Category: Missions

Churches of New Mexico

by Dennis Partridge | Jul 23, 2016 | Missions | 0

In 1617 there were eleven churches in New Mexico the ruins of one of which, that of Pecos, can...

Missions at the Coal Mines near Gallup

by Dennis Partridge | Jul 23, 2016 | Missions | 0

Every Sunday Holy Mass is said at Gibson, N. M., about three miles distant from Gallup. The...

Franciscans in New Mexico and Arizona, 1539

by Dennis Partridge | Jul 23, 2016 | Missions | 0

Written in emblazoned letters on the pages of history of the Catholic Church is the great work...

Order of Friars Minor Explore New Mexico

by Dennis Partridge | Jul 23, 2016 | Missions | 0

Cortez had conquered Mexico; Pizarro was conquered in Peru; Balboa had discovered the South Sea...

The Franciscan Missions of the Southwest

by Dennis Partridge | Jul 23, 2016 | Missions | 0

First Number 1913 A “Society for the Preservation of the Faith among Indian Children.” Approved and recommended by His Eminence, James Cardinal Gibbons, by His Excellency, the Apostolic Delegate, and by many Most...

Mission for the Navajo Indians

by Dennis Partridge | Jul 23, 2016 | Missions | 0

In an article written for the Indian Sentinel of 1908, I have dealt at some length with the Navajo...

The Missionary Spirit of St. Francis and his Seraphic Order

by Dennis Partridge | Jul 23, 2016 | Missions | 0

Much has been beautifully written on St. Francis, the lover of nature, his childlike simplicity, his ardent love of Christ Crucified, of his espousal of Poverty, of his filial obedience to the Vicar of Christ and the Catholic...