[1] In 1930, on the initiative of the priest Paolo Amato, the rector of the sanctuary of that time, they founded a "Commission for the Church of the Most Holy Mary of the Height", later a Congregation, which still exists.

In the 16th century some girls, dressed like the Virgin Mary and with a black veil, went on pilgrimage as far as the top of the mountain to plead for the coming of rain, as the poet Sebastiano Bagolino says in one of his poems.

The bonfires (li vampati in dialect), scattered at the crossings on the eve, were moments of happiness for the young; nowadays they also make them in the beach of Alcamo Marina and in the countryside surrounding the town, but old traditions have nearly disappeared.

Then there is a Marian week, with songs, saying of the rosary and masses in the sanctuary, and finally, on 8 September, the feast of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, they take the statue of Our Lady in procession.

[5] The parish of the Church of the Holy Heart and the Congregation of Maria Santissima dell’Alto have contributed to the improvement of the sanctuary that today has become a sought-after destination for many pilgrims and believers.