PRESS RELEASE: Knights of Columbus to Hold Congress on Our Lady of Guadalupe

Event in Phoenix to feature top experts on miraculous image

PHOENIX, Aug. 6 /Christian Newswire/ — The Knights of Columbus will sponsor the first International Marian Congress on Our Lady of Guadalupe from August 6-8, 2009.

Media is welcome to attend.

The congress, which precedes a family-friendly Guadalupe Festival at Jobing.com Arena on August 8, will feature talks by experts from the United States and Latin America on Our Lady of Guadalupe. Her image was miraculously left on St. Juan Diego's tilma — or cloak — in 1531, and is one of the most recognizable religious images in the world.

Co-sponsored by the Diocese of Phoenix and the Instituto Superior de Estudios Guadalupanos, the Congress will be held at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort in Phoenix.

Lecturers will include Dr. José Aste Tonsmann from Peru, who has done extensive research on the reflections visible in the image's eyes; Rev. Msgr. Eduardo Chávez, who oversaw the cause for canonization of St. Juan Diego and Carl Anderson, Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus and co-author with Msgr. Chávez of "Our Lady of Guadalupe: Mother of the Civilization of Love" (August 4, 2009, Doubleday).

In addition to addressing the scientific aspects of the image, the congress will also discuss the spiritual meaning of Our Lady of Guadalupe's message and its relevance today.

"The centrality of Our Lady of Guadalupe to the Americas as 'the Christian Hemisphere' is clearly evident throughout North and South America," said Supreme Knight Carl Anderson. "Her message is one that has as much importance and meaning today as it did nearly 500 years ago."

Other elements of the Congress include an art exhibit featuring Guadalupe-related art works and a Friday night screening of the 2006 movie "Guadalupe," presented by its producer, Pablo José Barroso.

Also at the Congress will be the only relic of St. Juan Diego's tilma in the United States, which is on loan from the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles.

Admission to the Congress is $25. While seating for the lectures is limited, the art exhibit is open free to the public on Friday from 10 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Details and a full schedule are available at www.mariancongress.org

Contact: Andrew Walther, Director of Media Relations, Knights of Columbus, 480-293-3667, 203-824-5412 cell, andrew.walther@kofc.org

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