The Holy Dirt
September 2012 Dear El Santuario de Chimayo I’m writing this letter to tell you how grateful I am. About a month ago I was having very...
The Church of Chimayo
As we drove up to the humble terra cotta adobe church I smiled. Here, the renowned "church of miracles" stood, timeless and welcoming. I...
An Interview with George Mendoza
Part of the experience of making a pilgrimage to El Santuario de Chimayó is to enter the tiny and cramped chamber of the "pocito", the...
Ruby Didn’t Need the Surgery After All....
October 2005 Last month, Toni and her husband, Steve, adopted their second baby girl from China. Ruby is 10 months old. At her first...
New Year’s Blessings
December 22, 2008 Dear blessed Fr. Roca, I was most pleased to see an article in the New York Times about you and your work at the...
I Walked Away From a Bad Car Accident!
Saturday, 27 March 2010 Last Sunday I walked away from a bad car accident! A young man ran a red light in an SUV while I was on my way to...