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Dear Friend,
I ask that you send me your name or special intention today so I can remember you in prayer during our celebration in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe at the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows in Belleville, Illinois.
Will you join me in praying for all Americans on the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness of the Americas?
At the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate have a devotional site dedicated to Our Lady of Guadalupe. This special place has a beauty all its own. It was inspired by the desert surroundings of Tepeyac Hill in Mexico.
To celebrate the feast day of Our Lady, the Shrine will host its annual Las Mañanitas celebration on December 11 at the beautiful Guadalupe site. The Oblates will also be celebrating this wonderful feast at Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in Midland, Texas where an exact digital reproduction of the image of Our Lady as imprinted on St. Juan Diego’s tilma
is enthroned.
Won’t you join me in honoring to the Patroness of the Americas? I invite you to send me your name or special intention by December 4. Please also consider sending a donation to benefit the ministries of the Missionary Oblates, who work with poor and needy people in the Americas and around the world. In gratitude for your donation I invite you to select one of our beautiful Guadalupe devotional gifts. Finally, you may wish to have a Memorial to honor your loved ones placed at the Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows, where they will be remembered in prayer by thousands of visitors each year.
I hope that you will join me in prayer as we celebrate the feast of the Patroness of the Americas, Our Lady of Guadalupe. Thank you for your support. Please know that the Missionary Oblates and I remember you in our daily Masses and prayers.
 In the love of Our Lady of Guadalupe,
Fr. John Madigan, O.M.I.
Oblate Director
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