Posted December 13, 2022

Faithful from throughout the Archdiocese of Philadelphia gathered to honor Our Lady of Guadalupe on the eve Feast Day, Dec. 11 at at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul. Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez celebrated the annual Mass. Our Lady of Guadalupe Aztec Dance Troop from Saint Charles Borromeo Parish and Our Lady of Fatima Worship Site in Bensalem performed wearing traditional Aztec outfits. Following Communion, several images of Our Lady of Guadalupe were carried by faithful down the central aisle to the Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine. (Photos by Sarah Webb)

  • Aztec Dancers from St Charles outside before mass

  • Procession through church after mass

  • Gael Arias with his dad Jose, St William Parish

  • Kathia Arango

  • Artemis Ramirez St Thomas Aquinas Parish

  • El Chinelos from Visitation Parish

  • Ayelen Castor and Issac Ramirez from St Charles, Aztec group

  • Archbishop Perez chats with Maria Dones, 93, who walked with her group from St Veronica Church

  • Aztec group from St Charles

  • Aztec group from St Charles

  • Issac Ramirez and the Aztec group from St Charles dance up the aisle before the entrance procession

  • Entrance procession

  • Archbishop Perez bless images and statues the people bring from home

  • Procession through church after mass