Controversy over Apache Christ icon shows how Indigenous tradition blends with Catholicism

Описание: (27 Jul 2024)
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Mescalero, New Mexico - 13 July 2024
1. Various of an Apache coming of age ceremony
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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Anne Marie Brillante, St. Joseph Apache Mission parish council member:
"I've never been asked to choose between being Apache and being Catholic. To me, there wasn't a difference. And so when, you know, we had this priest come and tell us that we had to do that. It was a shock."
3. Stolen painting in St. Joseph Apache Mission church
4. Art and icons in St. Joseph Apache Mission church
5. Mescalero Apache coming of age ceremony

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6. Woman holding a rosary during service at St. Joseph Apache Mission church

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7. SOUNDBITE (English) Anne Marie Brillante, St. Joseph Apache Mission parish council member:
"When we all come here and we see the painting. We see ourselves in Jesus. You know, Fr. Chudy came and started a holy war against us. He didn't want us to be reflected, I feel like in, in, in the Catholic religion. That we weren't good enough."
8. Stolen painting of Jesus, depicted as a Mescalero Apache medicine man, in St. Joseph Apache Mission church
9. Various of a Mescalero Apache Tribe coming of age ceremony
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10. SOUNDBITE (English) Glenda Brusuelas, St. Joseph Apache Mission, church elder:
"Our missionaries came to teach us the Catholic faith. And they were accepted and we learned from them. But then when the, Robert Lentz came and did a painting for the people and, you know, that was really something for, for us to, to see and, and know that, you know, our faith was being acknowledged even in the painting. And then when that was taken away from us, we all felt hurt."
11. Art and icons in St. Joseph Apache Mission church
12. Stolen painting in St. Joseph Apache Mission church

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13. Church service at St. Joseph Apache Mission church
14. Exterior St. Joseph Apache Mission church
15. Woman praying during service at St. Joseph Apache Mission church

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Mescalero, New Mexico - 13 July 2024
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16. SOUNDBITE (English) Anne Marie Brillante, St. Joseph Apache Mission parish council member:
"I think that we deserve an apology. We deserve to be reassured that when I come to church Sunday, that's going to still be there. I don't have that assurance right now."
17. Crucifix at St. Joseph Apache Mission church
18. Painting of Jesus depicted as a Mescalero Apache medicine man in St. Joseph Apache Mission church
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"I've never been asked to choose between being Apache and being Catholic. To me, there wasn't a difference. And so when, you know, we had this priest come and tell us that we had to do that. It was a shock."

ON JUNE 26, A PRIEST AT ST. JOSEPH'S APACHE MISSION IN THE MESCALERO RESERVATION REMOVED CHERISHED ICONS AND SYMBOLIC OBJECTS FROM THE SANCTUARY, WHICH ARE A BLEND OF THE CONGREGATIONS INDIGENOUS CULTURE AND CATHOLIC FAITH.

"When we all come here and we see the painting. We see ourselves in Jesus. You know, Fr. Chudy came and started a holy war against us. He didn't want us to be reflected, I feel like in, in, in the Catholic religion. That we weren't good enough."

FOR MANY PARISHIONERS, THE ACT RIPPED OPEN OLD WOUNDS AND DERAILED THE PROCESS OF RECONCILIATION INITIATED BY POPE FRANCIS WHEN HE MADE A HISTORIC APOLOGY FOR THE CHURCH'S ROLE IN INDIGENOUS RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS IN 2022.


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