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The chapel was commissioned by the Sisters of Loretto for their girls' school, Loretto Academy, in 1873. Archbishop Jean-Baptiste Lamy had brought in two French architects, Antoine Mouly and his son Projectus, to work on the St. Francis Cathedral project, and suggested that the Sisters could make use of their services on the side to build a much-needed chapel for the academy. [4]
Loretto Chapel: 207 Old Santa Fe Tl, Santa Fe Gothic style chapel, built by the Sisters of Loretto around 1873; known for its circular staircase. Now privately owned [114] Mission Nuestra Señora de la Asunción Zia Pueblo: Supervised by the National Park Service [115] Nuestra Señora de Los Angeles de Porciúncula de los Pecos Mission
The archdiocese is also the home of the Loretto Chapel, which contains an ascending spiral staircase—the building of which the Sisters of Loretto consider to be a miracle due to the unusual construction of the staircase (see Loretto Chapel for a more detailed discussion).
Basilica's interior. While the church was substantially designed in the Romanesque Revival style, there are some decorative elements in the Gothic Revival style. [1] These include the altars, that were carved of Carrara marble and imported from Italy, and the altar rail that is composed of Mexican onyx and supported by brass pilasters, capitals and panels.
Nov. 28—LOCKPORT — In 1985, Sister Mary Loretto had a problem. She had established a soup kitchen at the German Lutheran Church in the city, and it had outgrown the space. She was able to use ...
The Sisters of Loretto or the Loretto Community is a Catholic religious institute that strives "to bring the healing Spirit of God into our world." Founded in the United States in 1812 and based in the rural community of Nerinx, Kentucky, [2] the organization has communities in 16 US states and in Bolivia, Chile, China, Ghana, Pakistan, and Peru.
Encompassed in the general plaza area are historic monuments, restaurants, businesses and art galleries, including the Palace of the Governors (the oldest public building in the U.S.), the New Mexico Museum of Art, Cathedral Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi, and the Loretto Chapel.
In 1982, the entire complex of St. Gregory's Church, the Loretto Shrine Chapel, and St. Mary's Convent was added to the National Register of Historic Places as . [6] "The Storm of 2000," took the steeple off the church. Officially a windstorm, many say it was a tornado. After the storm, St. Gregory received a new steeple to resemble the original.