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Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine dedicates new chapel

Auxiliary Bishop John Manz was the main celebrant during an inaugural Mass for the St. Joseph Chapel at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines on April 21, 2018. The new chapel is in a former gymnasium for Maryville Academy. Each year, hundreds of thousands of the faithful visit the shrine for the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe on Dec. 12. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Construction at the new St Joseph Chapel at the Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine in Des Plaines on Jan. 25. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
The new sanctuary is underway on Jan. 25. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
The new edition of the narthex was added to the former gym. Workers lay tile as progress in the narthex on Jan. 25. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Workers lay tile as progress continues at the new St Joseph Chapel at the Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine in Des Plaines on Jan. 25. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Exterior view of the new St Joseph Chapel on Jan. 25. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Workers install pews. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Workers install pews. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Participants pray the rosary outside the door prior to the first Mass at the chapel on April 21. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
A little boy prays the rosary outside the door prior to Mass. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Father Esequiel Sanchez, rector of the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, reads part of the blessing. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Auxiliary Bishop John Manz blesses the front doors before everyone enters prior to Mass. He was the main celebrant during an inaugural Mass on April 21. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Auxiliary Bishop John Manz blesses the new keys to the chapel prior to Mass. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
The faithful process in as the doors are opened to the new chapel. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Father Sanchez receives a hug from a participant prior to Mass. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Altar servers lead the opening procession. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Father John Smyth, former director at Maryville Academy, processes in with priests and deacons from the shrine. The shrine is located on the grounds of Maryville’s Des Plaines campus and got its start while Smyth was director. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Father Sanchez processes into the chapel for the first Mass. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Hundreds attended the first Mass for the new St. Joseph Chapel. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
A man prays during Mass wearing a sweatshirt with the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe on the back. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Auxiliary Bishop John Manz was the main celebrant during an inaugural Mass for the St. Joseph Chapel at The Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines on April 21. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Men carry up the new statue of St. Joseph, the chapel's patron saint, during Mass. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Auxiliary Bishop John Manz blesses the new statue of St. Joseph during Mass. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

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