The shrine’s Tepeyac Hill is a replica of the site in Mexico where the Virgin Mary appeared to a peasant named Juan Diego in 1531 and told him to build a church. This hill stands 40 feet tall and features statues of Our Lady of Guadalupe and San Juan Diego.

“The Tepeyac Hill project is a worthy endeavor, and it is fitting that Blessed Stanley Rother be memorialized at his shrine alongside Our Lady of Guadalupe and Saint Juan Diego.” – Daniel Cardinal DiNardo, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston.