Overview

• A novena that began on 17 September culminates today with a midnight greeting, overnight prayer, hourly morning Masses and a liturgy celebrated by Bishop Hugo Norberto Santiago.
• The image will be carried in a neighborhood procession scheduled for 3 p.m., followed by Mass at the Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary of San Nicolás.
• The devotion originated with reported apparitions to Gladys Quiroga de Motta on 25 September 1983, later recognized as supernatural by the diocese in a 2016 decree.
• The purpose‑built sanctuary known as El Campito can hold roughly 8,000 to 9,000 people standing, with crowds arriving from across Argentina and nearby countries.
• Local media describe cumulative visitation over the decades in the tens of millions, underscoring the site’s enduring draw for pilgrims.