Not only will the CABRINI movie make its debut on March 8th, International Women’s Day, this week, a new documentary about the Virgin of Guadalupe, (the Patroness of our province) — the vision of Mary, the mother of Jesus, seen by a 16th-century Mexican peasant — premiered Tuesday, February 13 at an event in Los Angeles attended by the city’s archbishop.
“Guadalupe: Madre de la Humanidad” (“Guadalupe: Mother of Humanity”), in Spanish with English subtitles, will run in more than 100 Regal and Cinemark theaters across the U.S. from Feb. 22 to Feb. 28.
The film, by the Spanish company Goya Producciones, features dramatized scenes of Our Lady of Guadalupe’s apparitions and interviews with those impacted by her, including LA Archbishop José Gomez. The film will also be released in hundreds of theaters in Latin America and Spain.
Narrated by Pepe Alonso, a presenter on the Eternal Word Television Network, the documentary stars Mexican actors Karyme Lozano, known for lead roles in many telenovelas, as the hostess, Angelica Chong as the Virgin of Guadalupe and Mario Alberto Hernandez as the man who saw the virgin, Juan Diego.
The filmmakers collected testimonies about the Virgin of Guadalupe’s miracles in the U.S. and Mexico, as well as Germany, a nod to the documentary’s title acknowledging Our Lady of Guadalupe’s impact far from Tepeyac Hill in Mexico, where the apparition occurred.
Our Lady of Guadalupe, the patron saint of Mexico, appeared to St. Juan Diego, an Indigenous convert to Catholicism, in December of 1531.
When the bishop did not believe Juan Diego’s account that Mary had requested a shrine be built on Tepeyac Hill, she appeared a second time to Juan Diego and ordered him to collect roses. As Juan Diego opened his cloak in the bishop’s presence to reveal the roses, the now-famous brown-skinned image of Our Lady of Guadalupe was displayed on his cloak.
Andrés Garrigó, a former journalist, was inspired to found the Spanish company Goya Producciones more than two decades ago.
Because there were already many documentaries telling the story of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Garrigó never expected Goya Producciones to make one, he said, but he finally responded to the many requests he got, including from Mexicans.
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He knew that both continents North and South, in many ways, share a common heritage—and future. In the words Our Lady spoke to Juan Diego: “I am your Compassionate Mother, yours, for you yourself, for everybody here in the land, for each and all together, for all others too, for all folk of every kind . . . here I shall listen to their groanings, to their saddenings; here shall I make well and heal up their each and every kind of disappointment, of exhausting pangs, of bitter pain.”
Some of the CLMs were at the convent where they celebrated liturgy and lunch with the Sisters and then shared prayer with some of the other CLMs via Zoom. What a beautiful way to honor Our Lady. In addition to prayer, it was so wonderful to ‘catch up’ with one another and enjoy a lot of laughs. Thank you, Sisters, for your hospitality and for sharing prayer with us.
who has been a source of hope for many Latinos throughout the pandemic. As the omicron coronavirus variant circulates, Catholic leaders are urging mask wearing during these events and promoting the vaccine against the virus.
Our Lady of Guadalupe
On Monday, March 9, the Staff of the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines, IL participated in a day long retreat at Cabrini Retreat Center. This included celebration of the Eucharist in the Retreat Center Chapel.