God blesses you,carmelites gather for their annual celebration of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in New York City. The crowd is diverse, but Haitian-American parishioners outnumber the Italians who as immigrants, established the parish on 115th Street in the 19th century.

After mass, attendees join the procession that begins outside church doors. Catholic priests and congregants walk through their East Harlem neighborhood receiving onlookers' best wishes. Creole songs, strains of "Ave Maria" and … [More]