The Mystical Lady In Blue

 Almost 400 years ago an amazing, spiritual phenomenon happened
relatively near the area now known as San Angelo, Texas. After receiving a  letter from the Archbishop of Mexico, Father Benavides from Isleta, New Mexico, sent two padres with a group of Jumanos to investigate an unusual occurrence concerning Christan activity with Native Americans. They were greeted by thousands of native Americans with crosses covered with flowers. When asked how they came to know their Christianity they told the missionaries they had learned about Jesus from The Lady In Blue.

Her name was Sor Maria de Agreda. Sor Maria had the gift of bilocation, that is she was able to be in two places at once. Although she never left her convent in Spain, miraculously she was able to walk with the Natives in the New World and communicate to them in a way they could understand her. Sor Maria's cloak was made of dark blue cloth and because of this the Jumanos referred to her as The Lady In Blue.

Maria visited the Native Americans in the New World over 500 times.There is a legend told in Texas that the morning after her last visit, the land was filled with beautiful bluebonnet flowers as a gift to remember her by.

This summer the people of San Angelo, Texas came together to honor this miraculous event that happened nearby, on the Concho River. Author, Marilyn Fedewa and Composer, Cynthia Jordan both shared their passion to tell Sor Maria's story. Marilyn's book The Mystical Lady In Blue and Cynthia's new CD The Lady In Blue were both released June 2009.

Present-day Jumano-Apache Native Americans traveled to San Angelo from all over Texas. They were honored as they spiritually connected with the sacred land of their ancestors known as Paint Rock. There they celebrated Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year, along with hundreds of people from the area.

June 20th 2009

Procession of the 2 Crosses

The Lady In Blue
with

 author Marilyn Fedewa and composer Cynthia Jordan

June 21st

Mass Celebration
With the Carmelite Sisters
Convent In Christoval

Summer Solstice Celebration
Pictographs Location in Paint Rock, Texas

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please call 325-657-7099 

"I see The Lady In Blue as a yearly event, a spiritual pilgrimage, to honor the miracle that took place along the Concho River, so long ago. I see the City of San Angelo coming together, welcoming visitors from all over the world to their unique oasis of a city. I see a simple, beautiful chapel on the Concho River, the only place on earth that produces a pink pearl, where people can experience quiet prayer and meditation. I see a beautiful garden where they can sit as they bask themselves in the ambiance of  peace and solitude in a land known today as West Texas."
~Cynthia Jordan      

 The Church of the Immaculet Conception founded in San Antonio, Texas in 1716 was named after Sor Maria's Convent in Agreda, Spain.

The Convent of the Conception Maria's convent in Spain

Cambridge Connections Marilyn Fedewa's Biography of Sor Maria de Agreda

The Vatican As of May 2003, the Vice Postulator for her Cause for Sainthood says her prospects for Beatification are good.

The words, images, and songs depicting Native Americans on this website do not represent information provided by a representative sample of Jumano people and Jumano-Apache people, because the events all came together so quickly. For future instances of this event, however, having gained from this experience, we hope the Jumano-Apaches will participate as much as possible in the planning and implementation.