Summary: Basilica Of Our Lady Of Guadalupe

In the final resolution concerning religion, Chicanas declare, “Revolutionary change of [the] Catholic Church or for it to get out of the way.”

Main Point 1: La Virgen de Guadalupe represents the Mexican culture and some of the American culture as well.

Ziggy Marley once said, “God is like the sun. When the sun shines, it shines for everyone. God is for everyone.” In the same way, Abbot Suger built the Basilica of St. Denis so that sunlight would flood throughout the building and symbolize the power of God inviting visitors into the cathedral. The Basilica of St. Denis was an artistic response to the rise of the Catholic Church’s power for it was modeled to be a physical representation of heaven, which the church heavily preached upon. (Thesis) As the basilica represented the shift from Romanesque architecture to Gothic, Abbot Suger introduced new techniques that transformed cathedrals to look more spacious and “heavenly”. (Map Statement #1-Art History) By allowing sunlight to come

country of Mexico showcasing what Mexico has to offer. Showing how the art of the ancient people are expressed. Being taken over by the Spanish colonial towns are seen in Mexico’s capital Mexico City. Located in Mexico City a lot can be find influencing their art, shops, renowned museums and very good tasty restaurants to modern life, as well showing their ancient art of the ancient civilizations, and ancient culture. The earliest real civilization in Mexico was the Olmec culture which came from of the Gulf Coast from around 1500 BCE.

“The moment I understood her hatred, my family had not been personally hurt by Trujillo just as before losing my baby. Jesus had not taken anything away from me. There was the Perozos, not a man left in that family and Martinez Reyna and his wife murdered in their bed and thousands of Haitians murdered at the border. Making the river they say still red. I had heard but not believed. How could our all loving father let us suffer? I looked up challenging him and the two faces merged” (Alvarez 53).

Initially, Antonio 's family in itself experiences major discrepancies with beliefs in different religions. Antonio 's mother, Maria Maréz, (formally a Luna), has a strong monotheistic belief in praying to the Virgin of Guadalupe and is very active in her catholic faith. Antonio 's mother would always make them pray and often times,“after supper [they] always prayed the rosary… [she] had a beautiful statue of la Virgen de Guadalupe” that they would kneel in front of and sometimes pray to for hours on end (Anaya 43). Maria had a strong belief that

Father Diego Durán was a Dominican priest in Mexico after the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire. He was born in Selville, Spain in 1537 but moved to New Spain as a child. He originally lived in Texcoco but eventually moved to Mexico City and became a priest in 1556. He became fluent in the native language Nahuatl and gained the inhabitants’ trust with his understanding nature and respect for their culture. He used his experiences and access to first hand knowledge to write three books, The Ancient Calendar, The History of the Indies of New Spain, and The Book of Gods and Rites, collectively known as the Durán Codex.

Then, they have to take power away from Mexican priests who could care less that New Mexico is part of the United States. Finally, they find it nearly impossible to convince the Native Americans that Catholicism is the right way to go, especially since these Native Americans have their own beliefs. Over time, Latour and Vaillant manage to do some decent work. Regardless of that, they struggle with the knowledge that they'll probably spend the rest of their lives trying to spread Catholicism to a foreign land that doesn't want it. As he ages through the years, Latour dreams about leaving a legacy so that the people will remember his work after he dies. He decides to build a Cathedral in the town of Santa Fe. It takes a long of time, but it is eventually built. Father Vaillant eventually dies after moving to Colorado to convert

While visiting the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe I discovered how religion is capable of bring a community together to worship one religion. The cathedral shrine of the virgin of Guadalupe is a catholic church and is the second largest Catholic Church membership in the United States. As a result, I found it to be the perfect location to visit for this reflection paper because of my family has been practicing the Catholic religion for many years. Additionally, this experience also allowed me to go back to my religious root because I had little exposure to religion while growing up and have not considered myself religious because of this reason. Visiting the cathedral was an eye-opening religious experience, from the exterior to

"Mexico In The Past" Have you ever heard of Mexico and its history? Well, then we will bring some information about this topic. Mexico is a multicultural and multiethnic nation located in North America, between the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. This beautiful country has a wonderful and dramatic history that was marked by the Spaniards during the conquest. The conquest made Mexico the country that it is today, due to all the good and bad events that happened during this time.

She is not unapproachable; she is friendly, warm, and kind. How she speaks with affection and sounds like she has known Juan Diego his whole life. Juan was not afraid of Guadalupe when she called his name even though he had never seen or met her before. Our Lady of Guadalupe respects him even though he is of the lowest class and she is obviously greater than any of the classes. Meeting Our Lady of Guadalupe changed everything for Juan Diego. He saw things with a more positive attitude; he looks for the beauty in everything. Juan has a new purpose in life due to meeting her. The apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe will tell the people more about church and God than what they had guessed. She, like Jesus, is absolute human but also absolutely divine. The greatest thing about the apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe to the natives was the fact that she was not some statue or image, she was a person that looked like the natives, spoke their language, and her appearance was breath-taking. Guadalupe is seen as an equal and it is so important that her apparition was just a conversation and nothing more complex than

It is a beautiful city, with ornate temples and open plazas and tons of little shops, each specializing in a certain goods. Mexico City was built on the ruins of the Aztec capital city. Like the Aztec capital, Mexico City is a beautiful city, rich with history and culture. There were restaurants, and places you could grab some finger good and a drink. There was fresh food and meat for sale. There are hairdressers, medicine shops, basket shops, herbs and embroidered clothing. Artists were everywhere, painting and sculpting in the marketplace. The city is alive with people and color and culture. Today, Mexico City is experiencing the same problem that the engineers in Tenochtitlan experienced hundreds of years ago. The city is built on a swamp, It is sinking. That wraps up everything about the city capital of

The Virgin of Guadalupe is revered in Mexican culture, transcending even religious beliefs. Pope Francis once joked, “you all know the joke of that Mexican man who would say, 'I am an atheist, but I am Guadalupan.’” (Duara). She is seen as the Patron Saint, a figure that was said to be dark skinned and speak both Nahuatl and Spanish- an identity that helped unify indigenous Mexicans with the growing Mestizo and Spanish populations. Not only viewed as a religious symbol, the Virgin of Guadalupe is also seen as a symbol of patriotism in Mexico. The identity connected to her is that of purity, something connected largely to her religious background, particularly demonstrated through her appearance as she first came to Earth, appearing almost like

“The Twelve,” were the first twelve Franciscan friars to arrive in Mexico, sent from Spain on an evangelizing mission. As part of an Observant Franciscan order, the friars lived strict, austere, and simple lives devoting themselves to the conversion, redemption, and ultimate salvation of native peoples in Mexico. Arriving in Mexico in 1524, “the Twelve” met with the native nobles and lords. The exchange of speeches between the friars and the Aztec lords was recorded decades later in Nahuatl and Spanish for or by Franciscan friar, Bernardino de Sahagún, providing a glimpse at the nature of this first interaction, the native response to new Christian beliefs, and shedding light on some of the religious beliefs and cultural practices of the Aztecs

Dominican are the philosopher of the church & response towards hidalgos after see them violence against the indigenous people and formed the Catholic Reform movement.The first protested was Antonio Montesino’s a catholic Bishop of Hispaniola that lodged the catholic movement in 1510 and he writes letter to Spanish governor of Hispaniola ,Nicolas Ovando and spend same letter to another king and queen of Spain and also church.* This letter’s impact on another Dominican on Bartolome de las Casas “ The destruction of the Indies” that print out in 1955 and church response Antonio Montesinos by holding debates within the church the Burcos Debates 1511.There were two Catholic priests first was Las Casa and the second was Porcinos