve there there.
A canonical coronation is a formal act by the Pope, expressed through a papal bull, to crown a venerated image of Christ, the Blessed Virgin Mary, or St. Joseph. This act acknowledges the image's local and universal significance within the Catholic Church. This is a rare honor for the church and our diocese.
In the United States, only four Marian images have received this honor:
Our Lady of Prompt Succor: Crowned on November 10, 1895, in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel: Crowned on July 10, 1904, in New York City, New York.
Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception: Crowned on August 22, 2013, in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
Our Lady of La Leche: Crowned on October 10, 2021, at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine in Florida.
Notes:
Listen to Pallottine Fathers and Brothers to learn more
Learn more about Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Visit the Canonical Coronation website
View the other images in the procession
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