Jamaicas at St. Francis on the Brazos

ID: 1290 ~ Source: Cintron, Margie Lopez, interviewed by Elinor Mazé, November 11, 2006, in Waco, Texas. Baylor University Institute for Oral History, Waco, TX. View the full interview
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Margie Lopez Cintron speaks about the jamaicas held at St. Francis on the Brazos when she was a child.

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By Amanda Sawyer
The founding of St. Francis on the Brazos in 1924 marked the return of Franciscan missionaries to central Texas after a century’s absence. At the invitation of Rev. C.E. Byrne, the bishop of Galveston, Spanish Franciscan missionaries settled in Waco…