Parishioners give thanks during Mass at Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mecca. Worshipers helped outfit the church and made the chandeliers. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Father Eliseo Lucas serves Communion to parishioners at Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mecca. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Veronica Bugarin holds her grandson as she prays before Mass at Our Lady of Guadalupe. The altar chairs were found at a thrift store, and granite for the altar was donated. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Marcos Machuca, 80, of Mecca walks through the tent where the congregation met for Mass for two years until a new church was built. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
A woman stops to pray outside Our Lady of Guadalupe’s new building. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
