Steps on the Guadalupe Pilgrimage to DesPlaines
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.
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The faithful place flowers and candles near the altar and pray on Dec. 12, the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe on the grounds of Maryville Academy in Des Plaines. The shrine draws over 100,000 people within a 24-hour period to celebrate the appearance of Mary to indigenous peasant St. Juan Diego in 1531 near present-day Mexico City.
Photo: Karen Callaway / Catholic New World
