Franciscan herald (1913 - 1940) . vein. The Mexicans here were sadly inneed of my ministrations. Most ofthe children were not baptized, andthe parents not wedded accordingto the laws of the Church. On myarrival, they transformed one ofthe tents into a small chapel, thewomen bringing branches of treesfrom a great distance to decoratethe tent. I remained here eightdays, baptizing sometimes as manyas thirty a day, and uniting threeor four couples a day in holy Matri-mony, to say nothing of the many catechist, having little to do hereamong the Mexicans, became lone-some; so I sent him with the tea
Franciscan herald (1913 - 1940) . vein. The Mexicans here were sadly inneed of my ministrations. Most ofthe children were not baptized, andthe parents not wedded accordingto the laws of the Church. On myarrival, they transformed one ofthe tents into a small chapel, thewomen bringing branches of treesfrom a great distance to decoratethe tent. I remained here eightdays, baptizing sometimes as manyas thirty a day, and uniting threeor four couples a day in holy Matri-mony, to say nothing of the many catechist, having little to do hereamong the Mexicans, became lone-some; so I sent him with the teamto St. Johns. In two days and ahalf, the half-famished mules cov-ered 110 miles of bad roads. Ajo is still a typical western fron-tier-town, with all the good and thebad qualities of such a town. Theprison is an old abandoned tun-nel that leads to one of the first inmates of this place aresaid to have been Mexicans arrestedin a drunken street brawl. Whenthe deputy led them to their newquarters, he found a box of dyna-. Church of Papagos in the Desert confessions heard. The Mexicanshailing from the northern part of theRepublic, are as a rule very lax andindifferent in their religion. If theyhave received the sacraments of Bap-tism and Confirmation, which lattersacrament is generally administeredto the children soon after Baptism,they deem themselves sufficientlyprepared for Heaven, and so farthe zealous efforts of the priests todisabuse them of this notion, havebeen in vain. This is especiallytrue of those coming from the largecities and their suburbs. My Indian mite stored away there. Pointingto the box, he said, Boys, take myadvice, and dont throw that atoneanothers head, or you may not liveto tell the story. Having accomplished my workhere, I traveled by automobile for-ty-three miles to the next railroadstation. The mine superintendentwas so kind as to place his privatecar at my disposal. The drivethrough the desert was very mono-tonous. Cactus and small patches of
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