Catholic fiestas honoring Guadalupe draw masses to Mass

CHAMPAIGN – Area Hispanics by the hundreds celebrated a 477-year-old apparition Friday.

The Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the Aztec Indian name for the Virgin Mary, was marked with Masses and music, flowers and food at four Roman Catholic churches.

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