Los Lunas-based Nicolas Otero, a longtime santero, has begun the schematics for the project, his first altar in New Mexico.

A lady chapel is a side chapel or altar inside of a church building dedicated to Mary. A larger church or cathedral will likely have a chapel, whereas a smaller church may have a side altar.

Starting in 1961, a sculpture by revered Spokane artist Harold Balazs graced the wall behind the altar at the Messiah Evangelical Lutheran Church as a symbol of a timeless expression of faith. Now, ...