Easter Vigil at San Albino
22 April 2025, Mesilla, New Mexico, Steven Zimmerman – On 19 April 2025, the Basilica of San Albano held its Easter Vigil Mass and welcomed five people into the Catholic Church. The Vigil Mass began near the Columberiaums, where a…
Launching 1 May 2025
The Las Cruces Catholic newspaper’s mission is to communicate the faith life of the local and universal Catholic Church. We will achieve this by informing the Catholic community about diocesan events, news from the national and world Catholic Church, and other relevant…
Feast Day of Saint Bernadette
16 April 2025, Las Cruces, NM, Steven Zimmerman – On 16 April, the Church will celebrate the feast day of St. Bernadette Soubirous, who received apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Lourdes in the mid-1800s. During these apparitions, Mary…
The Church Veiled
1 April 2025, Mesilla, NM, Steven Zimmerman – On Monday of the fourth week of Lent, I volunteered as a docent at the Basilica of San Albino in Mesilla, New Mexico. The church employs docents to keep the doors open…