Photo Gallery: The Virgin of Guadalupe from St. Paul's Catholic Church
Hundreds celebrate the annual feast of the Virgin of Guadalupe at St. Paul's Church in Chicago Heights.
Standing on 25th & Butler in Chicago Heights, the strong smell of fresh roses awakens your senses on a chilly December evening. A bright light from a stained glass window draws the people of the neighborhood inside the small church of St. Paul's Catholic Church. It's Dec. 12. Time to pay tribute to the Patroness of Mexico, the Virgin of Guadalupe. "She is the queen of the Mexicans," says South Chicago Heights resident Abieal Garcia. He has brought his wife and three children here for the past 6 years. Hundreds of roses, mostly red, surround a statue of the Virgin of Guadalupe, standing in the front of the church. It took Chicago Heights resident Maria Socorro almost two days to set up the statue and decorate the small church. "The …
