July 10
Our Lady of Mount Carmel of East Harlem, New York, New York, USA
Italian immigrants from Polla, in the province of Salerno, Campania, Italy, built the Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel at 447 E. 115th St. by hand. Begun in 1884, it was dedicated in 1903, the first Italian Catholic parish in New York. The statue of Our Lady, ordered from Polla, was crowned solemnly July 10, 1904. In the 1930s, the feast day of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, celebrated on or around the liturgical date of July 16, drew over 500,000 people, mostly Italian immigrants, to the shrine in East Harlem. By the 1960s, the festival crowd of remaining Italians and returning former parishioners numbered only a few hundred. But numbers doubled in the 1980s, when Haitian immigrants settled in the neighborhood. Accustomed to the July celebration of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel at the waterfall shrine of Ville Bonheur in Haiti, they transferred their tradition here, revitalizing the local customs.
Photo of the statue (right), taken during 100th coronation anniversary procession in 2004, from the Shrine's site, www.mountcarmelofeastharlem.com.
Also celebrated this date:
 | Mother of God of Konevitsa, Heinävesi, Eastern Finland, Southern Savonia, Finland. Festal liturgy of icon at New Valamo Monastery. |
| Notre-Dame des Miracles, Saint-Maur-des Fossės, Val-de-Marne, Île-de-France, France. Statue completed unaided & healing apparition to sculptor, 1068. |
| Notre Dame de Santé, Carpentras, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France (Our Lady of Health). Church bells rang unaided, heralding end of plague, 1629. |
| Madonna della Stella, Bagnolo Mella, Brescia, Lombardy, Italy (Madonna of the Star). Healing apparition to deaf girl, 1491; annual festa. September festa every 5 years. |
| Madonna della Salute, Brenzone, Verona, Veneto, Italy (Madonna of Health), Castelletto district. Festa: procession, blessing of boats, music, fireworks. |
| Beata Vergine delle Grazie, Imola, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Painting crowned, 1615. |
| Matka Boża Byszewska, Byszewo, Koronowo, Bydgoszcz, Kuyavia-Pomerania, Poland (Byszewo Mother of God). Icon in Church of the Holy Trinity crowned, 1966. |
| Madonna della Salute, Massagno, Ticino, Switzerland. Oratory blessed, 1729. Fair 2nd Sunday; mass, refreshments, vespers. |