Adventures in Santa Fe - Day 2

Hello again =)
Day 2! Today was a pretty great day! We started off the day walking through the Plaza and then we stopped at the Loretto Chapel. Its a beautiful Church in downtown Santa Fe and was built in 1872! Its known for its Miraculous Spiral Staircase. The Sisters of St. Loretto tell the story as:

"Needing a way to get up to the choir loft the nuns prayed for St. Joseph's intercession for nine straight days. On the day after their novena ended a shabby looking stranger appeared at their door. He told the nuns he would build them a staircase but that he needed total privacy and locked himself in the chapel for three months. He used a small number of primitive tools including a square, a saw and some warm water and constructed a spiral staircase entirely of non-native wood. The identity of the carpenter is not known for as soon as the staircase was finally finished he was gone. Many witnesses, upon seeing the staircase, feel it was constructed by St. Joseph himself, as a miraculous occurrence."

Oh and want to know something really cool? The staircase is made without ANY nails! Crazy! Anyways, today its a museum and is used for weddings and other special occasions. Anyways its a GORGEOUS church. Heres some pictures =)



Such a beautiful Church. After that, we got in our car and headed out to the Sangre de Cristo mountains to go visit Chimayo. Another beautiful Church tucked in the mountains, built in 1816. I always LOVE going to Chimayo. It is such an incredible and sacred place. Thousands of people from all over the world make pilgrimages to this tiny church. Its such a beautiful place of worship where tons of prayers and intentions are said and where many miracles have come forth. I can't really describe it, but it is just such a HOLY place. They have a sweet little 94 year old priest who is SO awesome. Its wonderful place =)




Till next time =)

xoxoxo

JacyLane<3