San Francisco de Asis Church Plans Events for 200th Anniversary
A whole list of events are planned to celerate the 200th Anniversary!
August 23 - 2PM - "A Short History of San Francisco de Asis Church" by David Maes
August 24 - History exhibit opens in the Parish Hall
August 30 - 2:30PM - "The Penitente Brotherhood in Northern New Mexico" by Rev. Msgr. Jerome J. Martinez y Alire
September 6 - 2PM "Spanish Colonial Folk Art & Ranchos Church" by Gustavo Victor Goler
September 13 - 2 PM - "The Catholic Church in Northern New Mexico in the Early 1800s" by NMSU Historian Dr. Rick Hendricks
September 20 - Annual St. Francis Bazaar (St. Francis School Parking Lot & Gym)
September 27 - 2 PM- "The Chapel of Our Lady of San Juan, Talpa, NM" by Enrico & Roberta Velasquez
October 3 - Mass and Feast Day of San Francisco de Asis and the Official 200th Anniversary - Ret. Archibishop Sheehan to Celebrate the Anniversary Mass
October 11 - "History of the Llano Quemado Chapel" by Charles Hawk, Bob Romero & Panel
October 18 - "History of the Los Cordovas Chapel" by Catherine Collins