Bishop James Wall welcomed the announcement: "The example of the life of the ‘Padre on Horseback’ has played a large part in strengthening my own Catholic faith".
Houck, 35 miles west of Gallup on I-40 was named after James D. Houck, a once horse-riding mail carrier before he started a trading post in the vicinity in 1874.
St. Berard Parish at Navajo, NM is just large enough to seat a regular Sunday crowd, but people were packed shoulder-to-shoulder for the very special Mass in honor of the church’s 50th anniversary.
The history contained here is complied from letters by Elizabeth Kelley, Msgr. Arthur MacDonald, and documents in the Diocesan archives.
The parish of Lumberton began...
The following history is taken from accounts written by Elizabeth Kelley and an unknown author found in Diocesan archives.
The Catholics of Holbrook were originally...
Catron County
Catron, located in southwest New Mexico, officially became a county in 1921. While it contains the largest land size of any county in New...
