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September 6: Caridad de Cobre

9/6/2025

 
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SÁBADO 6 DE SEPTIEMBRE
En la Misa anticipada de las 5:30 PM en Santa Ita, celebraremos la festividad de Nuestra Señora de la Caridad del Cobre, Patrona de Cuba. Todos están invitados a unirse a la comunidad cubana para las celebraciones.
Festividad: 8 de septiembre
En Cuba, en 1608, dos hermanos indígenas, Rodrigo y Juan de Hoyos, y un niño esclavo africano, Juan Moreno, partieron en busca de sal. Se desató una tormenta que sacudió violentamente su pequeña embarcación, por lo que rezaron a la Virgen María pidiendo protección. De repente, la tormenta cesó y vieron algo flotando en el agua. Se dieron cuenta de que era una estatua de la Virgen María sosteniendo al Niño Jesús con la inscripción "Soy la Virgen de la Caridad". Para su sorpresa, la estatua permaneció completamente seca mientras flotaba en el agua.

Llevaron la estatua a un funcionario del gobierno, quien ordenó la construcción inmediata de una pequeña capilla. Durante tres noches, la estatua desapareció y reapareció al día siguiente. Se dieron cuenta de que la Virgen quería estar en otro lugar, así que la siguieron hasta una pequeña colina en El Cobre, donde se alojó.​
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El 19 de mayo de 1801, se leyó un edicto real de España frente a la estatua. Se decretó la liberación de los esclavos cubanos de las minas de El Cobre, y muchos creyeron que fue gracias a la intercesión de Nuestra Señora. Asimismo, durante la Guerra de Independencia de Cuba, los mambises, o luchadores por la libertad, llevaron su estandarte a la batalla. Cuando finalmente se logró la independencia, los veteranos decidieron agradecer a Nuestra Señora su intercesión. Pidieron al obispo que presentara al Vaticano su solicitud para declararla Patrona de Cuba, la cual el Papa accedió generosamente.
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La devoción a la Caridad del Cobre no ha disminuido ni siquiera durante el largo régimen comunista en Cuba. Los últimos tres papas han visitado su estatua para animar al pueblo cubano y poner la isla bajo su cuidado. De hecho, una réplica exacta de la estatua original se encuentra actualmente en los Jardines Vaticanos.

Nuestra Señora de la Caridad del Cobre, ruega por nosotros.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6
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At the regular 5:30 PM Mass at St. Ita, we will honor the Feast of Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre, Patroness of Cuba. All are welcome to join the Cuban community for the liturgical celebration.​
​Feast Day: September 8
​In Cuba in 1608, two Native Indigenous brothers, Rodrigo and Juan de Hoyos, and an African slave child, Juan Moreno, set out to find salt. A storm arose, rocking their tiny boat violently so they prayed to the Virgin Mary for protection. Suddenly, the storm was gone, and they saw something floating in the water. They realized it was a statue of the Virgin Mary holding the Child Jesus with the inscription “I am the Virgin of Charity.” To their surprise, the statue remained completely dry while afloat in the water. 

They brought the statue to a government official, who ordered a small chapel to be built immediately. For three nights the statue kept disappearing and coming back the following day. They realized that the Virgin wanted to be elsewhere, so they followed her to a small hill in El Cobre where she stayed.
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On May 19, 1801, a royal edict from Spain was read in front of the statue. It decreed that Cuban slaves were to be freed from the mines of El Cobre and many believed it was the result of Our Lady’s intercession. Alos, during the Cuban War of Independence from Spain, the “mambises” or freedom fighters carried her banner into battle. When independence was finally won, the veterans decided to thank Our Lady for her intercession. They asked the bishop to present to the Vatican their request to declare her the Patroness of Cuba which the pope graciously granted. 

Devotion to Caridad de Cobre has not waned even under the long communist regime in Cuba. The last three popes have visited her statue to give encouragement to the Cuban people and to place the island under her care. In fact, an exact replica of the original statue is now in the Vatican Gardens.

Our Lady of Charity of Cobre, pray for us.

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5500 N. Broadway
Chicago, IL 60640
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Monday & Wednesday: 5:30 PM
(4:45 PM Adoration, 5:15 PM Vespers)
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4827 N. Kenmore
Chicago, IL 60640
773-878-2114 
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