Thursday afternoon and evening: at the Mescalero Apache Reservation and Tularosa catholic church
Interior of "San José Apache mission church". Henrietta is one of Tularosa's collaborators in the organization of our activities. She is an expert in Apache culture and offered to show us an interesting church in the Mescalero Apache Reservation. "Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, bless your people". Offerings for Saint Kateri. The "San José Apache mission church" is full of paintings, photos, statues and objects of interest related to the history of the Mescalero Apaches in the area. One of the statues is of Santa Kateri Tekakwitha, the first Native American saint of the Catholic Church. Listening to Henrietta's explanations. The representation of Christ in the abside is as a Native American. Santa Cecilia, patron saint of musicians, in one of the stained glass windows of the church. From the Mescalero Reservation, we returned to Tularosa on time for the performance in the church of San Francisco de Paula Enriqu...