As Mother Nature begins working her rainy season wonders, local Roman Catholics are making ready to raise prayers to Mother Mary for divine intervention to protect and replenish Lake Chapala.
Throngs of pilgrims will congregate to manifest their devotion to the Virgen de Zapopan on Sunday, July 10 when the revered icon arrives for her traditional summer visit to Chapala. The celebration marks 67 years since her first visit here and the 13th anniversary of her coronation as La Reina del Lago (Queen of the Lake).
The regal designation is just one of the many honorary titles the petite figure of the Virgin of Expectation has accrued over more than four and a half centuries reigning as Jalisco’s principal religious patroness and protector against strife, plagues and natural disasters.
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