Virgen del Rayo Day in Guadalajara
Virgen del Rayo Day in Guadalajara is held on August 18. This event in the second decade of the month August is annual. 
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Today, August 18, mexicans celebrate the Virgen del Rayo, Patron Saint of the Unemployed and Difficult Cases.
In addition, La Virgen del Rayo is the patron saint of Cuyoaco, Puebla; and of Parral, Chihuahua.
La Virgen del Rayo, also known as Nuestra Señora del Rosario del Rayo, or Nuestra Señora del Rayo, is a Marian devotion originating in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
The Virgen del Rayo has her main sanctuary in the Convent of Jesus Maria in Guadalajara.
In Mexico the Virgen del Rayo is celebrated in Queretaro; Orizaba, Veracruz; Durango; in Ciudad Lerdo, Durango; Buenavista de Cuellar, Durango; Saltillo, Coahuila; Oaxaca City; Morelia, Michoacan.
In the city of Puebla the Virgen del Rayo has been venerated since 1932 in the Church of San Cristobal, as well as since 1949 in the Parish of Nuestra Señora del Rayo in Colonia Santa Maria.
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