More than 1,000 horseback riders journey to Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine in Des Plaines for start of pilgrimage

At least 1,000 equestrians rode through a Cook County Forest Preserve in Wheeling to pay homage to Our Lady of Guadalupe, or the Virgin Mary, on Dec. 4, 2021. Saturday marked the tenth kickoff of the tradition in which mostly Latino Catholics from across the tristate area and even the U.S. made the pilgrimage to Des Plaines to visit the Guadalupana’s shrine, the most visited monument of its kind in the United States.

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