Mass of the Americas
Nick Wolfram Smith/Catholic San Francisco
Our Lady of Guadalupe was everywhere. Thousands of people carried statues and banners depicting her, or wore her image on T-shirts as pilgrims filled St. Mary’s Cathedral and the plaza outside. Bouquets of flowers were stacked in front of her shrine in the cathedral as people brought gifts and prayers to the Queen of Mexico and the Patroness of the Americas
St. Mary’s Cathedral was the final stop of the 25th Annual Guadalupana Crusade on Dec. 8, 2018. Starting from All Souls Church in South San Francisco at 6 a.m., nearly 35,000 people were expected to take part in the 12-mile pilgrimage. The day finished with Mass at the cathedral ...