120th Feast Our Lady Of Mount Carmel Society Staten Island NYC Our Lady of Mount Carmel Grotto
120th Feast Our Lady Of Mount Carmel Society Staten Island NYC Our Lady of Mount Carmel Grotto. It’s time to take a step back in time with two weekends of Staten Island tradition. The 114th Anniversary Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Society continues July 13-16, 21-23 in Rosebank.
The Grotto was built with concrete and thousands of smooth, rounded stones in 1937 by members of the Our Lady Mount Carmel Society, a group founded by Italian immigrant laborers in 1903. Built with stones and seashells from the Staten Island shore, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Feast shrine in the grotto sits between Amity Place and Virginia Avenue.
The Feast’s (always) free entertainment starts every day at 7:30 p.m. A highlight of the society’s annual festival is a procession from the shrine through the streets of Rosebank. The festival is held at the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Grotto, a hidden gem at 36 Amity Street behind St. Joseph’s R.C. Church. The grotto was built in 1937 by members of the society, which was comprised primarily of Italian immigrant laborers who worked on the shrine in their spare time.
During the festival and throughout the year, people light cand
les and pray at the shrine which is open 24/7 every day of the year. A special mass takes place at noon Sunday, at the Church of St. Joseph on Tompkins Avenue. The program is designed not only to honor the Blessed Mother, but also the Italian culture and traditions that built St. Joseph’s Church, the event’s co-sponsor along with the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Society.
