Not everyone views preservation of historic buildings in the same way.When the National Park Service agreed to take four Spanish colonial missions of San Antonio under its wing in a collaborative effort to preserve them as monuments, it was with the agreement that the Catholic Church would maintain living parishes at San Jose, Concepcion, Espada, and San Juan. But the parishioners, who were tied to the future of the threatened missions with their own lengthy history and lively traditions, had needs of their own needs that not even the Church understood.From among community members and...
Not everyone views preservation of historic buildings in the same way.When the National Park Service agreed to take four Spanish colonial missions of ...