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.
This “nostalgic narrative of historic San Rafael” by Josephine Barela is being published posthumously by her friends, Margaret and John Bonomo, as a memorial...
By Sr. Ellen Corcoran, SCSJA and Elizabeth Kelley
Our Lady of Sorrows, Seboyeta (Cebolleta), NM
The following history is by Elizabeth Kelley:
The community of Seboyeta was...
2014 marks the 75th anniversary of the Diocese of Gallup. To celebrate this occasion, the Voice will be frequently posting histories of the parishes,...
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...
