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A sacred light in the darkness: Winter solstice illuminations at Spanish missions

Dec 20, 2016, 8:08 AM 0

By Rubén G. Mendoza The Conversation On Wednesday, Dec. 21, nations in the Northern Hemisphere will mark the winter solstice – the shortest day and longest night of the year. For thousands of years people have marked this event…

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Indigenous descendants of builders of San Antonio’s missions hold forgiveness ceremony to reinter remains of ancestors

Feb 22, 2013, 12:00 AM 0

LatinaLista — Visitors to any of San Antonio’s five historic missions — Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo, Mission Concepción, Mission San Francisco de la Espada, Mission San Antonio de Valero “The Alamo,” and Mission San Juan Capistrano…