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In Mexico City, it's a tradition for groups or clubs to make a pilgrimage to the Guadalupe shrine there on the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe, which commemorates Mary's appearance to St. Juan Diego on Tepeyac Hill near modern-day Mexico City. Three years ago, various cowboy clubs from the Chicago area began making a pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines. This year more than 300 riders came on Dec. 6.

Photo: Karen Callaway / Catholic New World