Catholic America Before the Mayflower | New Mexico History

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How did the Catholic Faith come to the United States? In Episode 1 of this new historical series, Sensus Fidelium host Steve Cunningham travels through New Mexico to explore the ancient missions, churches, martyrs and devotions that helped establish Catholicism in the American Southwest. Long before the Mayflower reached New England, Franciscan missionaries accompanied Spanish expeditions into what is now the United States. Fathers Juan de Padilla and Luis de Escalona remained behind to preach the Gospel—and became among the earliest Catholic martyrs on American soil. Drawing upon John O’Kane Murray, John Gilmary Shea, Fray Alonso de Benavides and other historical sources, this presentation examines the growth of the New Mexico missions, Venerable María de Ágreda’s mysterious ministry to the “Lady in Blue” Indians, the Pueblo Revolts, and the sacrifice of dozens of Franciscan missionaries. The journey includes San José de los Jémez at Gíusewa, Santa Ana, San Felipe, Santo Domingo, the High Road to Taos, Ranchos de Taos, Loretto Chapel, San Miguel Chapel, San Felipe de Neri, Isleta, and El Santuario de Chimayó. 00:00 Welcome to How the Faith Came to the United States 00:31 Exploring the missions around Santa Fe 02:24 Historical books and sources 03:09 Missions, local guides and Franciscan martyrs 04:47 New Mexico’s earliest missionary history 05:56 Santa Fe and renewed Franciscan missions 07:15 Venerable María de Ágreda, the Lady in Blue 09:22 Survival of the New Mexico missions 09:46 John Gilmary Shea’s missionary history 11:51 Juan de Padilla and Luis de Escalona remain behind 13:05 Father Padilla’s martyrdom 14:34 Additional histories of New Mexico 15:18 “Christians for a hundred years” 18:18 Traveling the Rio Grande mission country 18:52 Fray Alonso de Benavides and the Manso people 22:47 The Holy Cross planted among the people 24:00 Crosses across the New Mexico landscape 27:51 Christian life within the missions 30:08 Remarkable growth of the Faith 31:33 A land filled with churches and crosses 33:42 The severe New Mexico climate 35:15 San José de los Jémez and Gíusewa 37:19 The first mission at Jémez 40:06 The 1621 mission church and convento 43:05 Benavides describes the Jémez nation 45:16 Santa Ana Pueblo and its mission 46:00 San Felipe and Santo Domingo missions 52:12 The history of Santo Domingo 58:53 Cochiti and the aftermath of the Pueblo Revolt 1:08:00 Missions north of Santa Fe 1:12:17 Missionaries killed during the 1696 uprising 1:15:11 The Pueblo Revolt and its causes 1:21:29 Las Trampas on the High Road to Taos 1:28:40 Ranchos de Taos and San Francisco de Asís 1:48:36 Laguna, Isleta and the mission legacy 1:56:09 The Sisters of Loretto arrive 2:03:18 Mass at historic San Miguel Chapel 2:03:35 Is San Miguel America’s oldest church? 2:11:01 San Felipe de Neri in Old Albuquerque 2:18:15 Isleta and the return after the revolt 2:30:29 An unexpected visit to Chimayó 2:31:45 The “Lourdes of America” 2:34:19 The miraculous crucifix of Chimayó 2:36:56 The holy dirt and reported healings 2:42:25 Father Juan de Padilla offers Mass 3:04:15 Our Lady of the Conquest 3:05:21 La Conquistadora returns to Santa Fe 3:16:42 The proto-martyrs of New Mexico 3:25:51 Background to the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 3:28:10 The coordinated uprising begins 3:28:49 Martyrs of the 1680 revolt 3:38:49 Missions rebuilt after the devastation 3:48:50 Servant of God Sister Blandina Segale 3:50:10 Her religious vocation and frontier mission 3:51:27 Confronting violence and saving a wounded outlaw 3:52:16 Ministering to Billy the Kid and New Mexico’s poor For a link on where these missions are click this https://newmexiconomad.com/spanish-missions-in-new-mexico/ On the Santuario de Chimayo https://www.holychimayo.us/ A place to stay https://www.catholicsantafe.org/ 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 ✝️ SUPPORT THE MISSION 🙏 Donate https://sensusfidelium.com/donate-support/ 📬 Free Catholic Newsletter https://sensusfidelium.com/newsletter/ 📰 Read on Substack https://sensusfidelium.substack.com/ ──────────────────── 📺 WATCH & READ 📺 Sensus Fidelium App https://sensusfidelium.tv/ 📚 Sensus Fidelium Press https://sensusfideliumpress.com/ 👕 Official Merchandise https://sensusfidelium.com/merchandise/ ──────────────────── 🤝 PARTNER WITH US 📣 Advertise on Sensus Fidelium https://sensusfidelium.com/advertise-with-sensus-fidelium/ 🎤 Invite Steve Cunningham to Speak https://sensusfidelium.com/speaking/ ⛪ Parish Formation & Consultation https://sensusfidelium.com/for-parishes/ ──────────────────── 🌎 CATHOLIC COMMUNITY ✝️ Trusted Catholic Businesses https://sensusfidelium.com/catholic-businesses/ 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 #CatholicHistory #NewMexicoMissions #FranciscanMissions #SantaFe #CatholicMartyrs #JuanDePadilla #MariaDeAgreda #LadyInBlue #Chimayo #SanMiguelChapel #LaConquistadora

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