Señorita Felicita Buenrostro thanks Saint Jude Thaddeus for helping her to leave this profession which wore her out.
October 31, 1958
Retablo by Jorge Bonola
Virgin, I thank you for I am a prostitute and I have money for my kids.
Rita Perez
Retablo by David Mecalco
Raul Chavez couldn’t find a job and dedicated himself to prostitution with women. But one day in husband caught him working on his wife and began shooting at him. He thanks Saint Pancras for he survived and promises to dedicate himself to something else.
Retablo by Gonzalo Hernández
The whore Rita thanks the Virgin for being very happy.
Retablo by David Mecalco
May you be blessed, Virgin of San Juan, for healing me from an infection I got from a prostitute. I also asked you so that my wife wouldn’t find out about this. I thank for that.
Felipe P.
Merced, 1995
Retablo by Hugo Vilchis
Blessed Soul in Purgatory, I thank you for delivering me from my ailment. I went looking for a whore and I enjoyed her giving liberty to my man power. She made me, when I needed it most, feel youthful, in my age, and reliable in any bed with any woman who would like to prove me.
El Cumplidor (“The Performer”)
Tacubaya, Mexico City, 2008
Retablo by Alfredo Vilchis
Virgin of the Solitude, I thank you for giving me courage to deal with all sort of clients working here in “The Hell” as a whore.
Julia
Oaxaca, Mexico, 1962
Retablo by Rogelio Peña
Retablo by Luz Cadena
All the whores, we thank you, Virgin of the Rosary, for having job and clients and for making money by the sweat of our brow.
Oaxaca, Mexico, 1969
Retablo by Rogelio Peña
I thank the Virgin of Guadalupe for her blessing to be the best prostitute in the neighborhood. Although I’m a robust woman, I have a lot of clients. They looked for my voluptuous form which are adored by the men.
Zulema “The Pretty One”
Mexico City, 1999
Retablo by Viridiana Canseco Hernández
Rita R. thanks the Virgin for being a prostitute, earning money and being happy .
Mexico City, 1999
Retablo by David Mecalco
Holy Virgin, thank you because my sister Maria is done with her vices and prostitution.
Monica Reyes
November 12, 1980
Retablo by David Mecalco
Virgin of Guadalupe, thank you for giving me plenty of work as a whore. You also protect me from dangers on the streets. Like when that robber tried to steal my earnings.
Rubi, 1989
Oaxaca, Mexico
Retablo by Rogelio Peña