Marian music in Hammonton to celebrate 150 years of faith

World-renowned musicians will be bringing their talents to Saint Mary of Mount Carmel Parish in honor of the 150th anniversary of the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. . . . On July 16, the Feast Day of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, composer Frank La Rocca will debut a Mass. . . . The hymn, with music composed by La Rocca, will make its debut at the concert on May 30. La Rocca, whose works include ‘Mass of the Americas,’ which was commissioned by San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, said that writing the hymn helped to inform the music for the July 16 Mass.