Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church (East Boston)
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Our Lady of Mount Carmel is a church and parish located in the neighborhood of East Boston, Massachusetts. The church was built in 1905 and was a focal point of the local Italian-American community until it was ordered shut down by the Archdiocese of Boston in the autumn of 2004.[1]
On October 10, 2004, as the final Mass was being celebrated at the church, parishioners claimed that a statue of the Virgin Mary fell to the ground from its perch in front of the altar. Some proclaimed that this was a sign from God.[2]
Mount Carmel has been occupied by parishioners since the day of its closing, marking the longest such occupation in the history of the Roman Catholic Church in America.[3] [4]
