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December 12th - Blessed Our Lady of Guadalupe Day (Original Post) Xipe Totec Dec 2016 OP
Very big here in Illinois . Check out the video lunasun Dec 2016 #1
Five years ago, on this date, I met my spouse Xipe Totec Dec 2016 #3
Have seen so many references to this site. Judi Lynn Dec 2016 #2

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
1. Very big here in Illinois . Check out the video
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 12:16 AM
Dec 2016
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-our-lady-of-guadalupe-des-plaines-maryville-met-20161212-story.html
I think it is the second largest pilgrimage for Our lady of Guadalupe of course the first being to the basilica in Mexico but the weather is a lot colder here

Xipe Totec

(43,872 posts)
3. Five years ago, on this date, I met my spouse
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 01:28 AM
Dec 2016

So, for us, this is a magically special moment in time...

Judi Lynn

(160,217 posts)
2. Have seen so many references to this site.
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 12:38 AM
Dec 2016

[center]



Inauguration of the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Manuel Arellano, ca. 1709.



Pope Francis celebrated mass here.



Didn't I hear they found an Aztec calendar underneath some of these stones?



Your link says the statue has been transferred to the new basilica, can be seen from any spot in the building.[/center]
Great place for the image of the Virgin of Guadalupe.

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