Missionary image of Our Lady of Guadalupe
in archdiocese

By Sean Gallagher

The Missionary Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe will be on display at several parishes and adoration chapels as well as a retreat center and college chapel in the archdiocese during December, including on the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe on Dec. 12.

The missionary image is an exact photographic replica of the imprint of Mary left on the cloak, or tilma, of St. Juan Diego in Mexico in 1531.

It has been displayed in more than 1,000 parishes across the United States.

The original image is displayed at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City.

The image of Our Lady of Guadalupe portrays Mary as an expectant mother.

People who visit the places where the image will be shown are invited to seek the intercession of Mary, who—under the title of Our Lady of Guadalupe—is the patroness of the Americas and is closely connected with the pro-life movement.

The image will be available for veneration on Dec. 6-7 at the St. Francis Hall Chapel on the campus of Marian College, 3200 Cold Spring Road, in Indianapolis.

On Dec. 6, a eucharistic adoration prayer service for vocations will be held in the chapel from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.

The image will be on display at the Divine Mercy Chapel, 3354 W. 30th St., in Indianapolis from 1 p.m. until approximately 8 p.m. on Dec. 8.

A retreat on Mary incorporating the Missionary Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe will be held on Dec. 9-11 at Our Lady of the Redeemer Retreat Center, 8220 W. State Road 48, in Bloomington.

A Mass on the morning of Dec. 12, the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, will conclude the image’s display at the retreat center.

The Marian image will then be taken to St. Vincent de Paul Parish, 1723 “I” St., in Bedford, where it will be on display in the parish’s John Paul II Perpetual Adoration Chapel.

Dec. 17 is the last day that the image will be shown in the archdiocese. It will be available for veneration at St. Michael the Archangel Church in Indianapolis during the 8:30 a.m. Helpers of God’s Precious Infants monthly pro-life Mass.

Following the Mass, the missionary image will be taken to an abortion clinic on West 16th Street in Indianapolis, where a prayer service will be held on the sidewalk.

The image will then be taken back to St. Michael Church for Benediction. †