This special Feast celebrates the apparition of the appearance of the Blessed Virgin Mary to (now) Saint Juan Diego outside of Mexico City in 1531. Pope John Paul II confirmed the validity of this revelation and declared Our Lady of Guadalupe to be the Patroness of all the Americas.
This feast is normally celebrated on December 12, except when that date falls on a Sunday, at which the feast is transferred to an adjacent day.
This feast is a holy day of obligation in the country of Mexico, and Our Lady of Guadalupe is highly honored in that country.
At St. Michael's in 2021, we will celebrate this feast on Saturday, December 11 (2021). The feast will be celebrated as follows:
Las Mananitas: 7:45 a.m.
Rosary: 8:00 a.m.
Mass: 8:30 a.m.