Thursday, April 1, 2010

Mission in Chiapas

Act 2 Sc 13 page 82

Jude: "...at this mission in Chiapas..."
Mark: "Wow. How very Catholic of you."

The History of the Chiapas Mission
J. Samuel Hofman
The State of Chiapas is about half the size of Iowa. It is a remote and neglected green jewel snuggled up against Guatemala. Geographically and culturally it should be part of Guatemala. But in 1824, following the war of independence when both Mexico and Guatemala broke free from Spain, Chiapas chose to become part of Mexico.

read about this mission here
http://www.westernsem.edu/files/westernsem/Hofman.pdf

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