Hundreds of Guatemalan faithful found the sounds and colors of their tropical homeland during the biggest-yet celebration of the Black Christ of Esquipulas in the heartland farming town of Worthington, Minnesota.
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A child attends Mass at St. Mary's Catholic Church to celebrate the feast day of Guatemala's Black Christ of Esquipulas in Worthington, Minnesota, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025. Musicians play at the back end of a procession with a replica of the Black Christ of Esquipulas statue the night before its feast day in Esquipulas Palo Gordo, in Guatemala's San Marcos department, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025.
Long-time residents transport an ice fishing shed across the frozen Okabena Lake in Worthington, Minnesota, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025. Catholics hold a procession with a replica of the Statue of the Black Christ of Esquipulas the night before its feast day in Esquipulas Palo Gordo, in Guatemala's San Marcos department, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025.
People arrive at St. Mary's Catholic Church to celebrate the feast day of Guatemala's Black Christ of Esquipulas in Worthington, Minnesota, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025. Tacos are served at the celebration of the feast day of Guatemala's Black Christ of Esquipulas at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Worthington, Minnesota, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025.
“We’re so happy to show that we are here, with our American dream, and also to share our culture with others,” López said.The original crucifix dates back to the late 16th century, and its feast day on January 15 draws thousands of pilgrims to the basilica in Esquipulas, a city on. On Sunday, Cardinal Fabio Baggio, long the head of the Vatican’s migrants department, will also celebrate a special Esquipulas Mass at St. Peter’s.
“The immigration police is coming already!” joked Benigno Miranda when an empty passenger van pulled up by the house where he and other church members had gathered to prepare the two marimbas to be transported to“One can’t be afraid all the time,” added Miranda, reflecting widespread sentiment among those celebrating the festivities that God will decide their destinies more than shifting politics and policies.
Pérez and her brother Sergio came to Worthington from San Marcos — where their parents regularly took them to church, but couldn’t afford to travel to Esquipulas — more than two dozen years ago, when she was a teen and he about 9. In the villages in San Marcos that also celebrated festivals this week for the Black Christ of Esquipulas, some participants lamented losing many youth to migration.
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