Members of Club Los Vaqueros Unidos (United Cowboy Club) of Wadsworth, Ill., carrying roses as they make their way to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines, Ill., as part of a pre-celebration for her Dec. 12 feast day. The feast celebrates the appearance of Mary to indigenous peasant St. Juan Diego in 1531 near present-day Mexico City. (CNS photo / Karen Callaway, Catholic New World)
"Who is knocking on our door in our interdependent globalized world this Advent season? Who are we willing to let in, to welcome? On whose door are we knocking to be let in to their world?"
- Sr. Bernadine Karge, from Be ready to offer posada to outsiders seeking shelter, published on Global Sisters Report
