Victor Azuaje, professor of Hispanic Studies at Mount Saint Mary College, plays guitar during the celebration of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the college’s Chapel of the Most Holy Rosary on Thursday, December 4.
Mount Saint Mary College recently hosted a celebration of Our Lady of Guadalupe with Latin American food, a blessing, and a discussion detailing the significance of the feast day.
The feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe is celebrated on December 12.
Mary, Mother of God, is the Patron Saint of Mexico and one of the country’s most respected religious figures. According to Catholic tradition, in the 1500s, she appeared to St. Juan Diego in Mexico City and requested that a church be built at Tepeyac Hill.
The celebration was spearheaded by the college’s Catholic and Dominican Institute, the Dominican Scholars of Hope, and the Dominican Sisters of Hope Campus Ministry.