Catholic Texas Before the Alamo | The Lady in Blue & Spanish Missions

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Long before the Texas Revolution, Catholic missionaries carried the Gospel across the plains, deserts and river valleys of Texas. In Episode 9 of How Catholicism Came to the United States, Steve Cunningham explores Texas’s Spanish missions, Franciscan martyrs, historic churches and remarkable Catholic traditions. 00:00 “You are the resistance” 00:42 How Catholicism came to Texas 00:51 Early missionaries and Spanish explorers 01:29 Coronado crosses the Texas plains 02:19 Priests with La Salle’s expedition 02:36 Spain’s two goals in Texas 03:07 Explorers and missionaries enter Texas 03:53 La Salle’s lost French colony 04:56 Damián Massanet and Alonso de León 05:20 The ruins of Fort Saint Louis 06:53 San Francisco de los Tejas founded 07:44 The cross and the Hasinai leadership 08:22 Missionaries promise peace and friendship 08:37 The Spanish mission system explained 09:37 Why the first East Texas missions failed 10:18 Father Hidalgo seeks French assistance 11:14 San Antonio de Valero—the Alamo 11:23 Venerable María de Jesús de Ágreda 12:50 The mysterious gift of bilocation 13:08 The Lady in Blue appears in Texas 13:30 Jumano Indians seek Catholic missionaries 14:27 Franciscans investigate the reports 14:42 Two thousand Jumanos baptized 15:29 Benavides interviews María de Ágreda 16:06 The Lady in Blue and the bluebonnets 16:33 Thirty historic missions of Texas 18:54 San Francisco de los Tejas 19:12 The mission later known as the Alamo 21:03 San Antonio de Valero 21:17 The San Antonio mission chain 21:33 San Antonio Missions National Historical Park 21:42 Mission San Juan Capistrano 25:28 Mission San José 28:18 The famous Rose Window 28:38 Mission Concepción 30:20 The diversity of mission communities 32:58 Daily life at Mission Concepción 35:31 Mission Espada 38:08 The Alamo before the Texas Revolution 38:53 Founding San Antonio de Valero 40:04 Seventy-five years of mission life 41:33 Prayer and work at the Alamo mission 43:16 Frescoes discovered inside the church 43:48 Why Mission Valero closed 45:15 Trades and self-government taught at the mission 45:56 Timeline of Catholic Texas 46:29 María de Ágreda: the Woman in Blue 47:08 The first mission near San Angelo 47:51 La Junta and the first Mass traditions 48:28 El Paso and the Pueblo Revolt 49:24 El Camino Real and East Texas missions 50:28 Founding of San Antonio 51:01 The “Chicken War” 51:56 The San Sabá disaster 53:00 Twenty-six Spanish missions across Texas 54:07 The Franciscans who served Texas 54:40 Hispanic Catholic families preserve the Faith 56:03 The diocesan Church takes root 1:04:27 French and Spanish rivalry in Texas 1:07:51 Father Francisco Xavier Silva 1:12:14 The missionaries of San Sabá 1:13:11 Father José Antonio Díaz de León 1:14:31 The priest who baptized Sam Houston 1:15:10 Father Díaz predicts his death 1:15:42 The mysterious murder of the “Last Padre of Texas” 1:16:34 Our Lady of Perpetual Help and wartime prayer 1:17:13 Italian POWs decorate a Texas church 1:18:10 Saint Peter’s Church in Lindsay 1:21:56 The Schoenstatt Shrine in Austin 1:25:02 Texas’s smallest Catholic church 1:25:54 Cathedral of Our Lady of Walsingham 1:26:33 Saint Mary’s Cathedral Basilica in Galveston 1:27:30 Lourdes Grotto and Guadalupe Tepeyac 1:29:29 Basilica of the National Shrine of the Little Flower 1:31:12 Saint Thérèse’s portrait corrected by her sister 1:34:23 The replica tomb chapel of Saint Thérèse 1:38:41 Architectural treasures of the San Antonio missions 1:39:02 Goliad’s Catholic missions 1:40:29 The Lady in Blue statue in San Angelo 1:41:09 The Painted Churches of Texas 1:43:08 Saint John the Baptist in Ammannsville 1:44:16 Saints Cyril and Methodius in Dubina 1:46:27 Saint Mary’s in High Hill 1:48:27 Saint Mary’s in Praha 1:50:19 Saint Mary’s in Fredericksburg 1:52:05 The El Paso Mission Trail 1:52:19 Socorro Mission and Saint Michael 1:52:52 Ysleta Mission 1:53:22 San Elizario Presidio Chapel 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 ✝️ 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/ 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 #CatholicTexas #TexasHistory #CatholicHistory #LadyInBlue #MariaDeAgreda #SpanishMissions #TheAlamo

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• Evangelism
• Missions