The stirring image of two dozen red roses, set up in front of an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe, filled the 
Viatorian chapel with hope and joy on her feast day, just as the flowers did more than 450 years ago when the Mexican peasant, Juan Diego, brought them to the bishop as a sign of the Blessed Virgin’s appearance.
“Today, we celebrate with the church around the world, but especially here in the Americas, where Our Lady of Guadalupe is our patroness,” said Bishop Christopher Glancy, CSV, who concelebrated the Mass with Fr. Robert Bolser, CSV.
(L-R) Sr. Alejandra Perez, Fr. Robert Bolser, Sr. Ana Luisa Alcala, Sr. Guadalupe Rosales, Bishop Christopher Glancy and Sr. Cristina Cabrera
Seated in the first row were members of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Our Lady of Guadalupe, who have partnered with the Viatorians for more than 60 years. Consequently, their feast day is a day to reflect on their joint ministries.
“It is a joy to celebrate our feast day with the bishop and the priests, and all the people we work with here,” said Sr. Guadalupe Rosales, M.S.C.Gpe, who serves as the local superior.
For the celebration, Bishop Glancy wore a special chasuble for the celebration, highlighted with an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the center — just as Juan Diego’s cloak bore her image in his final appearance before the bishop — and trimmed with roses around the cuffs of his sleeves.
The stole was created for the Marist priests whom the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Our Lady of Guadalupe worked with in Washington D.C. When the sisters left that city, they sent the stole to their hermanas working with the Viatorians. Bishop Glancy was the first to wear it.