{"id":9170,"date":"2025-10-17T05:35:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T05:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/9170\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T05:35:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T05:35:11","slug":"revered-catholic-procession-with-stops-in-l-a-area-takes-on-deeper-meaning-amid-raids-san-gabriel-valley-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/9170\/","title":{"rendered":"Revered Catholic procession, with stops in L.A. area, takes on deeper meaning amid raids \u2013 San Gabriel Valley Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"

There was added resonance this year, as the annual pilgrimage the images of Our Lady of Guadalupe and St. Juan Diego kicked off in mid-September visiting about 15 Roman Catholic parishes in Los Angeles and the San Gabriel Valley \u2013 a pilgrimage that will continue through Dec. 7.<\/p>\n

The impact of the January wildfires and the ongoing immigration raids have prompted many parishioners to seek solace at houses of worship.<\/p>\n

And so, the Guadalupe Procession, already a beloved event in the region, became even more so among many Catholics.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the oldest religious procession in Los Angeles, which, according to the L.A. Archdiocese officials, began by Mexican Catholics who fled persecution by the Mexican government during the Cristero War, in the 1920s.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe annual pilgrimage the images of Our Lady of Guadalupe and St. Juan Diego came to Sacred Heart Church in Altadena on Monday, Oct. 13. (Courtesy, Archdiocese of Los Angeles)<\/p>\n

It commemorates the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, which according to the diocese, \u201crecalls the miraculous apparitions of the Virgin Mary to Saint Juan Diego at Cerro del Tepeyac (Tepeyac Hill), Mexico City, in December 1531, when she left her image on his \u2019tilma\u2019 or cloak.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Ultimately, her image has been a symbol of unity, peace, compassion, and hope around the globe.<\/p>\n

The pilgrimage made its way to Sacred Heart Church in Altadena on Monday, Oct. 13. The church had been scorched by the Eaton fire but Deacon Jos\u00e9 Luis D\u00edaz is credited with saving it.<\/p>\n

It then headed to Our Lady Help of Christians and All Saints parishes in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

This weekend, the images will be displayed in the Lancaster and Palmdale areas, including visits at Good Shepherd Cemetery, St. Mary\u2019s Church and St. Clare of Assisi Church.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s theme is \u201cOur Lady of Guadalupe: Cause of Our Joy and Hope.\u201d<\/p>\n

Angelus News, the online news platform of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, reported<\/a> that this year\u2019s pilgrimage has prompted a much deeper meaning than usual for Catholics in immigrant communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There was added resonance this year, as the annual pilgrimage the images of Our Lady of Guadalupe and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6932,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[7,48,52,51,47,137,50,49,100,6163],"class_list":{"0":"post-9170","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-california","9":"tag-la","10":"tag-la-headlines","11":"tag-la-news","12":"tag-los-angeles","13":"tag-los-angeles-county","14":"tag-los-angeles-headlines","15":"tag-los-angeles-news","16":"tag-news","17":"tag-religion"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}