A wooden structure supports the roof above a damaged wall inside the mission church at El ... 2559859/holy-history-a-look-at-five-church-buildings-of-new-mexico.html ...

An estimated 500 Catholic mission churches remain in northern New Mexico, where the Rocky Mountains taper off into desert mesas to the west and endless plains to the east. The San José Catholic ...

Each mission church is devoted to a particular saint, for whom the community develops special veneration. When New Mexico’s largest wildfire last spring charred forests close to the San José ...