Hispanic culture has survived and continues to thrive through the meshing of the Pueblo ways of life and the many other rich and beautiful cultures
The annual novena to La Conquistadora begins with her procession to Rosario Chapel. My cousin, Bill Garcia, took this photo yesterday after the novena. Santa
Church bells rang throughout the small villages and towns in New Mexico to alert the community of the death of one of its members. Men
The building of Rosario Chapel began in 1807 at the old 1692 encampment of Diego de Vargas and his army. The annual procession for La
If you’ve ever wondered about the back story of some of the incredible art at St. Francis Cathedral here’s a description of the altar screen
Today, October 4th, is the Catholic feast day for St. Francis of Assisi. New Mexico’s capital city became La Villa Real de la Santa Fe
August in an auspicious month in New Mexico history. In numerology the number eight signifies the power to do or be. It also means the
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
The artist Andrea “Drew” Bacigalupa and his wife Ellen moved to Santa Fe in 1954 because of its European ambiance. They remodeled an old adobe
The novena to La Conquistadora ends today. Tomorrow she will be taken back to the Basilica Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi. Every year on
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