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Chapters: Loretto Chapel, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Fe, Rocky Mountain District, Peter Bourgade, Roman Catholic Diocese of Gallup, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in New Mexico, Episcopal Diocese of the Rio Grande, Roman Catholic Diocese of Las Cruces, Orthodox Church in America Diocese of the South, John Baptist Pitaval, Jerome J. Hastrich. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 44. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe, New Mexico is known for its unusual spiral staircase, an exceptional work of carpentry. The construction and builder of the staircase are considered miracles by the Sisters of Loretto and many who visit. In 1872 Jean-Baptiste Lamy, the Bishop of the Santa Fe Archdiocese, commissioned the building of a convent chapel to be named Our Lady of Light Chapel, which would be in the care of the Sisters of Loretto. The chapel was designed by French architect Antoine Mouly in the Gothic Revival style, complete with spires, buttresses, and stained glass windows imported from France. Although it was built on a much smaller scale, the chapel bears an obvious resemblance to the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris. The architect died suddenly and it was only after much of the chapel was constructed that the builders realized it was lacking any type of stairway to the choir loft. Due to the chapel’s small size, a standard staircase would have been too large. Historians have also noted that earlier churches of the period had ladders rather than stairs to the choir loft, but the Sisters obviously did not feel comfortable with that prospect because of the long habits that they wore. The reputed story continues as follows. 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 afte…More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2571141
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