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Shrine · Mexico

Church of San Hipólito and San Casiano

Mexico City, Historic Center, Mexico

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Why pilgrims come

A sacred place worth the journey.

The historic church is Mexico City’s great center of devotion to St. Jude Thaddeus, drawing immense crowds on his feast and on the twenty-eighth of each month.

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The pilgrim’s guide

What makes this visit meaningful

Encounter one of Mexico City’s most visible living devotions. Come outside peak crowds for quiet prayer, or prepare carefully if joining the immense feast-day pilgrimage.

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Devotion to St. Jude

See how a historic church became the center of a vast contemporary Catholic devotion.

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The twenty-eighth

The monthly devotion culminates on October 28 with exceptional crowds.

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Historic sanctuary

Look beyond the crowds to the church’s older dedication to Sts. Hippolytus and Cassian.

Feasts & celebrations

Feast of St. Jude ThaddeusThe feast and monthly twenty-eighth devotions draw very large crowds; verify annual arrangements.

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