Our Lady of Mount Carmel

born on December 12, which is the day of Our Lady of Guadalupe, one of the biggest feast in Mexico, where I grew up. Naturally, Guadalupe…

The Virgin of Guadalupe, the patron saint of Mexico, is a religious icon and symbol of Mexican nationalism and identity (Benedetti). Through analyzing the image and history of the Virgin of Guadalupe through the theoretical terms, e.g. gender, sexuality, identity, and authority, one is able to understand her meaning and importance to Mexico, the world, and the catholic church. Her importance can be examined through the use of these theoretical terms and how they intersect and connect with…

The world heath organization (WHO) defines health as " [the] sate of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease" (Spector, 2013, p.63). Spector defines HEALTH "[as] the balance or a person both within ones being-physical, mental, and spiritual - and in the outside world -natural familial and communal, and metaphysical The ways Mexican protect themselves to maintain their health is done in variety of ways. A major contributor is Folk healing also known…

Our Lady of Guadalupe, Spanish Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, is the Catholic title of the Virgin Mary who appeared before St. Juan Diego in a vision in 1531. On October 12, 1945, Pope Pius the XII named her “Patroness of all the Americas”. The Our Lady Of Guadalupe Basilica is located in Mexico city and is the most visited Catholic shrine in the world. Fray Bernardino de Sahagún was a Franciscan missionary priest, who helped in the Catholic evangelization of New Spain. He was born in…

an image of La Virgen and unified the troops through the chant “Viva la Virgen de Guadalupe.” As well, Miguel Hidalgo created what can be considered the first Mexican flag. This flag is known as Estandarte de a Virgen de Guadalupe (The Banner of Our Lady of Guadalupe.) The estandarte was made of linen and it depicts la virgin in the middle surrounded by the words “Viva Maria Sma. De Guadaluple.” Hidalgos’ decision to select La Virgen a central image of the independence movement caused great…

When discussing portrayals of what defines true womanhood some begin the conversation with the commonly gender specifics terms which are called Marianismo and Hembrismo (Greer; Asencio). Scholars have defined Marianismo as “derived from the Catholic belief in the Virgin Mary—ascribes superior morality and spirituality to the Latina woman, who is considered able to endure suffering more than men. Her traditional femininity is portrayed as submissive, religious, modest, and humble, and a woman who…

The ways that the Nahua theater produced plays, it is easy to see how they could have inadvertently helped preserve pagan beliefs of the Nahua. The use of allegorical figures in the plays, such as the Final Judgement, could have been very confusing to viewers and actors. Using people dressed up as Penance, The Holy Church, Sweeping, Time, and Death to convey ideas that are not material or human could have added to pagan ideas that previously existed. Another preexisting idea of the native people…

representation of the importance of women in Mejica society. If men truly wanted all the credit, the Cosmic Mother would not have been portrayed as the one responsible for all life. Another religious female figure is Coatlicue, or The Earth Mother. She is the Lady of the Serpent Skirt and mother of the Aztec, Sun, Moon, and stars. She is similar to…

The story of the Lady of Guadalupe starts off in a time where religious preachers tried to get the Native population to convert to the Christian faith. A very poor Indian man, named Juan Diego was one of the very few converts. He was taking care of his sick and dying uncle, when suddenly, in Tepeyac Hill country, he saw a very beautiful woman, encircled in a very bright ball of of light. The lady introduced herself as “...the ever-virgin Mary, Mother of the true God who gives life and maintains…

related illness after being overworked. The editors of the magazine included a quote from her father where he lamented that “the doctor said that my daughter’s cause of death is the same cause that will kill all of us poor people until we become aware of our enslavement.” In other instances, anarchist men operating in Mexico during the summer months of 1911 often wrote about “las pobres mujeres” (the poor women) who approached the men with their children looking for some form of relief or…