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Angela Berkley,
High School Student
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Juan Diego fell to his knees, the tilma opened and red roses spilled across the floor.
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Ben Werner,
Student Newspaper Editor
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Chavez continues Juan Diego's Process and from the beginning plays an extraordinary role.
His work is permanent expressed in numerous publications on Guadalupan Event and with the rescue of many classic books on Virgin of Guadalupe and Juan Diego, lost or difficult to obtain in other way.
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Miguel Cortez,
Small Business Owner
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Juan Diego, spreading the Gospel and the Virgin's message, was able to win some of his fellow Aztecs to the faith before being stoned to death by an intolerant and violent Aztec mob, who saw the Lady of Guadalupe apparitions as an insult and threat to the Empire.
Another experience was when a Mexican couple brought me to Guadalupe in Mexico City, where Mary appeared several times to Juan Diego, an Indigenous person.
The excursion is coming together as a series of pilgrimages : 1) To stand before the image of The Virgin of Guadalupe , which miraculously appeared on the blanket of Juan Diego during a vision of Her on the hill where once stood the temple of Tonantzin, the Aztec earth mother goddess.
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Richard Hosking,
Paranormal Investigator
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I am not posing this question because I doubt Juan Diego's existence or the authenticity of the the apparitions of Our Lady to him.
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Chogyam Trungpa Gyatso,
Tibetan Monk
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A fter the miracle of Guadalupe, Juan Diego moved to a room attached to the chapel that housed the sacred image, after having given his business and property to his uncle; and he spent the rest of his life propagating the account of the apparitions to his countrymen.
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Miles Rhodes,
Wine Taster
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Juan Diego returned and knelt before the bishop and opened his tilma from which many varieties of fragrant Castilian roses in brilliant dew and full bloom tumbled to the floor revealing thereon an image of the Lady from heaven.
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Mark Harris,
Priest
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Our monastery is under the patronage of Our Lady of Guadalupe, who confided to Juan Diego when she appeared to him in 1531: "I am a Merciful Mother to all who love me and trust me and call upon me.
The stoning of Juan Diego temporarily discouraged the new 'iglesia mestiza', but the Underground Temple of Our Lady of Guadalupe was built on the intended spot and serves as a place of inspiration to Christians worldwide.
He makes sure that Juan Diego's uncle is cured and through him he receives the name by which the Holy Virgin wishes to be honored in Her Image.
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