Church Of Our Lord Of Villaseca

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Richard Ferguson

Cata, Guanajuato

Exvoto Wall, Cata, Guanajuato
Exvoto Wall, Cata, Guanajuato

This is part of one wall of the church in Cata, near the town of Guanajuato.  When I visited in 1996, the walls were completely covered with exvotos to a height of twenty feet.  When I returned in 1999, the exvotos had been taken down for conservation.

Church of Our Lord of Villaseca
Church of Our Lord of Villaseca. “I give thanks to our Lord of Villaseca for the miracle of healing my hand.  Hipolito Ramirez.  Sunday, June 27, 1999.”
Church of Our Lord of Villaseca
Church of Our Lord of Villaseca. “Lord of Villaseca.  I give thanks for healing my foot.  Thanks.”
Church of Our Lord of Villaseca
Church of Our Lord of Villaseca. “Señora Teresa Lucia Martines gives thanks to our Lord of Villaseca for healing her son Oscar of a sickness.  MLP.  Leon, Guanajuato, 5/6/99”
Church of Our Lord of Villaseca
Church of Our Lord of Villaseca. “I give infinite thanks to our Lord of Villaseca for having helped me in my work.  Enrique Rodriguez. I am grateful to the Lord for having healed my leg.  Manuela Llamas Gonzalez.”
Church of Our Lord of Villaseca
Church of Our Lord of Villaseca. “I give infinite thanks to our Lord of Villaseca for having granted me the miracle of healing my husband of a rare disease.  Maria Luisa Gonzaless (sic), Manuel Yerba Aciler, Amanda, and Erica Yerba Gonzales.  Guanajuato, Guanajuato  1986”

Published or Updated on: December 7, 2007 by Richard Ferguson © 2008

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