Church in Penitentes area of New Mexico   Save
Joe Munroe Archive
Description: Photograph showing a church in the Penitentes area of northern New Mexico, taken by Joe Munroe, 1974. The Penitentes is a lay ministry group that works together to promote the idea of the Roman Catholic faith in the area of northern New Mexico and southern Colorado. This group was formed after Spanish missionaries left the area once Mexico gained its independence, when local communities banded together to help one another in the absence of a parish priest. Joe Munroe's career began in 1939 at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. He served in the Air Force during World War II and then joined Cincinnati-based Farm Quarterly magazine. Though raised in Detroit, agriculture became an important subject of Joe's photographs. He moved to California in 1955 and free-lanced, taking magazine assignments and selling his own work. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P400_B31_F2226_JPG215
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Religious services; Penitentes; Lay ministry
Places: New Mexico