Expat Living

During Sunday’s boisterous celebration of the Feast of the Holy Cross householders in Ajijic’s westside Barrio de Guadalupe will set up doorstep shrines laden with flowers, candles and large supplies of seasonal fruits and assorted pantry staples offered free to all takers. The only condition for hauling away the loot is a pledge to reimburse the favor the following year with a stash of equal or greater bounty than the one received.

Jocotepec’s second most important religious celebration comes to an end on Sunday, May 3. The nine-day festivity honoring the deeply revered Señor del Guaje culminates with an impressive street procession starting at 6 p.m. that departs from the chapel located on Calle Hidalgo opposite the town’s parish church.

For the past nine years the Fundacion Dr. Juan Rafael Duran Barajas has maintained a low profile as one of the few lakeside philanthropic organizations run entirely by Mexican citizens.  The charity group will step up its image with the opening of a permanent office located at Lopez Cotilla 347-A, opposite the Chapala plaza, set for Saturday, May 2, 7 p.m.