Millions of Catholics worldwide celebrated the Feast of Guadalupe on Tuesday, including a special mass said in Luxemburg. St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Luxemburg celebrated the feast day with about 60 people with a Spanish-language mass followed by a small gathering afterward. Mexican Catholics primarily recognize the Feast of Guadalupe to commemorate the day the Virgin Mary is said to have appeared in front of a peasant named Juan Diego. The apparition is credited with extending the Catholic Church into the Americas. Today, the Feast of Guadalupe is celebrated by Catholics making pilgrimages to holy sites in cities like Mexico City and Des Plaines, Ill., to honor the Virgin Mary. Pastor Father Dan Schuster admits his conversational Spanish is not great, but he says it was an important day to celebrate with local residents with a Spanish mass.

Schuster would like to see a Spanish-language mass celebrated weekly in Kewaunee County, admitting there needs to be more resources available to offer it currently.