Title: Secret Staircase
1City of Santa Fé, in New Mexico, USA.A mystery
of over 130 years and attracting around 250
thousand visitors every year. Point of attention
Loretto Chapel
2What makes this chapel different from all others
is that the subject of the supposed miracle that
took place in it is a Staircase
3A chapel was constructed in 1898. When it was
ready, the nuns found that there was no staircase
built to take them to the choir loft 22 feet
above.
4Capenters called in for advice said there was no
way to build a staircase in the small place. The
nuns spent 9 days praying to St. Joseph, who was
a carpenter, for a solution.
5On the 9th day of the novena, a stranger knocked
at their door and said that he was a carpenter
who could help them build the staircase.
6He constructed the staircase, all by himself,
which was considered to be the pride of
carpentery.
7None knew how the staircase could stand by itself
as it had two 360 degree turns and did not have a
central support
8Then the carpenter, who did not use a single nail
or glue to construct this staircase, disappeared
without even waiting for his payment.
9There was a rumour in the city of Santa Fé, that
the carpenter was St. Joseph himself ...
10...sent by Jesus Christ to attend to the nuns
problem. Since then, the staircase was known to
be called miraculous and turned out to be the
site for pilgrimage.
11There are 3 mysteries in this case, says the
spokesman of the chapel the 1st mystery is
that, until today, the identity of this man is
not known.
12The second mystery all the architects,
engineers and scientists say that they cannot
understand how this staircase can balance without
any central support.
13And the 3rd mystery from where did the wood
come? They have checked and found out that the
type of wood used to build the staircase does not
exist in the entire region
14There is another detail that has just increased
the belief in the supposed miracle The
staircase has 33 steps, the age of Jesus Christ.
M. Gallo