Summary: Basilica Of Our Lady Of Guadalupe

Thesis: By explaining the story of La Virgen de Guadalupe, you will learn the reason of why people have so much faith in her.

"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.

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

De Las Casas did not like how the natives were treated. Although, he released his slaves. De Las Casas gave up his dream of becoming rich. He felt so strongly about the bad treatment of the natives that he just could not be apart of it. In addition, he became a spokesperson for the natives. De Las Casas risked being shunned by his peers. He did this because witnessing this infernal treatment first hand was too much to have on his conscience. Furthermore, De Las Casas became a priest. He felt that he needed forgiveness for the tragedies that he was involved with. De Las Casas wanted to be able to stop the horrific tragedies that the Christians were doing and his way of doing so was with help from the almighty. De Las Casas wasn’t just a good person he

Juana’s trauma controlled Juana and she chose to hope and depend on other people to find Miguel and tell her. To conclude Juana’s metamorphosis through trauma. Juana went from being religious, innocent, and independent to a guilty, atheistic, dependent character. Juana’s perspective of faith towards the saints and La Virgen de Guadalupe vanished and can be seen as being atheistic since she wants her trauma of constantly praying and not being answered to go

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.

There is a gruesome history that bites and holds onto Guanajuato, México. This does not mean that Guanajuato is not the magnific and almost magical place it truly is. There are things from baby mummies to kissing halls that fill up the streets and history of Guanajuato, Méxco. Guanajuato deals a lot with the independence movement of México and also has tons of uncommon people and nourishment that keeps the city kicking . Guanajuato is greatly admired and visited by many every year all because of the amazing things that keep it alive.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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).