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Staircase at Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe


 
BetterPhoto.com Photo Contest Finalist   Staircase at Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe
Staircase at Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe
Story of the stairway. 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 after their novena ended a shabby-looking stranger appeared at their door. He told the nuns he would build them a staircase but that he needed total privacy and locked himself in the chapel for three months. He used a small number of primitive tools including a square, a saw and some warm water and constructed a spiral staircase entirely of non-native wood. The identity of the carpenter is not known for as soon as the staircase was finally finished he was gone. Many witnesses, upon seeing the staircase, feel it was constructed by St. Joseph himself, as a miraculous occurrence.The resulting staircase is an impressive work of carpentry. It ascends twenty feet, making two complete revolutions up to the choir loft without the use of nails or apparent center support.

Randy A. Myers

  
 
 

Colette M. Metcalf 		 

Beautiful capture!!!


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July 16, 2014

 
- Linda D. Lester

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Linda D. Lester's Gallery 		  I was here last year and I didn't get a shot like this! Very hard to get a comp in here. Awesome shot!


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July 16, 2014

 

JO ANN CLEVELAND 		  This is awesome Randy, a fave for me, sure hope we see this one in Gold!
Love the history too.

jo ann c.


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July 16, 2014

 

Jayne Martin 		  Beautiful capture and love the store behind it.


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July 16, 2014

 

Mary K. Robison 		  Marvelous, graceful creation and fascinating story, Randy. Terrific work!
Winner!


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July 19, 2014

 
- Carol Flisak

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Carol Flisak's Gallery 		  Beautiful image, Randy... excellent composition and light of this work of art! Having been there, this is a challenge to capture. Congratulations on your well-deserved finalist!


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August 28, 2014

 

JO ANN CLEVELAND 		  Yeaaaa! Congrats on this finalist, now for the Gold!


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August 28, 2014

 
- Marilyn K. Lincecum

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Marilyn K. Lincecum's Gallery 		  Ditto with Carol. Congratulations on a well deserved finalist.


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August 28, 2014

 

Jayne Martin 		  So glad to see this again, loved the story (googled it)!! Good luck in next round!


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August 28, 2014

 

Stephen Zacker 		  Very nice. I have heard about this staircase


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August 29, 2014

 

Stephen Zacker 		  Very nice. I have heard about this staircase. Congratulations


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August 29, 2014

 
- Linda D. Lester

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Linda D. Lester's Gallery 		  Congratulations on this awesome comp!


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August 29, 2014

 
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