HOLY FAITH 1863 - 2000

Albuquerque: LPD Press, 2004. Cloth in dust jacket. Light shelfwear. Very Good. 222pp. Includes: Contents, Illustrations, Color Photographs, Foreword, Preface, Epilogue, Appendix, Index. From the back cover: The history of the church of the Holy Faith in Santa Fe is of special interest for several reasons, It is the oldest Episcopal Church, and one of the oldest of any Protestant denomination , in New Mexico. Its early leaders, men like Governor L. Bradford Prince, Senator Thomas B. Catron, and Senator Bronson M. Cutting, were prominent in government and politics; their careers linked church and state in early twentieth century Santa Fe. Some of its buildings were designed by the greatest architect of Santa Fe style, John Gaw Meem, who, together with his wife Faith, was a loyal parishioner for many decades. Art work in the church includes a reredos by well-known artist Gustav Baumann. The churches pipe organ is the largest in northern New Mexico and the music program has long - standing connections with the Santa Fe Opera. The early chapters of the Holy
Faith history are thus part of the political and artistic history of Santa Fe and indeed New Mexico and the Southwest.