Why pilgrims come
A sacred place worth the journey.
One of Mexico’s great Marian pilgrimage basilicas, centered on a small sixteenth-century image of the Immaculate Conception and a devotion associated with reported favors since the seventeenth century.
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The pilgrim’s guide
What makes this visit meaningful
Join a living Mexican pilgrimage tradition whose tiny Marian image has drawn generations of families to the highlands of Jalisco.
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The tiny venerated image
See how a small image became the center of one of Mexico’s largest pilgrimages.
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Candlemas on pilgrimage
Understand why February 2 transforms the city and its roads.
Feasts, anniversaries & celebrations
Candlemas pilgrimage to Our Lady of San Juan de los LagosThe Candlemas pilgrimage is one of the basilica’s principal annual gatherings; verify current crowd and road controls.