Chicagoland

Shrine to hold annual Guadalupe celebration

By Catholic New World
Sunday, December 5, 2010

The Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe at Maryville Academy in Des Plaines will once again welcome worshipers and pilgrims to two days of festivities in honor of the Virgin who appeared to St. Juan Diego on Tepeyac Hill in Mexico in 1531.

Food and religious items will be available for purchase.

While services are generally conducted in Spanish, all are welcome. The shrine is located at 1170 N. River Road, Des Plaines. For information call (847) 294-1806.

The schedule is as follows:

Dec. 11

Noon, Gymnasium: Mass 
Outdoor shrine: Music and liturgical dance 
6 p.m., Gymnasium: Rosary 
7 p.m., Gymnasium: Liturgical dance 
8 p.m., Gymnasium: Mass 
10 p.m., Gymnasium: Mass 
Shrine: Blessing of the torches that will be carried to parishes throughout the archdiocese for their early morning celebrations 
11:30 p.m., Gymnasium: Procession with the Blessed Sacrament 
11:45 p.m., Shrine: Benediction with the Blessed Sacrament

Dec. 12

Midnight, Gymnasium: Mañañitas (songs to the Blessed Virgin) 
Shrine: Mañañitas 
1 a.m., Gymnasium: Mass 
Shrine: Mass celebrated by Father Marco Mercado, director of the Office for Hispanic Catholics 
4:30 a.m., Shrine: Welcoming pilgrims from Our Lady of Lourdes 
5 a.m., Gymnasium: Mass celebrated by Father Miguel Martinez, pastor at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe 
7 a.m., Gymnasium: Music 
8:30 a.m.. Gymnasium: Liturgical dance 
9 a.m., Gymnasium: Mass 
10:30 a.m., Gymnasium: Liturgical dance 
11 a.m., Gymnasium: Mass 
12:30 p.m., Gymnasium: Liturgical dance 
Shrine: Coronation of the Virgin with music, rosary, dance, prayers and testimonies 
1 p.m., Gymnasium: Mass for the sick 
3 p.m., Gymnasium: Mass 
5:30 p.m., Gymnasium: Mass 
7:30 p.m., Gymnasium: Liturgical dance 
8 p.m., Gymnasium: Closing Mass celebrated by Father Miguel Martinez and Father Jose Maria Garcia- Maldonado

Many parishes also will host their celebrations of the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Check with your parish for more information.

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