Holy Presence, Holy Preaching: Santa María Tonantzin Guadalupe as Preacher and Community - Paperback

by Maria Teresa Montes Lara (Author), Vincent J. Pastro (Author), Allan Figueroa Deck (Foreword by)

Almost 500 years ago, a Mexica survivor of the conquista was on his way to catechism lessons just outside present-day Mexico City. He experienced a holy presence on the hill of Tepeyac that changed the hermeneutic of the dignity of the poor forever. This book is about Our Lady of Guadalupe under her popular title "Santa Maria Tonantzin Guadalupe." It centers on her indigenous and feminine identity as the "Preaching Woman." She and the people she animates, the Hispanic-Latino community, are "icons" of the presence of the Holy Trinity. As Sacrament of the Holy Spirit and bearer of the Sacramental Word, she enables the pueblo, the people of God, to exercise their baptismal ministry as holy preachers.

Author Biography

María Teresa Montes Lara is a Dominican sister who has ministered in Latino communities for over thirty years. She now works with Latin American sisters through Catholic Extension and is on the faculty of the Camino program with the University of Notre Dame.



Vincent J. Pastro is a Catholic presbyter from the Archdiocese of Seattle who has ministered extensively with immigrants, especially in Latino communities. He is presently a Delaplane Preaching Scholar with Aquinas Institute of Theology and resides in California.