Catholic fiestas honoring Guadalupe draw masses to Mass
By Lynda Zimmer
Saturday December 13, 2008
John Dixon
Children raise their baby Jesus figurines from their home creches for a blessing Friday evening at a Mass to celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe at Holy Cross Church in Champaign.
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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