Benedict in Erie, Pennsylvania and
Our Lady of Guadalupe in New Mexico have invited their lay associates to live and work full time within the monastery, sharing in the community's prayer life as well as the day-to-day responsibilities.
The celebration coincides with the town's patronal fiesta, which converges at the Diocesan Shrine of the
Our Lady of Guadalupe whose first church was founded in 1687.
while
Our Lady of Guadalupe Minor Seminary will accept students on March 17 and 23 from 9 a.m.
The image of
Our Lady of Guadalupe goes back to 1531 in Mexico, 10 years after the Spanish Conquest, when renewed war between the Aztecs and their conquerors seemed likely.
Our Lady of Guadalupe, radiant like the sun, appeared before San Juan Diego, an Indian Christian, on Dec.
Poole traces the origin of the veneration of
Our Lady of Guadalupe, and how she become the patron saint of Mexico and revered throughout the Western Hemisphere.
Pope Francis celebrated the Feast of
Our Lady of Guadalupe with thousands of visitors at the Vatican.
It considers the promise of the figurehead of the Holy Mother and considers the figures of the Madonna,
our Lady of Guadalupe, and other presentations of the image of the Holy Mother.
Monday, February 20, 2012, Mass in
Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapel in St.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made an unexpected stop at the Basilica of
Our Lady of Guadalupe and left a bouquet of white flowers "on behalf of the American people," after asking who painted the famous image.
POPE JOHN PAUL II'S PROCLAMATION that "the appearance of Mary to the native Juan Diego on the hill of Tepeyac in 1531 had a decisive effect on evangelization" in the Americas echoed an insight from theological writings on
Our Lady of Guadalupe dating back to the Spanish colonial era.