More than 200 members of Club Los Vaqueros Unidos (United Cowboys Club) from the Chicago area make their way to place roses at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines on Dec. 1, 2018. The annual horseback pilgrimage leads up to two days of festivities Dec. 11-12, when more than 100,000 people make a pilgrimage to the shrine for the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. The feast celebrates the appearance of Mary to indigenous peasant St. Juan Diego in 1531 near present-day Mexico City.
Cardinal Cupich makes pilgrimage to Mexico City, basilica Cardinal Cupich traveled to Mexico City and the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe with pilgrims from the Archdiocese of Chicago Jan. 14-20.
Cardinal Cupich to lead pilgrimage to Guadalupe shrine in Mexico Catholics from the Archdiocese of Chicago are invited to join Cardinal Cupich on a seven-day pilgrimage to Mexico City and to the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in January 2025.
Guadalupe is a message of communion amid mixed cultures, pope says Our Lady of Guadalupe is a message of “mestizaje,” or a fusion of cultures that leads to an encounter between humanity and God, Pope Francis said.