PRESS RELEASE
                For Immediate Release

OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS
1933 Spielbusch Avenue
Toledo, Ohio 43604

Sally Oberski, Director of Communications 419.244.6711 x 148
Kelly O’Loughlin, Communications Coordinator 419.244.6711 x 149

WAUSEON ST. CASPAR PARISH TO HOST DIOCESAN CELEBRATION OF OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE
 
     November 22, 2011—Toledo, OH—Sunday, December 10, St. Caspar Parish (1205 North Shoop Avenue) in Wauseon will host the annual diocesan celebration of Our Lady of Guadalupe. The day will progress as follows:

  7:00 a.m.    –    Mañanitas (Serenade)
  8:00 a.m.    –    Breakfast
  12:45 p.m.  –    Initiation of the Procession
  1:00 p.m.    –    Holy Mass celebrated by the Most Reverend Leonard P. Blair, Bishop of Toledo
  2:30 p.m.    –   Reception

 The celebration of Our Lady of Guadalupe remembers the miracle of the Blessed Virgin appearing to Juan Diego in 1531 in the new city now called Guadalupe Hidalgo. The Blessed Virgin appeared over several days to Juan Diego on Tepeyac Hill asking him to go to the bishop and have a temple built on the hill.  When the bishop requested a sign as a proof of the vision, the holy Mother told Juan to pick the roses from the hill and take them to the bishop.

When Juan Diego presented the roses to Bishop Zumarraga they fell out of his cloak and on the cloak was the exact image of the Virgin that had appeared on Tepeyac Hill. Our Lady of Guadalupe is the patron saint of the Americas and the celebration in her honor is held every year on the 12th of December.

 The celebration at St. Caspar in Wauseon is open to all. For more information, call the Office of Hispanic Ministries at (419) 244-6711, ext. 504 or 1-800-926-8277, ext. 504.

The Diocese of Toledo, established April 15, 1910 encompasses 8222 square miles in a mixture of urban and rural areas that spans 19 counties across Northwest, serving 322,523 Catholics in 126 parishes. The diocese includes Allen, Crawford, Defiance, Erie, Fulton, Hancock, Henry, Huron, Lucas, Ottawa, Paulding, Putnam, Richland, Sandusky, Seneca, Van Wert, Williams, Wood and Wyandot counties. 
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