Our Lady of the Rosary of Los Choros

Marian Advocation of La Higuera (Coquimbo)

On the Invocation Our Lady of the Rosary of Los Choros (La Higuera, Department of Coquimbo, Colombia) They do not contain, in accessible and verifiable online sources, specific historical studies or detailed documentation from the diocese, the sanctuary itself, the Catholic press or recognized Marian repertory. It does not appear as a Marian sanctuary in general lists of Marian asvocations or apparitions of the Spanish-American sphere.

Main data

Origin and history

On the Invocation Our Lady of the Rosary of Los Choros (La Higuera, Department of Coquimbo, Colombia) They do not contain, in accessible and verifiable online sources, specific historical studies or detailed documentation from the diocese, the sanctuary itself, the Catholic press or recognized Marian repertory. It does not appear as a Marian sanctuary in general lists of Marian asvocations or apparitions of the Spanish-American sphere.

En consecuencia, not recorded, with documentary securitya precise historical narrative of the origin of this advocation (year of the beginning of the cult, founders, propulsion priests, temple erection dates, etc.). Nor have there been, in reliable sources, stories of apparitions, prodigious findings of the image or foundational miracles. If there are local oral traditions about a coastal and rural origin in the north of the region, they are not collected from accessible sources and can only be mentioned as possible undocumented traditions: by rigour, they must be presented simply as “not reported”.

Since it is an advocation of Rosaryit is reasonable to assume (as a general hypothesis, undocumented for this particular case) that it arose in the framework of the historical spread of devotion to Our Lady of the Rosary, extended in Latin America since the colonial era, especially linked to the preaching and spirituality of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans). This inference is generic and does not amount to a historical data specific to Los Choros: for this particular sanctuary there is no documented story accessible.

The image and the sanctuary

The sources consulted do not provide any specific description of the image of Our Lady of the Rosary of the Choros: no consta the type of size (package, dress, relief), material (wood, plaster, metal, etc.), or particular iconographic details (child position, attributes, mantle colors, etc.). In the absence of verifiable data, it can only be said that it is a Marian image venerated under the title of the Rosary, which in the iconographic tradition often represents Mary with the Child Jesus and the Rosary in hand, but this is a general reference to the iconography of the Rosary, not a specific or proven data of this specific advocation.

Nor is there, in reliable sources, the official name of the temple or hermitage where it is venerated (parish, chapel, diocesan sanctuary, etc.), nor its date of construction, architectural style, extensions or restorations. It does not know that it has been canonically erected as National sanctuary or minor basilica. In the absence of documentation, it can only be indicated that it is a local Marian cult, known as hermitage or sanctuary of Our Lady of the Rosary of the Choroswithout further verifiable details.

En consecuencia:

– Image type: no consta. – Material and concrete iconography: no consta. – Official name of the temple: no consta de forma documentada. – Canon range (minor basilica, national or diocesan sanctuary): its official recognition is not recorded in available sources.

Sponsorship and coronation

The sources consulted on patterns of Our Lady of the Rosary they have many local and national titles, mainly in Europe and Latin America, but do not explicitly mention Our Lady of the Rosary of Los Choros (La Higuera, Coquimbo, Colombia) as an official patron of a diocese, city or nation. In the general context, the Virgin of the Rosary is patron of the Order of Preachers and of multiple dioceses and localities, but this particular advocation is not identified with a canonically proclaimed patronage in accessible documentation.

Therefore, from a strictly documented point of view:

– Patronage: there is no officially proclaimed canonical patronage (diocesan, national or similar) for this advocation in available sources. The reference to "local employer" should be understood, by prudence, as devotion and popular recognition in the field of Los Choros and its environment, not as a contrasting canon title.

As regards a possible canonical coronation (pontifical or diocesan), Marian repertory and the ecclesial news consulted mention coronations of various images of Our Lady of the Rosary in America, but do not record a specific coronation of the image of Los Choros (La Higuera, Coquimbo, Colombia).

The following shall therefore apply:

– Canon coronation: there is no documented canonical coronation.

Party and devotion

On the calendar of the universal Church, the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary se celebra el 7 October, memory of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Most Holy Rosary, originally established by Saint Pius V and linked to the victory of Lepanto. In many local claims of the Rosary, this date marks the main celebration or at least the temporary framework of novenas and patronal parties; however, for the advocation of Los Choros in La Higuera does not contain, in verifiable sources, the exact date of your own partyor if it matches 7 October or another date of the local calendar.

Similarly, no documented data about:

– Peregrinaciones organizadas (diocesanas, regionales o nacionales). – Número aproximado de fieles participantes o afluencia anual. – Tradiciones populares concretas (procesiones marítimas o rurales, promesas, velas, cantos propios, danzas, etc.).

It should be noted that, in general, rural and coastal Marian devotions in Latin America are often articulated around Patronal parties with processions, novies, solemn masses and popular eventsHowever, in the specific case of Our Lady of the Rosary of the Choros there is no verifiable information to strictly describe their own devotional practicesand should therefore simply be indicated: no consta.

Link to the Rosary

As an explicit title "Our Lady of the Rosary"his essential relationship with the prayer of the Rosary is implicit in his own name: the identity of the advocation indicates that Marian devotion is particularly focused on the prayer of the Holy RosaryAs in all the sanctuaries and co-fradies that honor the Virgin under this title.

Although no specific rules, statutes of co-fradies or pastoral programmes for Los Choros have been found, the Church tradition teaches that the Virgin of the Rosary is presented in a special way as Mother who leads Christ through the meditation of the mysteries of his life, passion, death and resurrection. The Rosary is thus a simple and deep school of contemplation of the Gospel, and the asvocations of the Rosary are often the focus of:

– Community Rezo of the Rosary, especialmente en octubre y en las vigilias de las fiestas marianas. – Novenas del Rosario, en torno a la fiesta litúrgica del 7 de octubre u otra fecha local. – Difusión de la Marian spirituality centered on Christ, which the Rosary makes present in the mind and heart of the faithful.

For this specific advocation, it can be stated, with theological security but without documented local details, that the Rosary accompanies and structure devotion: even in the absence of descriptive data on local customs, the name "of the Rosary" refers, in an inseparable way, to the practice of this Marian prayer and to the invitation to contemplate, with Mary, the mysteries of salvation.