Our Lady of Guadalupe Celebrations

December 12, 2024 12:00 AM
Location: Varies

Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe

Celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe across the diocese. Celebrations include Mass, rosaries, dancing, processions, Mañanitas, and more!

Corpus Christi, Council Bluffs

Join the novena leading up to the feast day from December 3rd to December 11th at 6 PM.

December 12th

  • 5:00 AM - Mañanitas with sweet bread and hot chocolate to follow 
  • 8:00 AM - Mass in English 
  • 6:00 PM - Solemn Mass with a procession to follow then a celebration with food, music and dances.
Christ the King, Des Moines

Join the novena leading up to the feast day from December 3rd to December 11th at 6:30 PM. Sunday, December 8th will be prayed at 2:30 PM instead of 6:30 PM.

December 12th

  • 5:00 AM - Mariachi Las Mañanitas
  • 6:30 PM - Rosary
  • 7:15 PM - Dances
  • 7:30 PM - Procession
  • 8:00 PM - Mass, followed by a celebration with dances in the parish hall
Our Lady of the Americas, Des Moines

December 11th

  • 4:50 PM - Rosary
  • 5:30 PM - Mass
  • 6:00 PM - Dances, ending at 9:00 PM
  • 7:00 PM - Representation of the Apparitions of Our Lady of Guadalupe
  • 9:00 PM - Band
  • 10:00 PM - Procession to St. Ambrose Cathedral
  • 11:15 PM - Rosary at St. Ambrose Cathedral

December 12th

  • 12:00 AM - Midnight Mass at St. Ambrose Cathedral
  • 1:00 AM - Mañanitas at St. Ambrose Cathedral
  • 5:30 PM -Mass at Our Lady of the Americas
St. Anthony, Des Moines

December 12th

  • 7:30 AM - Mañanitas
  • 8:30 AM - Mass
  • 5:30 PM - Rosary
  • 6:00 PM - Mass, followed by a procession to the grotto and a celebration with music, dancing, and food.
St. Joseph, Des Moines

December 12th

  • 8:30 AM - Bilingual Mass
St. Bernard, Osceola

Join the novena leading up to the feast day from December 3rd to December 11th at 7:00 PM.

December 12th

  • 7:00 PM - Mass, followed by a celebration in the parish hall.
St. Patrick, Perry

December 12th

  • 5:00 AM - Mañanitas
  • 5:30 PM - Rosary
  • 6:00 PM - Holy Mass with Presentation of the Handwritten New Testament and Psalms. During Mass, our bound transcription of the New Testament and Psalms will be offered to the Blessed Virgin Mary, who brought forth the Incarnate Word.
  • 7:15 PM - Procession through Perry with a live band
  • 8:00 PM - A live band and a dance group will lead the celebrations after the holy Mass as we honor Our Lady together.
Sacred Heart, West Des Moines

Join the novena leading up to the feast day from December 4th to December 11th at 7:00 PM.

December 12th

  • 6:30 PM - Mass, followed by a procession and celebration at the Sacred Heart school.