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A panel composed of a representative from Spain, three from Mexico, one from Canada, plus another 15 or so experts from across the United States, convened in San Antonio April 11-15 to help further the nomination of the five Franciscan missions to UNESCO’s list of recognized World Heritage Sites.
Carol Baass Sowa | Today's Catholic
Mission visitors to speed World Heritage Site nomination
 
SAN ANTONIO • Historic Mission San José has had its share of important visitors over the centuries, including royalty and famous literary figures, but the visitors who trooped through the mission grounds on April 12 held special significance for San José and for San Antonio’s other missions — Concepción, San Juan Capistrano and San Francisco de la Espada, as well as former Mission San Antonio de Valero, known today as the Alamo.
 
The visitors were members of an expert panel formed to further the nomination of San Antonio’s five Franciscan Missions, including their acequia system and Rancho de las Cabras near Floresville (originally the ranch for Mission Espada), to UNESCO’s list of recognized World Heritage Sites.
 
“We have been working on the World Heritage nomination for over five years,” said historian Paul Ringenbach, lead writer for the forthcoming nomination document. The San Antonio Franciscan Missions, he explained ...
 

Be sure to check out the special section dedicated to Catholic Campus Ministry, featured in the March 23rd issue of Today's Catholic.


Men educated on personal dignity at conference
 
SAN ANTONIO • The seventh annual Catholic Men’s Conference, presented by the Pilgrim Center of Hope at the St. Matthew Church McDonald Center the weekend of March 23-24, was a source of inspiration and healing to about 500 men of all ages.
 
The conferences, which began in 2004, have as their mission to promote a deeper understanding of dignity as being created in the image and likeness of God, and to provide direction and resources to help transform individuals, families and society....
 


 
 

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