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WALKS FROM BE LI TO KEEP FAITH W1SANTA PE. April. April 13 W- Corpora! Conrudo Vigil «.f Bclcn. who is making n pllgrlmagt of *i'Orc than 100 miles on font from i:ls home lu El SnncliiArlo shr.no :i t Chlmayo, ncwr Espanoln. to keep ta'th with the Snnto Nino. Relieved nearing his fiwil today.- Thos? who hovp kept trurk it the prugrcss i'f Vigil and hi* isiiuln. Mar.url Srdllin, who is at-eoiupanying- hli\i. rcj«rt«tf the pair'Cere last sren between ToMiqu? r.nd TCapanoln, north lt;’f the capital. PriJny.Since thut lime they have not been seen o.i the highway ami had not arrived in Chhnnvtj early In-day. n is believed they nmy have taken n footpath away from lh* eiphway lt;*i ft shortcut across Ihe vAonntalna In reiuh the shrine.As a meniMT ot the 200l)» coast artillery m.d a prisoner ot theTapnncae. Vigil prayed In Santo Nino, vowing to make th» pilfjrImage if In? Mirvlvrd the war unit war return id to his home. Hr is walking p.iit of 'he way on his knees.The adobe clmriOi nt Chlmayo Is reg-ar.ted by some ns having u religious |».»wer capable of rosing •dekneas. |v*vpr»y or lmhuppimwVigil darted from Helen earlyTuesday n.ul said lie hoped lo arrive »1 1C! Snnrlnarin in tlm to make Ids p nyera of Thanksgiving Sunday.iW TO CHLMAYO Til SAXI'Ori'L tT»NRALX VM311.
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Las Cruces Sun News

Las Cruces, New Mexico, US

Sun, Apr 14, 1946

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