Phoenix, Ariz., Dec 17, 2008 / 05:56 am
Following the Knights of Columbus 127th Convention next year, the organization will hold its First International Marian Congress on Our Lady of Guadalupe. The congress, which will conclude with a festival, will feature talks by experts from around the U.S. and Latin American on Our Lady.
The event is scheduled to take place August 6 – 8, 2009 in Phoenix, Arizona, reports the Knights of Columbus and is expected to attract nearly 20,000 from the United States and Mexico.
"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, who will speak both at the Marian Congress and at the Guadalupe Festival. "Her message today is one that has as much importance and meaning today as it did nearly 500 years ago."
The event is co-sponsored by the Knights of Columbus, the Diocese of Phoenix, the Archdiocese of Mexico City and the Center for Guadalupan Studies.