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Retractors present themselves each century. “Our Lady of Guadalupe” by Stafford Poole (1995) challenges common conjectures and theories of both lay and religious believers, emphatically stating that the account of the appearance was not written until 1648, over a century after the purported event. In Puerto Vallarta, the image can be viewed at the Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe (Hidalgo #370, Centro, (322) 222-1326). Ever since the main church was dedicated to the Virgin of Guadalupe as patron saint in 1921, the church has been the destination of peregrinaciones (pilgrimages) to honour the Virgin. While fervour experiences highs and lows over time, it was the enthusiasm and dedication of Father Parra that instilled the commitment of the people of Puerto Vallarta to involve the entire community. Every year visitors and residents join in honoring Our Lady of Guadalupe by going through downtown to the main church, where ofrendas are left for the needy from December 2 to December 12. Making the pilgrimage are employees and staff from hotels, restaurants and other businesses on lavishly-decorated allegorical cars, members of the surrounding parishes and colonias, runners with torches from other Virgins in the country, the elderly and the young, families and friends, and those who simply wish to honour a great Lady.
