Our Lady of Guadalupe celebrated by parishes around the Archdiocese of Newark
On Dec. 12, Catholics around the Archdiocese of Newark celebrated the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the patroness of the Americas, with vibrant processions and Mass.
The origin dates to December of 1531 when a “Lady from Heaven” appeared to Saint Juan Diego in Tepeyac, a hill northwest of Mexico City. She instructed him to have Bishop Juan de Zummaraga build a church on the site and left an image of herself imprinted on Juan Diego’s tilma, a poor quality cactus-cloth, as a sign for the bishop.
The tilma has not decayed after 490 years. The church, which became the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, is the most popular Marian shrine in the world and receives millions of pilgrims on the feast day.
On a smaller scale, the faithful of the Archdiocese of Newark displayed their own devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe. Scroll below to see pictures of the various celebrations.
