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Our Lady of Guadalupe is the title given to the Virgin Mary in her appearance before St. Juan Diego in a vision in Mexico in 1531. Our Lady of Guadalupe holds a special place in the religious life of Mexico and is one of the most popular religious devotions.
Our Lady of Guadalupe (Spanish: Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe), also known as the Virgin of Guadalupe (Spanish: Virgen de Guadalupe), is a Catholic title of Mary, mother of Jesus associated with a series of four Marian apparitions to a Mexican peasant named Juan Diego and one to his uncle, Juan Bernardino, which are believed to have occurred in ...
Our Lady of Guadalupe first introduced herself as the Mother of God and the mother of all humanity when she appeared on the hill of Tepeyac in Mexico in 1531. An indigenous peasant, Juan Diego, saw a glowing figure on the hill.
Learn about the miraculous apparitions of Our Lady of Guadalupe and her enduring impact on faith and culture at the shrine.
1988 — The liturgical celebration of Our Lady of Guadalupe on 12 December was raised to the status of a solemnity in all dioceses in the United States. 1999 — Pope John Paul II, during his third visit to the sanctuary, declared the date of 12 December as a Liturgical Feast for the whole continent.
(When he launched a novena of prayer for a rebirth of faith, to combat “the darkness of our age,” Cardinal Raymond Burke placed his crusade under the patronage of Our Lady of Guadalupe in...
Why do we celebrate Our Lady of Guadalupe? In 1531, the Blessed Mother appeared four times to St. Juan Diego asking for a church to be built in her honor. The last time she appeared to St. Juan, on December 12th, 1531, she arranged roses in his tilma, which he then took to the bishop.
A brief history of Our Lady of Guadalupe Patroness of the Americas. The opening of the New World brought with it both fortune-seekers and religious preachers desiring to convert the native populations to the Christian faith. One of the converts was a poor Aztec Indian named Juan Diego.
Who Is Our Lady of Guadalupe? Our Lady of Guadalupe: A Miraculous Encounter and Enduring Devotion. On December 9, 1531, Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared to an unsuspecting peasant near Mexico City, launching one of the most powerful sagas of faith and divine providence in human history.
The story of the Our Lady of Guadalupe Marian apparition dates to December 1531 in Mexico. Juan Diego, an Aztec peasant and recently converted Catholic, saw the Virgin Mary appear to him on a hill near present-day Mexico City.