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Just before the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation began planning for the dedication of El Presidio de Santa Bárbara’s rebuilt chapel on Dec. 12, 1985, a gentleman named Francisco González showed up at my office with a unique proposal.
He suggested we host a play in the chapel entitled
Celebración de Los Cuarto Apariciones de la Virgen de Tepeyac (Celebration of the “Four Apparitions of the Virgin of Tepeyac”). The play portrays one of the most important Mexican cultural events celebrating the conversion of Juan Diego to Christianity, a symbolic representation of Mexico’s conversion to Catholicism.