Grotto Design supports the renewal of traditional Catholic church design and construction by bringing to mind the necessary architecture features that make the church building a worthy intersection between earth and the heavenly liturgy, inspiring us to bring Christ into our daily lives and out to the world.
Quarai is one of three Franciscan missions established in the early 1600's ministering to the Tiwa Indians in central New Mexico. The mission at Quairai was named Nuestra Senora de la Purisima Concepcion de Quarai with construction beginning in 1627 - two centuries before the dogma of the Immaculate Conception was infallibly defined by Pope Pius IX in …
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It has been a few years since I have been to Chimayo and I can't find my pictures. My niece Anne Marie sent me this great picture and it is supplemented by images from Wikimedia Commons. The church design is classic northern New Mexico. More Mexican than Indian. It is a descendent of Spanish Colonial that …
A nice side stop on a vacation to the cool pines of Cloudcroft, NM or skiing in Ruidoso on the slopes of Sierra Blanca Peak, one of the four sacred mountains to the Mescalero Apaches, is the remarkable St. Joseph Indian Mission in Mescalero, New Mexico. As the information on the Mission restoration describes, Father …
On a recent trip to Santa Fe for the interment of my father at the National Cemetery, I visited again three Catholic churches near the Plaza. It was a treat to experience here in the States a sense of history with strong Catholic roots in a micro-urban communal setting that is Santa Fe Plaza, even if it is …
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