Hope Comes to Detention Center During Special Inmate Service

Hope is scheduled come to the Los Angeles County Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood in the form of a portrait of the Virgen de Guadalupe Peregrina.

The visit from the holy portrait is part of a special Catholic service for female prisoners. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Education Based Incarceration Bureau Religious and Volunteer Services are presenting the service.

The portrait was one of a few blessed by Pope John Paul II in Mexico.

“The portrait represents hope to all people and especially to the ones who are not able to see the original which is located in the Villa - the main church in Mexico City,” officials said.

This visit is part of the image pilgrimage throughout the Archdiocese of Los Angeles heading to the Dec. 1 Procession in East Los Angeles, officials said.