Virgin of the Charity

Virgen de la Caridad

Alberto Murillo thanks the Virgin of the Charity for helping him to get rid of these terrible pain in his back that he felt like the Death was dragging him. Now he don’t need to be operated. With his eternal gratitude, he gives this retablo.

April 24, 1947 — The Peacock, Jalisco

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1943, a mermaid appeared to the boatman Catarino Fernandez. She tried to take him to the bottom of the sea. He thanks the Virgin of the Charity because he escaped.

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With this retablo, I thank the Virgin of the Charity who helped me to collect some money for the maracas without which I couldn’t have worked in the “Windmill” cabaret in Tijuana.