The Loretto Chapel has long been a destination for travelers to New Mexico and an architectural wonder.

The Loretto Chapel has long been a destination for travelers to New Mexico and an architectural wonder. The story of the Sisters of Loretto's mission in Santa Fe and their Gothic-Revival chapel with its miraculous, gravity-defying staircase-built by a mysterious carpenter who answered their prayers-are important chapters in Santa Fe history in the late nineteenth century. The Loretto Chapel has long been a destination for travelers to New Mexico and an architectural wonder.

The Loretto Chapel, Santa Fe, was built in a Gothic . The Sisters were only too pleased to agree to these terms if it meant getting their staircase done.

The Loretto Chapel, Santa Fe, was built in a Gothic style by Antoine and Projectus Mouly from Paris. While they used the chapel for their own activities, the carpenter retreated – returning only when the chapel was empty. She compiled enough evidence about the mysterious carpenter, that she was able to write a book called, Loretto: The Seven Sisters and Their Santa Fe Chapel, in 1984.

Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico Press.

The Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, is a former Roman Catholic church that is now used as a. Cook, Mary Jean Straw (2002). Loretto: The Sisters and Their Santa Fe Chapel. Santa Fe, NM: Museum of New Mexico Press.

The Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, is a former Roman Catholic church that is now used as a museum and a wedding chapel. It is known for its unusual helix-shaped spiral staircase (the "Miraculous Stair").

Mary J. Straw Cook is also the author of Immortal Summer: A Victorian Woman's Travels in the Southwest: The 1897 Letters and Photographs of Ameria Hollenback and Loretto: The Sisters and Their Santa Fe Chapel. She has lived in Santa Fe since 1939. Библиографические данные. Doña Tules: Santa Fe's Courtesan and Gambler. Mary Jean Straw Cook.

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The Sisters of Loretto or the Loretto Community is a Catholic religious institute that strives "to bring the healing Spirit of God into our . Loretto : the sisters and their Santa Fe chapel. Museum of New Mexico Press.

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. It is committed "to improving the conditions of those who suffer from injustice, oppression, and deprivation of dignity. Based in the rural community of Nerinx, Kentucky, the organization has communities in 16 US states and in Bolivia, Chile, China, Ghana, Pakistan, and Peru.

Mary Jean Straw Cook, author of Loretto: The Sisters and Their Santa Fe Chapel (2002: Museum of New Mexico Press).

She claimed his name was Francois-Jean "Frenchy" Rochas, an expert woodworker who emigrated from France and arrived in Santa Fe around the time the staircase was built

Mary Jean Straw Cook, author of Loretto: The Sisters and Their Santa Fe Chapel solved the mystery . Hi Mary, I actually walk by that chapel and even took an iphone photo of it while walking around Santa Fe in between meetings. But I wasn’t aware of its interesting history.

Mary Jean Straw Cook, author of Loretto: The Sisters and Their Santa Fe Chapel solved the mystery carpenter’s identity in the late 1990s. He was Francois-Jean Frenchy Rochas, a French immigrant who was also an expert woodworker.