Event in Ventura, CA
Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe
When: (repeats yearly)
Where: 211 E Main St, Ventura, CA 93001, USA
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Each year we commemorate the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Mariachi traditional songs are played at 5:00 AM in O'Brien Hall followed by Mass at 5:30 AM. Following Mass our guests are invited to a menudo breakfast in the Parish Center Auditorium. At 6:00 PM, in the Mission Church, Aztec dancers pay tribute to Our Lady of Guadalupe and a procession is held on Main Street from the Mission to Palm Street to Junipero Serra Way and O'Brien Hall. Mass includes a dramatized representation of the apparition at Tepeyac Hill in Mexico. The evening concludes with pan dulce and hot chocolate in the Parish Center Auditorium.