Ashley and her father Dr. Vincent Nguyen visited the Vatican Garden while in Rome this past Christmas for the start of Jubilee 2025 with the Order of Malta.
One of the most special pieces in the garden where popes come to pray is the statue depicting the appearance of the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe to Juan Diego in 1531.
Here Juan Diego stands, showing the sacred image of the Virgin that had appeared on his vestment, while the Franciscan Bishop Juan de Zumárraga kneels before it, bowing down as a witness to the miracle of the beautiful, sacred image of Our Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of the Diocese of Orange.
— The Nguyen Family are parishioners at Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic Church in Newport Beach