Feast Day celebrated Dec. 11-12 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Flagstaff

by AmigosNAZ.com • December 7, 2013 • Comments Off

FLAGSTAFF — Flagstaff Nuestras Raíces will participate in a series of events in December to celebrate the progress of the renovation project in the basement of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

The group will participate in the traditional Our Lady of Guadalupe Procession the early evening of Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013. The procession will begin at Our Lady of Guadalupe, 224 So. Kendrick St., Flagstaff, and continue to San Francisco de Asis Catholic Church, 1600 E Route 66.

On Dec. 12, Las Mananitas will be held at at 6 a.m., followed by the Rosary at 6:30 a.m. and a Mass at 7 a.m. at Our Lady of Guadalupe. Coffee and pan dulce will be provided after the Mass by Flagstaff Nuestras Raíces.

A community potluck will then be held at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 12 at Our Lady of Guadalupe.

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See a slideshow from the 2013 Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church

Theresa Thomas, president of Flagstaff Nuestras Raíces, carries the Our Lady of Guadalupe banner up the hill to San Francisco de Asis Catholic Church during a procession from Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapel near downtown Flagstaff on Dec. 11, 2013 as part of the Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe celebration. Photo by Frank X. Moraga / AmigosNAZ ©2014

Father Patrick Mowrer, pastor of San Francisco de Asís Parish, far right, speaks to members of a procession starting at Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapel near downtown Flagstaff on Dec. 11, 2013. Photo by Frank X. Moraga / AmigosNAZ ©2014

Members of Danza Guadalupanas perform at the Flagstaff Fire Station No. 2 on Ponderosa Parkway before they proceed up the hill with the rest of the procession to San Francisco de Asís Catholic Church on Dec. 11, 2013. Photo by Frank X. Moraga / AmigosNAZ ©2014

Nearly 300 luminarias line the entrance to San Francisco de Asís Catholic Church during the Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe celebrations held on Dec. 11, 2013 in Flagstaff. Photo courtesy of Bernardo Garcia. ©2014

Youth re-enact the day on Dec. 12, 1531 when the Virgin of Guadalupe provided Juan Diego with the proof he needed to convince the Spanish Archbishop of Mexico City to build a church on a hill of Tepeyac near Mexico City. The play was held at Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapel on Dec. 12, 2013. Photo by Frank X. Moraga / AmigosNAZ ©2014

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