Photo editor Karen Callaway spent the last four years documenting the eve of the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe from groups leaving their parishes and making the pilgrimage to the shrine in Des Plaines and back to their parishes again. This slideshow shows what goes on through the night during a pilgrimage that draws tens of thousands of people each year.
Hundreds join for prayer during the opening Mass celebrating the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe at the Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine in Des Plaines on Dec. 11. More than 100,000 were expected to attend the two days of festivities.
Photo: Karen Callaway / Catholic New World