ST. JOSEPH APACHE MISSION + MESCALERO COMING-OF-AGE CEREMONY
Fri, May 30
|Mescalero
YOUR TICKET PURCHASE SUPPORTS NEW MEXICO'S HERITAGE CULTURES
Time & Location
May 30, 2025, 4:00 PM – May 31, 2025, 12:00 PM
Mescalero, 636 Mission Rd, Mescalero, NM 88340, USA
About the event
On this Friday afternoon and night we first visit the expansive stone “Apache Cathedral” and the Apache Christ icon housed there. The church was comprehensively restored beginning in 2000 and today St. Joseph Apache Mission—on the National Register of Historic Places—is among the most outstanding historic religious structures in New Mexico.
Following the church visit we drive in caravan (in your own car) about twenty minutes to a private coming-of-age ceremony in the forest on the Mescalero Apache Reservation. We have a traditional dinner served by the host family and then attend the ceremonial events. A degree of patience and endurance are required (events unfold slowly, awaiting nightfall) and appropriate respect and decorum are expected. Dances continue until around midnight; PROFUNDO participants are free to come and go as they please. Proceeds from ticket revenue benefit the maidens and their family.
During the church visit and at the coming-of age…
Tickets
General Admission
$90.00
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