Roberto Saldivar brings this retablo to Saint Bruno because he finally opened his car wash shop and the things are going great.

Martians were going to catch us, but we prayed to the Virgin and they couldn’t catch us. We thank for saving us.

The Telles family, 1971

Thank you, Virgin of Guadalupe, for saving me during that accident. January 1958, I was crossing a street and was hit by a car. My hip was broken, and I couldn’t walk for a year. I used a wheelchair. I prayed the Virgin of Guadalupe to help me to recover after many surgeries.

Fermin Guadarrama
Mexico City

I had a bad accident but nothing serious happened with me.

Ruben Fernandez thanks the Virgin of San Juan with this retablo for he wasn’t sentenced to a long time in prison and promises to amend.

Virgin of Juquila, thank you for your favors. I was going from Oaxaca in direction to Puebla. Suddenly a trailer braked in front of me, and I couldn’t stop in time and hit it. I hurt my legs and my forehead, but miraculously, I survived. They observed me in the hospital and let me go three days later. I dedicate this retablo to the Virgin of Juquila.

Demetrio Garcia
Oaxaca, Mexico, 1960

Enrique R. hit a cow on the road. He thanks Saint Maroun with this retablo for protecting him and saving his life, although the car was totally destroyed.

I thank Saint Francis of Assisi for saving us and not letting us drown.

October 2, 1962
Monterrey, Nuevo Leon

I dedicate this retablo to Saint Fulgentius for helping me to save enough money to buy a used car of the prestigious American brand Oldsmobile Toronado. It has a fantastic V-8 engine with 455 cu. The distinction is quite clear—it separates the men from the boys. Driving this car is insuperable, thanks to magnificent Front Wheel Drive and to the Torsion Bar suspension. I hope now I could save more money to buy the transmission, the fuel pump and the alternator which are broken.

We thank Saint Stanislao because our son got an amazing toy car that my husband stole from a neighbor.

A friend offered his car to Roberto Gutierrez but forgot to tell that there was a corpse in the trunk. Roberto was held by the police. He entrusted himself to Saint Jude, and after long questionings he was acquitted of the crime. The guilty person paid for his crime. Roberto brings this retablo in gratitude for that.

I thank the Virgin of Guadalupe for she heard my prayers and sent me a last model car.

Mexico City
September 1959

Thanks to the Virgin Mary I got an amazing gas-guzzler Hummer Limousine.