Diocese of Las Cruces · Est. 2025

Maria de Agreda
Theological Institute

"Via et Veritas et Vita"
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Rooted in Truth,
Formed for Mission

Erected on May 8, 2025 by the Most Reverend Peter Baldacchino, Bishop of Las Cruces, the Institute provides a rigorous program of philosophical and theological education rooted in the Thomistic tradition and faithful to the Magisterium of the Catholic Church.

Our seminarians come from across the United States and beyond, forming a diverse community united in their pursuit of truth and their preparation for priestly ministry in the Diocese of Las Cruces.

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Venerable María de Ágreda — the Lady in Blue

Venerable María de Ágreda

Known as the "Lady in Blue," this seventeenth-century Spanish mystic is believed to have bilocated to New Mexico over five hundred times, evangelizing the Jumano people before any missionary set foot in the region. When Franciscan friars arrived in 1629, they found the people already prepared for baptism — one of the most remarkable missionary phenomena in the history of the Americas. She is the fitting patron of this Institute.

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