Clarion Herald The Blessed Mother is known by many names – such as Our Lady of Fatima and Our Lady of Guadalupe – honoring the places she has appeared.
On May 29, the local Honduran community welcomed its patron saint, Our Lady of Suyapa, with a procession, Mass and enthronement at Divine Mercy Parish in Kenner. Archbishop Gregory Aymond concelebrated the Mass with Father Robert Cooper, pastor; Father Luis Duarte, parochial vicar; and other Hispanic priests on the feast day of the Holy Trinity.
Father Duarte, a native of Colombia, used his homily in Spanish to relate a history of the Virgin of Suyapa that he first discovered while serving at St. Clement of Rome Parish in Metairie. He said God has revealed his divine life, love and mercy in simple ways to simple people throughout history.