Carrying of a Torch from Mexico City to NYC is to Symbolize Mexicans' Faith
by Venessa Santos-Garza
November 8, 2002
Corpus Christi, Texas - When Margie Munoz was a little girl, her mother always told her to slow down when dashing from home to the store and back. Now, years later, Margie is still running errands - just for a different mother.
On Sunday, she will lace up her Nikes and hit the pavement as runner 001 in the Antorcha Guadalupana, an international religious pilgrimage from the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City to St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City.
Runners left Mexico City on Oct. 29 and will arrive in New York on Dec. 12, the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
"I run all the time . . . at least three times a week for as long as I can remember. When I was little, my mom would tell me to slow down, but I would tell her I do it because I like to run," Munoz said. "I get to carry the torch for an organization that helps the gente pobre (poor people) and for the Virgincita (the little virgin)."
by Venessa Santos-Garza
November 8, 2002
Corpus Christi, Texas - When Margie Munoz was a little girl, her mother always told her to slow down when dashing from home to the store and back. Now, years later, Margie is still running errands - just for a different mother.
On Sunday, she will lace up her Nikes and hit the pavement as runner 001 in the Antorcha Guadalupana, an international religious pilgrimage from the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City to St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City.
Runners left Mexico City on Oct. 29 and will arrive in New York on Dec. 12, the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
"I run all the time . . . at least three times a week for as long as I can remember. When I was little, my mom would tell me to slow down, but I would tell her I do it because I like to run," Munoz said. "I get to carry the torch for an organization that helps the gente pobre (poor people) and for the Virgincita (the little virgin)."