Outreach Programs

 

 

La Guadalupana

 

Jesus "Cimi" Alvarado

Anna Gonzales

 

Elaine Soto

La Guadalupana Exhibit

Los Guadalupanos of St. Francis Xavier Church helped shape and establish the tradition of honoring the Virigin de Guadalupe in the South Broadway Community.

Over the past eighty-four years a family from the Saint Francis Xavier parish is asked to erect a shrine in honor of La Virgen de Guadalupe during the month of December coinciding with her feast day of December 12th.  This altar is one of many that are on view throughout the South Broadway Community.  On December 13th, La Virgen de Guadalupe is honored with a procession throughout the community, after the 5pm mass. The procession is lead by the parish priest and Matachine dancers. The priest and the dancers stop at each shrine in the neighborhood and the priest offers a blessing. On Sunday (December 14, 2009) after the 10:30am mass a procession will follow immediately with the Archbishop Sheehan blessing the altars.

The South Broadway Cultural Center (SBCC) and The South Broadway Library are honored to be part of this tradition.  We celebrate this tradition with the Los Guadalupanos of St. Francis Xavier Church by selecting a family to erect an altar in the SBCC gallery. This year’s altar will be erected by the Iliana Flores family. Artists also create traditional retablos and contemporary depictions of the La Virgen de Guadalupe.