At Ascension, the celebration of the Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe begins days before Dec. 12 with a novena, a celebration at the Basilica and on the Sunday before at the 9:30 a.m. Ascension mass. The vigil is celebrated the evening of Dec. 11 with prayers and late evening mass. The actual feast day begins with morning prayers and songs and ends in the evening with a procession and mass.
