Canonical coronation of image of Mt. Carmel set

The canonical coronation of the image of the Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Quezon City will take place on August 15, the Solemnity of the Assumption of Our Lady. 
 
To be held at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Our Lady of Mount Carmel, the activity will be held amid the prevailing modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) in Metro Manila.
 
A lay liturgist of the Diocese of Cubao explained the reason for this in a statement posted on the Facebook page of the basilica on Thursday.
 
"Mary's venerated image in the Minor Basilica of the National Shrine and Parish of Our Lady of Mount Carmel will be canonically or pontifically crowned on a day that the whole of Metro Manila and the neighboring provinces of Rizal. Laguna, Bulacan and Cavite are still in the recently declared MECQ in response to the plea of our frontliners," Rundolph Fernandez Bayaua said.
 
"Maybe it is our Virgin Mother, Flower of Carmel's desire that it would be done in austerity, seclusion, solitude and contemplation which are some of the pillars of the spirituality of Carmel," he added.
 
According to CBCP News, a canonical coronation is a pious institutional act, wherein the pope designates a crown or stellar halo to be added to a Marian image under a specific devotional title in a particular diocese.
 
It is also the highest distinction the Church grants to an image.
 
Pope Francis approved the canonical coronation of the image on May 13 and the Diocese of Cubao announced it last month.
 
The canonical coronation at the basilica will be led by Cubao Bishop Honesto Ongtioco at 6 pm.
 
The faithful may watch the historic event via live streaming.