Woman with Black Iron Patina and Cross
sebastian 2003
July 10, 2011 | Categories: Art, Churches, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, k.d. sebastian, Karen Rivera, Mountain Churches, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Patron Saints, Religious Art, Saints and Martyers, Santa Fe | Tags: Art, Black Iron, Christian Folk Art, Folk Art, Inspirational Art, Karen Rivera, kdsebastian, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Religious Art, Walls | Leave a comment
Cross of the Day
St. George on a Horse
Sanctuario, Chimayo, New Mexico
sebastian 2005
July 7, 2011 | Categories: Adobe Churches, Art, Chimayo, Churches, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Descansos, Folk Art, Graveyard Crosses, Hand Carved Crosses, Heart Crosses, Historic Churches, k.d. sebastian, Karen Rivera, Mission Churches, Mountain Churches, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Patron Saints, Rustic Crosses, Saints, Saints and Martyers, Sanctuario, Santa Fe, Santos, Spirituality, Story Crosses, Traditional Crosses, Village Churches | Tags: Christian Folk Art, Folk Art, God, kdsebastian, Memorial Cross, Mission Churches, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Novena, Prayer, Saints, Saints and Martyrs, Santos, Shrine, St. George, Village Churches | 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

Small Easter Wall Church at Sanctuario
Chimayo, New Mexico
Karen Rivera 2007
July 4, 2011 | Categories: Adobe Churches, Art, Chimayo, Churches, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Easter Crosses, Folk Art, Hand Carved Crosses, Historic Churches, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, Mission Churches, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Religious Art, Rustic Crosses, Saints and Martyers, Santa Fe, Santos, Shrine | Tags: Adobe Church, Carved Cross, Carved Wooden Crosses, Chapel, Christian, Cross, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Easter, Easter Cross, Folk Art, Hand Carved, Karen Rivera, mission church, Mountain Churches, New Mexico, New Mexico Photography, Old Churches, Road Trips, Sanctuario, Shrine, Southwest Crosses | Leave a comment

Church Tower with Cross, Chimayo
Chimayo, New Mexico
Karen Rivera 2007
November 18, 2010 | Categories: Adobe Churches, Art, Cemetery Crosses, Chimayo, Churches, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Graveyard Crosses, Hand Carved Crosses, Historic Churches, Karen Rivera, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Rustic Crosses, Saints and Martyers, Sanctuario, Santa Fe, Shrine, Traditional Crosses, Village Churches, Vintage Crosses | Tags: Abobe Churches, Cemetery Crosses, Chimayo, Church Tower, Cross, Cross of the Day, CrossoftheDay, Hand Carved, Karen Rivera, Mission Churches, Mountain Churches, New Mexico, New Mexico Photography, Northern New Mexico, Old Churches, Photography, Road Trip, Sanctuario, Village Churches | Leave a comment

San Franciso Church ~ 1976
Golden, New Mexico
Karen Rivera
Golden, New Mexico, on the Turquoise Trail, is having a bit of a renaissance these days. It’s still a ghost town but the few houses have been restored and the old Mercantile is open in the summer for the tourists. Built in 1830, he San Francisco Church off Highway 14, doesn’t look much different than when I was shooting black and whites in the mid-70’s. Restored in 1960 by Fray Angelico Chavez while he was the padre of St. Joseph’s Church in Los Cerrillos, the graveyard has mostly escaped the vandalism common to New Mexico’s abandoned mining towns.
November 17, 2010 | Categories: Adobe Churches, Architectural Crosses, Art, Black Iron Crosses, Cemetery Crosses, Churches, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Graveyard Crosses, Historic Churches, Inspirational Photography, Iron Crosses, Karen Rivera, Mission Churches, New Mexico, Religious Art, Rustic Crosses, Saints, Saints and Martyers, San Francisco, Santa Fe, Village Churches, Vintage Crosses | Tags: 1830's Church, Adobe Church, Black and White Photography, Cross of the Day, Crosses, Fray Angelico Chavez, Ghost Town, Golden, Graveyard Crosses, Karen Rivera, New Mexico Photography, San Francisco Church, South Highway 14, Turquoise Trail, Village Church, Vintage Photographs | Leave a comment

Church at Sanctuario, 1950’s
Chimayo, New Mexico
Scanned Vintage Postcard
Karen Rivera
This vintage postcard of Sanctuario left me stunned. I’ve shot hundreds of photographs of the church but I never saw it as a real small Northern New Mexican town chuch like those scattered all over the state until I found this postcard.
November 16, 2010 | Categories: Adobe Churches, Art, Cemetery Crosses, Chimayo, Churches, Community, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Descansos, Folk Art, Graveyard Crosses, Hand Carved Crosses, Historic Churches, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, Mountain Churches, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Patron Saints, Religious Art, Rustic Crosses, Saints, Saints and Martyers, Sanctuario, Santa Fe, Santos, Shrine, Spirituality, Stone Churches | Tags: Adobe Casas, Adobe Churches, Architectural Detail, Art, Artists, Black Iron, Blue Doors, Chimayo, Churches, Georgia okeefe country, Graveyards, Hand Carved, Hand Crafted, Hand Painted, High Road to Taos, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, Mission Churches, New Mexico, New Mexico Photography, Northern New Mexico, Nuestra Senora, Patron Saints, Photography, Religious Art, Road Trips, Saints and Martyrs, Sanctuario, Santos, Scenic View, Shrine, St. Francis de Assisi, Stonework, Village Churches, Vintage Photographs, Wayside Attraction | Leave a comment

Dancing St. Francis
The Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi
Karen Rivera 2009
July 23, 2010 | Categories: Adobe Churches, Architectural Crosses, Art, Churches, Community, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Hand Carved Crosses, Historic Churches, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Patron Saints, Saint Francis, Saints, Santa Fe, Santos, Spirituality, Stone Churches | Tags: Art, Bronze Sculpture, Bronze Statue, Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, Church, Cross, Cross of the Day, Dancing St. Francis, Historic Church, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, New Mexican Photography, Northern New Mexico, Photograph, Photography, Religious Art, Santa Fe, Scenic View, St. Francis, St. Francis Cathedral, Wayside Attraction | Leave a comment

Patron Saint of the Kitchen
Roadside Tin, Chimayo, New Mexico
Karen Rivera 2006
July 22, 2010 | Categories: Art, Bottlecap Art, Chimayo, Community, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Folk Art, Hand Painted, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, New Mexico, Patron Saints, Saints, San Pasqual, Santa Fe, Santos, Shrine, Spirituality, Tinwork | Tags: Art, bottlecaps, Chimayo, Cross, Cross of the Day, CrossoftheDay, Folk Art, Hand Painted, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, Karyn Rivera, New Mexican Photography, New Mexico, New Mexico Photography, Northern New Mexico, Religious Art, Road Trips, Saint, Santero, southwest, Tinwork | Leave a comment

Kateri Tekakwitha
Santa Fe, St. Francis Cathedral
sebastian 2010
February 21, 2010 | Categories: Art, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Inspirational Photography, k.d. sebastian, Karen Rivera, Mountain Churches, New Mexico, New Mexico Photography, Northern New Mexico, Patron Saints, Saints, Saints and Martyers, Santa Fe | Tags: Cross, Cross of the Day, Free Cross Clipart, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, Kateri Tekakwitha, kdsebastian, New Mexico, Patron Saints, Saints, Santa Fe, St. Francis Cathedral | Leave a comment