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Guadalupe shrines hosts multicultural day for national pilgrimage

Hundreds of pilgrims gathered at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines as the Archdiocese of Chicago welcomed the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage on June 27, 2024. The day featured multicultural celebrations in multiple languages from noon to 9 p.m., inviting faithful of all ethnic backgrounds to participate. Chicago Auxiliary Bishops Jeffrey Grob and Robert Lombardo, joined by clergy members, participated in events throughout the day ending with a final Mass celebrated by both bishops. The national pilgrimage is a two-month walking journey across the United States with four routes led by clergy and a small group of young adult Catholics converging at the 10th National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis on July 17, 2024. The Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe is on the Marian Route. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Miguel Rodriguez and Salvador Hinojosa place flowers at the base of an Our Lady of Guadalupe icon for the procession. Hundreds of pilgrims gathered at The Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines as the Archdiocese of Chicago welcomed the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage on une 27, 2024. The day featured multicultural celebrations in multiple languages from noon to 9 p.m., inviting faithful of all ethnic backgrounds to participate. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
An overview of the shrine. (Brian Brach/Office of Radio and Television)
Men carry an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe as people stay seated praying the rosary. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Volunteers and staff at the shrine lead the rosary while men carry an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe around the grotto. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Men carry an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe past the famous icon of Our Lady in the grotto during the rosary. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
A girl walks past the sign showing the day’s events. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Gostavo Morales and Rocio Flores stand with Father Jesus Pentes before placing flowers at the altar of Our Lady of Guadalupe image. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Father Jesus Pentes, associate rector, hands out frankincense to participants to throw into fire as a devotion during adoration. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
A woman tosses frankincense into a fire before she kneels down to pray in front of the Eucharist. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Father Jose Sequeira anoints the hands of those attending the Eucharistic pilgrimage at the shrine that day. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Youth from the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe server ministry pray as the monstrance is brought down from the altar for the Eucharistic Procession before Mass. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
As members of Mexican Nocturnal Worship, an adoration ministry, prepare for the procession, children who made their first Communion this year carry their lit candles carefully. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Children who made their first Communion this year kneel as the Eucharist is brought down from the altar before the procession. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
A toddler looks back as her family joins the procession before Mass. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
The Eucharistic procession makes its way around the grounds at the shrine before Mass begins. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Father Jose Sequeira carries the monstrance containing the Eucharist in the procession. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Deacon Leonardo Victor and Bishop Robert Lombardo lead priests in the Eucharistic Procession on the grounds of the shrine before Mass. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Members of Mexican Nocturnal Worship, an adoration ministry, carry an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the procession. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Families walk in the procession. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Chicago Auxiliary Bishop Robert Lombardo gives the homily during Mass. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Chicago Auxiliary Bishop Jeffrey Grob accepts the gifts from the National Eucharistic pilgrims. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Youth from the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe server ministry surround the altar during the Eucharistic Prayer. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Participants pray the Our Father during Mass. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

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