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111921 torch1The “Guadalupana Torch,” on a pilgrimage that began from Our Lady of Guadalupe Basilica in Mexico City last September, was received by several parishes in the Diocese of Charlotte between Nov. 8 and 15 Masses.

Traditional dances and tributes were offered to honor the Blessed Virgin Mary on the pilgrim image’s way to New York, where it will arrive on Dec. 12 – the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, also called “La Morenita del Tepeyac” (“the dark-skinned Madonna of Tepeyac”).

The torch and the pilgrim images of the Virgin of Guadalupe and St. Juan Diego bear the light of a diverse Catholic community in the Americas separated by a common border.

— Photos provided111921 Antorcha Guadalupana2

111921 Antorcha Guadalupana