When the United States began all religions had either come from Europe or Asia. The Church of Latter Day Saints (Mormons) was an American-born religion.
In the 1990s His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Yogi Bhajan me in Santa Fe. Both leaders felt a spiritual connection to the capitol city.
At the beginning of World War I, a group of Lutheran pacifists found their way to Santa Fe. Their objection to that war followed a
The painting of Santa Fe’s Temple Beth Shalom by Tommy Macaione is a reflection of the love and beauty that went into its creation. On
The First Assembly of God, the largest Pentecostal church in America, arrived in Santa Fe in 1959. They began on Jefferson Street and later moved
Chabad is the largest and fastest growing segment of Judaism. They came to Santa Fe in 1997 under the direction of Rabbi Berel Levertov. The
Congregation Beit Tikva started at a Passover Seder in April of 1995. The group met in a private home every Friday night for services after the first
The settlement of New Mexico’s Ashkenazi Jews from Germany and other European countries began with the merchants who traversed the Santa Fe Trail from 1848
In the 1930s, a small group of business owners in Santa Fe started a branch of B’nai B’rith, which means “sons of the covenant” in
An on-going papal connection was ever-present in the life of the late artist Andrea “Drew” Bacigalupa. The artist died in March 2015 at the age
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