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Answered prayers : miracles and milagros along the border / Eileen Oktavec.

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When Catholics in the Southwest ask God or a saint for help, many of them do not merely pray. They also promise or present a gift - a tiny metal object known as a milagro. A milagro, which means "miracle" in Spanish, depicts the object for which a miracle is sought, such as a crippled leg...

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Main Author: Oktavec, Eileen
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, ℗♭1995.
Series:Southwest Center series.
Subjects:
Mission San Xavier del Bac (Tucson, Ariz.)
Santa Maria Magdalena (Church : Magdalena de Kino, Mexico)
Francis Xavier, > Saint, > 1506-1552 > Cult > Arizona > Tucson Region.
Francis Xavier, > Saint, > 1506-1552 > Cult > Mexico > Sonora (State)
Tucson Region (Ariz.) > Religious life and customs.
Sonora (Mexico : State) > Religious life and customs.
Votive offerings > Arizona > Tucson Region.
Votive offerings > Mexico > Sonora (State)
Tucson Region (Ariz.) > Social life and customs.
Sonora (Mexico : State) > Social life and customs.
Francis Xavier, > Saint, > 1506-1552.
Cults.
Manners and customs.
Votive offerings.
Arizona > Tucson Region.
Mexico > Sonora (State)

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Call Number: BX1418.T83 O38 1995
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