In December 1531 the Virgin Mary appeared in Mexico to an Aztec man named Juan Diego. During the next three days she appeared to the
Paramahansa Yogananda was born in 1893 in Gorakhpur, India. He received his spiritual training under the Yoga maser Sri Yukteswar. He had a guru named
I always associate the month of October with the Carmelites. Their two founders, St. Teresa de Avila and St. Theresa de Lisieux, celebrate feast days
People like the late Richard J. Gregory have contributed to Santa Fe’s spiritual diversity. He brought the Science of Mind and Spirit to Santa Fe
Hispanic Catholics will often designate a special corner of their house with an altar. The setting will include the veneration for favorite saints and symbols
Historical records indicate that Santa Fe’s San Miguel Mission was built between 1605 and 1608. The church was built by the Franciscan missionaries on the
The Carmelites came to Santa Fe in 1945 when Mother Mary Teresa, along with five sisters, established a monastery at Mount Carmel Road located off
Rabbi Leonard A. Helman was Santa Fe’s first rabbi when he came to town in 1974. His first post was at Temple Beth Shalom, which
Paljor Thondup founded Project Tibet in Santa Fe in 1980. Thondup escaped from Eastern Tibet in 1959 at twelve years of age. After living in
The Baptist legacy in Santa Fe began in 1849 when the Home Mission Society built a church at Fort Marcy. It became the the New
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