My daughter had a strange disease. She couldn’t stay out in the sun. Because of that she slept by day and stayed awake by night. I prayed to the Virgin, and one day the witch, doña Clara, gave to my daughter an ointment. And now my daughter can go out in the daytime staying in shadow and even can go in school. I give thanks for that.

My fiancé and I give thanks to the Holy Sacrament because we got married and we are so enamored of each other. On the day of the wedding, we were so happy, that when we came out the church we started running and laughing, because the musicians we had hired followed us but they couldn’t play a tune and were making a lot of gestures.

3 October 1952, Manuel Campos played with his sisters and fell down the well. His mother, Maria Luisa Campos, gives thanks to the Virgin, Patroness of Zapopan, because he was saved and was just slightly hurt. She offers this retablo to the Virgin.

[...] thank the Virgin for these marvelous moments. When we arrived on horseback to our house and his little brother and sister with his dogs came to give us a welcome, I felt like I was a part of him.

March 17, 1953, the stove was exploded because of the raw green branch. I thank Saint Paschal Baylon because me, my little daughter and the cat only got our hair singed a little. But nothing bad happened. I dedicate this retablo.

A bull came to the town. And when my little girls were coming back from the school, it started chase them. I thank the Virgin of Zapopan for they managed to hide in the house of doña Luca before the animal could hurt them. I thank with this retablo.

I give thanks to the Virgin of San Juan, because she saved us, so the rabid dogs, that we met behind the market, didn’t bite us.

August 5, 1949

August 16, 1954, Paquito Nuñez leant out over the balcony and remained hanged on. Only thanks to the Virgin of Zapopan’s intervention the sweet potato seller was passing by. He caught the boy before he fell down on the pavement.

Pedro Garcia fell off the horse and didn’t come to consciousness, because he hit his head on stones. His brother Raul was scared and prayed to the Virgin of Zapopan so that Pedro would recover his consciousness. And he did, and he didn’t die.

Virgin of San Juan, thank you for all your favors. We went to celebrate the Town Day. We visited the church, and after we decided to have some snacks. My little girl carelessly ran to see the firework bull, and one of the petard hit her in the face. Her cheek was badly injured and cut. I took my girl to bandage her face. I was scared that she’d going to die. But thanks to Saint Jude {?) everything ended well.

Apolonia Gomez
Morelia, Michoacan, 1973

On my son Raul’s birthday party his older brother Luis climbed on a tree in the garden to fix piñata. He fell down and hit his head on the rocks. I saw him unconscious and wounded and I entrusted him to the Holy Virgin of Zapopan. Thanks to the Virgin the boy got better, didn’t lose his sight and didn’t became fool. I offer this retablo to the Saint Patroness.

I thank the Virgin of Guadalupe because I managed to stop taking drugs and I returned home to my parents, whom I love so much. I dedicate this retablo thanking you for helping me to get rid this bad habit.

Andres Torres
May 11, 1990
Tacubaya, Mexico