Loretto: The Sisters and Their Santa Fe Chapel: The Sisters and Their Santa Fe Chapel

About this book

The Loretto Chapel has long been a destination for travelers to New Mexico and an architectural wonder. The story of the Sisters of Lorettos mission in Santa Fe and their Gothic-Revival chapel with its miraculous gravity-defying staircasebuilt by a mysterious carpenter who answered their prayersare important chapters in Santa Fe history in the late nineteenth century. The author uncovers another potential builder of the miracle staircase and colorfully paints the period of Bishop Lamy and the Lorettine Sisters.