Marian devotion
Guadalupe and the Pastors of Chihuahua
Chihuahua, Mexico
The pastors of the Chihuahua saw venerate Guadalupe as a protector of the cattle.
Place: Chihuahua, Mexico
Type: Apparition / Advocation
In the Chihuahua mountains, the indigenous pastors (raramuri) venerate Guadalupe. They take her in procession on the mountain roads.
Tradition tells that the Virgin of Guadalupe protects the cattle from wolves and storms. The shepherds pray to him before going out to pasture.
Every December 12, the shepherds go up the mountain with their flocks to venerate the Virgin.
Guadalupe protects the pastors of the mountains.
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