The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
When Shammah Anu showed up at Saint Mark’s Anglican Church in Guadalajara in the summer of 2018, nobody, including her, guessed that she would eventually become a pivotal leader in the small church, founded in 1967. Nor that everyone would feel so sad when she announced in summer 2025 that work was taking her permanently to the Toronto area.
By all accounts, Santo Santiago ranks among Mexico’s most popular patron saints. A total of 526 towns and cities across the country bear his name.
The Huichol Indigenous People’s Route, a pre-Columbian pilgrimage that traverses Mexico’s sacred sites in the center and west of the country, has been added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List. This ancestral pilgrimage, covering nearly 550 kilometers, connects 20 sacred sites that are fundamental to the worldview of the Wixárika people (also known as the Huichol).
Road accidents are a daily occurrence, but many people are uncertain about what to do in case they are close to one.
Here are common Spanish terms you may hear or use in reference to the temporada de lluvias, paired with their English equivalents:
“They are just one tool,” says Rabih Dow about his dark glasses, the latest Ray Ban Meta “Wayfarer” technology, which he wears for the vision loss he suffered as a teenager. “Next year, I may be using something different.”
According to studies conducted by the Ministry of Health and pest control experts, cockroaches in Mexico become more active during the rainy season due to the increased humidity and warmth, which create ideal conditions for their survival. Heavy rains can also drive cockroaches indoors in search of shelter, they say.
