A gentle wood carver whose santos are stolen; an old hunchback who,
with the help of Our Lady, comes into her own; a horse thief
innocent of wrong intents-theirs are the stories that Fray Angelico
paints, framing them with exquisite art in the manner of the
medieval triptych. Born and bred in the land of sunshine and
silence, Fray Angelico Chavez has a threefold heritage and a
threefold gift. Heir to the artistic tradition of Spanish New
Mexico, steeped in the spirit of Franciscan mysticism, and
word-perfect in the folklore of the adobe village, he interprets
the ageless spirit of his people in story, poetry and painting.
Fray Angelico Chavez, in the decades following his ordination as a
Franciscan priest in 1937, performed the difficult duties of an
isolated backcountry pastor. His assignments included Hispanic
villages and Indian pueblos. As an army chaplain in World War II,
he accompanied troops in bloody landings on Pacific islands,
claiming afterwards that because of his small stature, Japanese
bullets always missed him. In time, despite heavy clerical duties,
Fray Angelico managed to become an author of note, as well as
something of an artist and muralist. Upon all of his endeavors, one
finds, understandably, the imprint of his religious perspective.
During nearly seventy years of writing, he published almost two
dozen books. Among them were novels, essays, poetry, biographies,
and histories, some of which are published by Sunstone Press.
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