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The Virgin of Guadalupe will arrive this week along with her festivities, but she will also remain in the Cathedral in Philadelphia.

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The Virgin of Guadalupe will arrive this week along with her festivities, but she will also remain in the Cathedral in Philadelphia.

“The Cardinal (Justin Rigali) told me this week that there will be an image, we don’t know if it will be ready for the festivities, but there will surely be a permanent one in the Cathedral” said Monsignor Hugh Shields, Vicar for the Hispanic Ministry at the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.

“The Mexican community has long been devoted to and manifested its love for the Virgin of Guadalupe in a very special way, and the Church has seen this throughout America, in both the North and the South; she reminds us to share the message of Christ through the cultures and the people”, he stated.

The vicar explained that last year the community of Southern Philadelphia requested at an image of the Virgin of Guadalupe be placed in the Cathedral.

The festivities in her honor have been celebrated for many years, but this is the first time that the celebration shall be held at the Cathedral of Saint Peter and Saint Paul.

On December 12, last year, a large number of faithful followers attended the Church of St. Thomas in Southern Philadelphia, and this lead the priest and those who organized the celebration to request permission to hold it this year at the Cathedral.

The Vicar said that on the night of December 11, they shall pray the Rosary, confession shall be available and the Mariachi shall play “las mañanitas” at 12:00.

He stated that mass will be held on the following day at 7:30am at the church of St. Tomas, in Southern Philadelphia.

“It will be a very special celebration of hope because she (the Virgin) reminds us that no boundaries should exist among men, who were all created in God’s image”, he stated.

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