Jemez Springs, New Mexico
sebastian 2009
July 9, 2011 | Categories: Adobe Churches, Art, Churches, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Folk Art, Hand Carved Crosses, Historic Churches, k.d. sebastian, Karen Rivera, Mission Churches, Mother of God, Mountain Churches, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Our Savior, Religious Art, Rustic Crosses, Saints and Martyers, Traditional Crosses, Village Churches | Tags: Cross, Cross of the Day, Jemez Springs, Karen Rivera, Mission Churches, Mountain, Mountain Churches, New Mexico, Old Churches, Outdoor Photography, Sebastian | Leave a comment

Chimayo Chapel
Chimayo, New Mexico
sebastian 2009
July 8, 2011 | Categories: Adobe Churches, Art, Churches, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Descansos, Folk Art, Hand Carved Crosses, Heart Crosses, Historic Churches, k.d. sebastian, Karen Rivera, Mission Churches, Mountain Churches, Mountain Splendor, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Our Savior, Patron Saints, Religious Art, Rustic Crosses, Saints, Saints and Martyers, Sanctuario, Santos, Spirituality, Traditional Crosses, Village Churches | Tags: Abobe Churches, Chimayo Chapel, Christian Crosses, Cross, Cross of the Day, Folk Art, God, Mission Churches, Mountain Churches, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Old Churches, Prayer, Religious Art, Tinwork | Leave a comment

In Santa Fe, the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe is honored within the parish’s santuario. Outside, a 12-foot bronze statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe stands near the entrance, its base often decorated with fresh roses. Parishioners accompanied the statue from Mexico City, where it was cast in bronze, to Santa Fe in 2008.
Church is converting a weedy slope in front of its parking lot into a shrine that tells the story of the iconic Our Lady of Guadalupe. The church also will create an Institute for Guadalupe Studies and a Marian Resource Center and Library in the old Guadalupe School and Convent across Agua Fría Street.
The area will be called “Santa Fe’s Hill of Tepeyac.”
“It’s a place where people can come and look for resources about Our Lady of Guadalupe,” Nguyen said.
The Santa Fe Hill of Tepeyac is “a wonderful way to pay honor to our Mother,” parishioner Diana Lujan said.
More from the Santa Fe New Mexican
July 6, 2011 | Categories: Adobe Churches, Christian Photography, Churches, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Hand Carved Crosses, Historic Churches, Holy Family, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, Madonna, Mission Churches, Mother of God, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Nuestra Senora, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Outdoor Photography, Photography, Rustic Crosses, Saints and Martyers, Sanctuario, Santa Fe, Shrine, Stone Churches, Traditional Crosses, Vintage Crosses | Tags: Abobe Churches, Bronze Statue, Christian, Churches, Cross, Cross of the Day, CrossoftheDay, Karen Rivera, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Photography, Santa Fe, Santuario, Tepeyac | Leave a comment

Our Lady of Gudalupe Shrine
Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine
Chimayo, New Mexico
sebastian 2003
July 5, 2011 | Categories: Adobe Churches, Art, Chimayo, Churches, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Folk Art, Hand Carved Crosses, Hand Painted, Historic Churches, Karen Rivera, Mission Churches, Mother of God, Mountain Churches, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Patron Saints, Rustic Crosses, Saints, Saints and Martyers, Sanctuario, Santos, Traditional Crosses | Tags: Abobe Churches, Christian, Cross, Cross of the Day, Crucifix, Folk Art, God, kdsebastian, Mission Churches, Mother of God, Mountain Churches, New Mexico, Novena, Old Churches, Our Lady of Guadalupe, painted walls, Patron Saints, Prayer, Saints, Santos, Village Churches | Leave a comment

Our Lady of Miracles
Los Cerrillos, New Mexico
Karen Rivera 2010
July 4, 2011 | Categories: Adobe Churches, Art, Churches, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Hand Painted, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, Madonna, Mountain Churches, Northern New Mexico, Nuestra Senora, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Our Lady of Sorrows, Religious Art, Saints and Martyers, Village Churches | Tags: Abobe Churches, Adobe Wall, Cross, Cross of the Day, CrossoftheDay, Folk Art, Karen Rivera, Los Cerrillos, Madonna, Mountain Churches, New Mexican Photography, New Mexico, New Mexico Photography, Northern New Mexico, Nuestra Senora, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Our Lady of Miracles, Our Lady of Sorrows, Religious Art, Religious Mural, Road Trip, Village Churches, Wayside Attraction | Leave a comment
Cross of the Day

Nambe, New Mexico
Karen Rivera 2008
July 4, 2011 | Categories: Adobe Churches, Art, Black Iron Crosses, Churches, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Free Clipart Crosses, Inspirational Photography, k.d. sebastian, Karen Rivera, Mountain Churches, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Ornate Crosses, Our Savior, Religious Art, Saints and Martyers, Village Churches | Tags: Abobe Churches, Art, Cross, Cross of the Day, CrossoftheDay, Crucifix, Folk Art, God, Graveyard Crosses, Karen Rivera, kdsebastian, Mission Churches, Mountain Churches, Nambe, New Mexico, New Mexico Photography, Northern New Mexico, Old Churches, Spirituality, Village Churches | Leave a comment
Our Savior and Lamb at Roadside Market
Mural on the High Road to Taos
Karen Rivera
November 17, 2010 | Categories: Art, Chimayo, Churches, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Folk Art, Hand Painted, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Our Savior, Religious Art, Saints and Martyers | Tags: Adobe Wall, Adobe Walls, Blue Door, Chimayo, Cross of the Day, Crosses, High Road to Taos, Jesus, Karen Rivera, Ladders, Mural, New Mexico, New Mexico Photography, Northern New Mexico, Our Savior, Red Chiles, Religious Art, Sanctuario | Leave a comment
The Madonna Cabinet at Jackalope Pottery
Bernalillo, New Mexico
Karen Rivera
November 16, 2010 | Categories: Art, Churches, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Folk Art, Hand Painted, Karen Rivera, Nuestra Senora, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Our Lady of Sorrows, Patron Saints, Religious Art, Saints, Saints and Martyers | Tags: Bernalillo, Hand Painted, Jackalope, Karen Rivera, Madonna, Northern New Mexico, Nuestra Senora, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Our Lady of Sorrows, Religious Art | Leave a comment

St. Joseph’s Catholic Church with Trolley
Jacksonville, Oregon
Karen Rivera 2009
One of the most charming reasons to live in a small town is hearing the Sunday Services down the street from my house. Even though I have to leave, I never thought the historic Church would. It’s been there since 1858 but it’s being closed and probably put up for sale. To say my community is stunned is an understatement.
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Jacksonville in Southern Oregon was the first Catholic Church built in Oregon. I’ve watched as the parishioners paid for a new heating system, painted the outside, installed new carpet and wallpaper, upgraded the doors and windows and refinished the pews without help from the diocese. Volunteers mow the lawn, rake the leaves and set-up the Sunday picnic benches. Their meticulous yard work makes me wince when I see my front yard. Apparently, self-maintenance and donating a cash collection every week in exchange for a monthly 4 hours of Masses wasn’t enough to keep the doors open for the 100 or so members.
This is a comitted group of people who have been taking care of each other since 1956. It’s not just a building that’s going to be lost.
November 16, 2010 | Categories: Art, Churches, Community, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Historic Churches, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, Mountain Churches, Oregon, Spirituality, St. Joseph | Tags: 1858 Churches, Architectural Detail, Church, Churches, First Catholic Church, Historic, Historic Church, Historic Churches, Historic Register, Historic Restoration, Inspirational Photography, Jacksonville, Karen Rivera, Old Churches, Oregon, Religious Art, Road Trip, St. Joseph Catholic Church, Village Churches | Leave a comment
Courtyard, Saint Joseph’s Church
Los Cerrillos, New Mexico
Los Cerrillos has always seemed to me to be the perfect example of a New Mexico boom town. Once the unofficial capitial of the state, it’s now a modern day ghost town on South 14, a few miles north of Madrid.
After the arrival of the Santa Fe Railroad in 1880, shipping the gold, silver, lead, zinc and turquoise from the 3,000 miners in the area no longer had to be shipped by wagon. Los Cerrillos grew to feature 21 saloons, 5 brothels, 4 hotels, several dance halls and a real honest-to-goodness Opera House. The construction of Saint Joseph’s Church on Main Street confirmed that civilization had truly arrived.

- Casa Grande Trading Post, Cerrillos Turquoise Mining Museum, & Petting Zoo
Today, the washboard streets and dusty storefronts are a mostly undisturbed reminder of Old West meets celluloid. 13 films have been shot in and around Los Cerrillos, including the 1972 John Wayne movie The Cowboys shot just outside of town. A remnant of the production of Young Guns lingers on a two-story stucco wall. The real Wortley Hotel (Motto: No Guest Gunned Down in Over a 100 Years) is in Lincoln, not Los Cerrillos.

- Los Cerrillos porch ceiling
On weekends, Mary’s Saloon and the Casa Grande Trading Post, Cerrillos Turqoise Mining Museum, & Petting Zoo swarm with tourists from the City Different stopping off on the Turquoise Trail. Several seasonal businesses open up with the return of the tourists, adding whimsical touches.
Several artists call Los Cerrillos home. Metal sculptures and eclectic murals are scattered though the tiny town. A few of the gritty, sandblasted storefronts now make it possible to walk under the stars as you stay out of the sun.
My connection with Los Cerrillos was very short-lived. My job working weekends at the Tiffany Saloon and Melodrama ended when, as usual, my confidence in British mechanics was misplaced and my 1961 Morris Mini-Cooper needed a new engine.

The Tiffany Saloon and Melodrama burned down in 1977 but you can still find traces of it, and other long-lost buildings, by looking for the metal yellow signs all over town.
Karen Rivera 2010
November 16, 2010 | Categories: Adobe Churches, Art, Churches, Community, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Folk Art, Historic Churches, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, Mission Churches, Mountain Churches, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Patron Saints, Saints, Santos, Spirituality, St. Joseph | Tags: Christian, Church, Churches, Cross, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Folk Art Crosses, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, Los Cerrillos, Memorial Cross, Mission Churches, Mountain Churches, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Old Churches, Prayer, Religious Art, St. Joseph, Tiffany Melodrama, Village Churches, Vintage, Wooden Crosses | Leave a comment
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Tilework
Pike’s Peak, Colorado
July 2011
Karen Rivera
July 10, 2010 | Categories: Architectural Crosses, Art, Black Iron Crosses, Christian, Christian Photography, Churches, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Community, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Inspirational Photography, Iron Crosses, Karen Rivera, Madonna, Modern Crosses, Mother of God, Mountain Splendor, Nuestra Senora, Ornate Crosses, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Outdoor Photography, Patron Saints, Photography, Pikes Peak, Saints, Saints and Martyers, Santos, Spirituality | Tags: Christian, Churches, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Cross, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Folk Art, Graveyard Crosses, Hand Painted, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, Madonna, Manitou Springs, Mexican Saints, Nuestra Senora, Our Lady, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patron Saints, Pike's Peak, Prayer, Religious Art, Saints, Santos, Village Churches, Viring Mary | Leave a comment
Nuestra Nuestra Senora de Los Dolores de Manzano
Manzano, New Mexico
Karen Rivera
February 28, 2010 | Categories: Adobe Churches, Art, Black Iron Crosses, Churches, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Historic Churches, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, Madonna, Mother of God, Mountain Churches, New Mexico Photography, Our Lady of Sorrows, Patron Saints, Saints and Martyers, Southern New Mexico, Traditional Crosses | Tags: Abobe Churches, Black Iron, Cross, Cross of the Day, CrossoftheDay, Folk Art, Graveyard Crosses, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, Manzano, New Mexico, Nuestra Senora de Los Dolores de Manzano, Patron Saints, Southern New Mexico, Village Churches | Leave a comment
Chilili Madonna
Chilili, New Mexico
February 2010
Karen Rivera
February 27, 2010 | Categories: Adobe Churches, Art, Churches, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Free Clipart Crosses, Historic Churches, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, Madonna, Mountain Churches, New Mexico Photography, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Our Lady of Sorrows, Patron Saints, Saints, Saints and Martyers, Southern New Mexico | Tags: Chilili, Chilili Land Grant, Cross, Cross of the Day, CrossoftheDay, Folk Art, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, Madonna, New Mexico, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Our Lady of Sorrows, Patron Saints, Southern New Mexico | Leave a comment

RC Cola Madonna
Vigil Store
Chimayo, New Mexico
Karen Rivera
February 27, 2010 | Categories: Art, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Folk Art, Hand Painted, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, Madonna, Mother of God, Mountain Churches, New Mexico, New Mexico Photography, Northern New Mexico, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Our Lady of Sorrows, Patron Saints, Saints and Martyers, Sanctuario | Tags: Chimayo, Cross of the Day, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, Madonna, Mother of God, Mural, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Our Lady of Sorrows, Patron Saints, Sanctuario, Walls | Leave a comment
El Vez Serenades the Lady
Sanctuario, Chimayo, New Mexico
sebastian 2007
February 20, 2010 | Categories: Adobe Churches, Chimayo, Churches, Crosses, Folk Art, Hand Carved Crosses, Heart Crosses, Historic Churches, Mission Churches, Mother of God, Mountain Churches, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Rustic Crosses, Sanctuario, Traditional Crosses | Tags: Abobe Churches, Christian, Churches, Cross, Cross of the Day, Folk Art, God, kdsebastian, Mission Churches, Mother of God, New Mexico, Old Churches, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Prayer, Village Churches | Leave a comment
Cross of the Day

Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine, Chimayo
Chimayo, New Mexico
sebastian 2007
February 16, 2010 | Categories: Adobe Churches, Chimayo, Churches, Cross of the Day, Crosses, Historic Churches, Mission Churches, Mother of God, Mountain Churches, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patron Saints, Rustic Crosses, Saints, Sanctuario, Santos | Tags: Abobe Churches, Chimayo, Christian, Cross, Cross of the Day, Mother of God, Mountain Churches, New Mexico, Old Churches, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patron Saints, Village Churches | Leave a comment
Cross of the Day
Our Lady of El Pato ~ Roadside Tin
Chimayo, New Mexico
sebastian 2007
February 2, 2010 | Categories: Bottlecap Art, Chimayo, Crosses, Folk Art, Free Clipart Crosses, Hand Painted, k.d. sebastian, Mother of God, New Mexico, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patron Saints, Saints, Santos, Tinwork | Tags: Bottle Cap, Cross, Cross of the Day, Folk Art, kdsebastian, Mother of God, New Mexico, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patron Saints, Santos | Leave a comment