A Blessing From God
Dear Father Roca, Exactly a week ago my family and I visited and attended Mass at the Santuario of Chimayo. I had heard of the healing...
"Then We Found The Reason...."
September, 2006 Dear Father Julio, Nine months ago, on this date, we left San Francisco to visit New Mexico. We came to see the...
"Nine Months Later Simone Louise Was Born"
A few years ago my son Chris was in New Mexico and visited a lovely church. After talking with one of the priests he was told about...
A Pilgrim For A Miracle
19 March 2006 Dear Rev. Gonzalez: I live in Connecticut but I am a former New Mexican. My niece, Mary Helen Ramos, lives in Las Cruces...
Four-time Cancer Survivor, Santuario Walker, and Cancer Chaplain
"How in the Heavens did I become a Santuario Walker from Homewood?" In other words..."My Destiny with Dirt!" Dear Father Julio: It seems...


A Long Journey for Two Short Legs
"I remembered the words of my mother at learning of the death of my brother Pedro: ‘I asked God for two priest sons. He took Pedro to...


A Little Priest for a Little Church
A key book to discover how a little private chapel became the Shrine of Chimayo. Father Casimiro Roca says that one day the archbishop of...


Fr. Casimiro Roca, SF, the father of Chimayo
Having entered the seminary of San Andres at age eleven, Fr. Casimiro Roca celebrated sixty years as a priest on August 15, 2003. An avid...


Beloved Priest of Chimayo at Heart of Community
Throughout the mountain villages and towns of northern New Mexico and southern Colorado, the name Father Roca evokes smiles. He is the...
Shipping Holy Dirt Internationally
We will be happy to ship Holy Dirt to locations outside of the United States but, because of the high cost of doing so, we will ask you...