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The following morning after a campfire breakfast, the group breaks camp and prepares for another long hike.

Pilgrimage from San Miguel de Allende to San Juan de los Lagos in 1967

July 9, 2020August 8, 2020 Tony6129Leave a Comment

Founded in 1542, San Juan de los Lagos is set in the Los Altos region of Jalisco, an area distinguished by its devotion to the Roman Catholic faith. The Cathedral there is home to the diminutive image of the Virgin of the Immaculate Concepcion. Since 1623, numberless miracles have been attributed to the little Virgin, […]

Little girls dress as angels in this photograph from the 1960s. Along the streets, townspeople watch the annual Good Friday pageantry and processions in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. © Don Fyfe Wilson, 1964, 2010

Good Friday in San Miguel de Allende

June 23, 2020March 11, 2024 Tony6674Leave a Comment

Holy Week — from Palm Sunday through Easter Sunday — is observed throughout Mexico. However San Miguel de Allende’s fervor and pageantry are some of the most powerful and beautiful. The image of El Señor de la Columna is carried in a procession from Atotonilco on the Sunday before Palm Sunday, and visits churches in […]