The Guadalupan Torch Run (La Antorcha Guadalupana) is an event involving thousands of people in Mexico and the United States, during which a lit flame is carried from the seat of Guadalupan devotion, the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe at Tepeyac, in Mexico City, by relay runners who travel 4500 kilometers to St. Patrick’s Cathedral in the United States. Organized by Asociación Tepeyac de Nueva York, a community based nonprofit organization dedicated to immigrant rights, with collaboration by nongovernmental organizations, Catholic parishes, and individuals on both sides of the border, the relay takes sixty days. The runners carry the flame and bear the title “Messengers for a people divided by the border/ mensajeros por un pueblo dividido por la frontera”. In 2007, María de Angeles Zúñiga Barba, coordinator of the Queens center of Tepeyac, took on the title of “capitana de la antorcha”, coordinating the torch run and accompanying the flame along the entire route. Joel Merino, photographer, also accompanied much of the run. Here we present María’s written reflections on the experience with Joel’s photographs. Together the words and pictures reflect the profoundly moving experience of the families who had been divided by the border being reunited, even if only symbolically, by the flame and their devotion to la guadalupana.