Father Jose Cubells (Convento de la Sagrada Familia, Washington), part 1

Authors

• 1140 3. 013.1

Document Type

Audio

Publication Date

7-15-1996

Comments

Family genealogy, His family is from Spain and he comes from a family of professionals. His mother was a Catalonian, he was born in Tarrogona, Spain. Memories of his education in Catalan and Castilian. Finished school until the tenth grade and then entered the Seminary of the Sacred Family in Spain. One of his mentors and teachers in the seminary brought him to New Mexico. He was 12 years old when he entered the seminary. His first parishes to serve in the U.S. were in Colorado then in New Mexico. He served in  Truchas, Cordova, and some Indian Pueblos. Memories of the Santuario de Chimayó and the Santo Niño de Atocha. He was interested in the history of the Indians and the Spanish colonists in New Mexico and the history of the Atomic bomb made in Los Alamos Laboratories. He used to write articles and booklets published in a local newspaper 'El Nuevo Mexicano'. He taught in the schools in Santa Cruz, NM. Wrote some stories about the Indians, he visited Acoma Pueblo several times and other pueblos in New Mexico. He used to write for the paper in Los Alamos, reading some published verses that Arellano brough with him.

Recommended Citation

Anselmo Arellano collection (MSS 1140), Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections, University Libraries, University of New Mexico