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Calera Chapel
Mission Mary (Calera Chapel) in Toyahvale, Texas
Mission Mary was established in 1902 when Father Nicolas Brocardus began performing baptisms and marriages. Father Brocardus arrived in the US from the Netherlands in 1892 and began serving the Big Bend area in 1897. He rode the circuit on horseback or in a buggy and later in a Model T, visiting once a month. Mission Mary was eventually abandoned but was restored by the Calera Foundation and reopened in 2003 as Calera Chapel.
Calera Chapel
Mission Mary (Calera Chapel) in Toyahvale, Texas
Mission Mary was established in 1902 when Father Nicolas Brocardus began performing baptisms and marriages. Father Brocardus arrived in the US from the Netherlands in 1892 and began serving the Big Bend area in 1897. He rode the circuit on horseback or in a buggy and later in a Model T, visiting once a month. Mission Mary was eventually abandoned but was restored by the Calera Foundation and reopened in 2003 as Calera Chapel.