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Our Lady of Guadalupe and St. Juan Diego images begin annual LA pilgrimage at Muranaka Farms

Farmworkers place flowers and produce before the pilgrim images of Our Lady of Guadalupe and St. Juan Diego at the 89th annual procession and Mass Oct. 22. (David Amador Rivera/Angelus News)

La Peregrina, a pilgrim image of the Virgin of Guadalupe, is an exact digital reproduction of the original image in Mexico City’s Basilica, which has been blessed and touched to the original image. The images were gifts to the archdiocese from Monsignor Diego Monroy, then rector of Our Lady of Guadalupe Basilica in Mexico City. (David Amador Rivera/Angelus News)

The images were serenaded by a mariachi band as part of the day's celebrations. (David Amador Rivera/Angelus News)

(David Amador Rivera/Angelus News)

Father Juan Ochoa, pastor of Christ the King Church in Los Angeles and president of the Commission for Our Lady of Guadalupe, opens the procession of the images onto the field at Muranaka Farms. (David Amador Rivera/Angelus News)

Father Juan Ochara blesses the farmworkers, recognizing the essential nature of their work during the COVID-19 pandemic. (David Amador Rivera/Angelus News)

(David Amador Rivera/Angelus News)

Farmworkers pray during the procession and Mass to begin the pilgrimage of the images of Our Lady of Guadalupe and St. Juan Diego. (David Amador Rivera/Angelus News)

Farmworkers pray before the images of Our Lady of Guadalupe and St. Juan Diego, at the first stop on their 2020 pilgrimage through the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. (David Amador Rivera/Angelus News)

Father Ochoa poses with a farmworker in front of the images. (David Amador Rivera/Angelus News)

Father Ochoa poses with a farmworker in front of the images. (David Amador Rivera/Angelus News)

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