On December 8, 2024, at the request of the TAOS HISTORIC PRESERVATION society, I gave a presentation at Sagebrush Inn on the Duran Chapel based on my essay in my blog . Over a hundred people attended with a good delegation from The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center associated with Colorado College and the Taylor Museum. Several members of the Penitente Brotherhood were also present. Doreen Duran spearheaded the event, David Maes was main organizer, and Robin Collier (THP tresurer) handled public relations.
Blog about Padre Antonio José Martínez, Cura de Taos. When he died, his peers in the USA Territorial Assembly for NM wrote on his epitaph, "La Honra de Su País" – The Honor of His Homeland. The last decade of his life–in the years following the American occupation– was clouded by controversy with his new bishop. Fray Angelioc Chavez in My Penitente Land called him "New Mexico's greatest son." This blog is dedicated to the life and legacy of this priest, educator, printer-publisher, lawyer-politician, rancher, patriot.
On December 8, 2024, at the request of the TAOS HISTORIC PRESERVATION society, I gave a presentation at Sagebrush Inn on the Duran Chapel based on my essay in my blog. Over a hundred people attended with a good delegation from The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center associated with Colorado College and the Taylor Museum. Several members of the Penitente Brotherhood were also present. Doreen Duran spearheaded the event, David Maes was main organizer, and Robin Collier (THP tresurer) handled public relations.