Thursday, November 9, 2006 The Gunnison Valley Gazette Page 8 Gunnison Stake The Mexican Revolution of 1910 to host Fiesta by DR. JAN CHRISTENSEN On Friday November 17 at 6 pm the Gunnison LDS Stake will host a fiesta to celebrate the Mexican holiday of November 20. On that day in 1910 the people of Mexico rose up against the dictator General Porfirio Diaz and established a democracy. The fiesta will be held in the Gunnison Middle School lunchroom with a dinner prepared under the direction of the Gunnison Stake Spanish Branch. There is no cost for the dinner or the entertainment that will follow. Tony Yapias, director of Hispanic Affairs under Governors Mike Leavitt and Olene Walker and also Netzah Rubalcava of the Boy Scouts of America will be the guest speakers. Then the BYU Folk dancers will perform on stage to conclude the evening's entertainment. A special invitation is extended to all Hispanic families in the area for a great meal, fantastic music and dancing, and messages from two leaders in the Hispanic community. ESTAN INV1TAD0S A FIESTA i> POR TODA LA FAMILIA VIERNES 17 DE NOVIEMBRE :. A LAS 6 DE LAf TARDE • EL COLEGIO MEDIANO DE GUNNISON For most of Mexico's developing history, a small minority of the people were in control of most of the country's po.wer and wealth, while the majority of the population worked in poverty. As the rift between the poor and rich grew under the leadership of General Porfirio Diaz, the political voice of the lower classes was also declining. Opposition of Diaz did surface, when Francisco I. Madero, educated in Europe and. at the University of California, led a series of strikes throughout the country. Diaz was pressured into holding an election in 1910, in which Madero was able to gather a significant number of the votes. Although Diaz was at one time a strong supporter of the one-term limit, he seemed to have changed his mind and had Madero imprisoned, feeling that the people of Mexico just weren't ready for democracy. Once Madero was released from prison, he continued his battle against Diaz in an attempt to have him overthrown. During this time, several other Mexican folk heros began to, emerge, including the well known Pancho Villa in the north/ and the peasant Emiliano Zapata in the south, who were able to harass the Mexican army and wrest control of their respective regions. Diaz was unable to control the spread of the insurgence and resigned in May, 1911, with the signing of the Treaty of Ciudad Juarez, after which he fied to France. Madero was elected president, but received opposition from Emiliano Zapata who didn't wish to wait for the orderly implementation of Madero's desired land reforms. In November of the same year Zapata denounced Madero as presi- dent and took the position for himself. He controlled the state of Morelos, where he chased out the estate owners and divided their lands to the peasants. Later, in 1919, Zapata was assassinated by Jesus Guajardo acting under orders from General Pablo Gonzalez. It was during this time that the country broke into many different factions, and guerilla units roamed across the country destroying and burning down many large haciendas and ranchos. Madero was later taken prisoner and executed and the entire country existed in a state of disorder for several years, while Pancho Villa rampaged through the north, and different factions fought for presidential control. Eventually, Venusliano Carranza rose to the presidency, and organized an important convention whose outcome was the Constitution of 1917, which is still in effect today. Carranza made land reform an important part of that constitution. This resulted in the ejido, or farm cooperative program that redistributed much of the country's land from the wealthy land holders to the peasants. The ejidos are still in place today and comprise nearly half of all the farmland in Mexico. Carranza was followed by others who would fight for political control, and who would eventually continue with the reforms, both in education and land distribution. During this period the PRI political party was established, which was the dominant political power for 71 years until Vicente Fox of the conservative PAN party was elected. The holiday itself commemorates the day, November 20th of 1910, when Madero denounced President Diaz, declared himself president of Mexico and called for a national insurrection. VENGAN A CENAR CON NOSOTROS UN GRUPO DE BA1LARINES DE BVU Y UN DISCURSANTE ESPECIAL, TONYYAPIAS . TODO-ESGRATUITO .£gl^Rp"fiRAMA:LES.SERA 1 PRESENTADO A USTEDES POR *'^'<•%'.:•. ' "-. LAESTACADEGUNNISON YIA'RAMA ESPANOLA DE ;.. ' LAIGLESIADEJESUCRISTO ,.„,, DE iJ05 ; SANTbs ; DEL0S OLTIMOS DIAS •&$ Cathedral of the Madeleine I have a dear friend who travels extensively. She's been to Boston several times, Hawaii, Italy, England and France. Last year she spent a Sunday service in Notre Dame cathedral in Paris. I live vicariously through her when she comes home and shows me the pictures. UST OB HBL.Fi Place a Classified Ad for as little as $6 per week. Add a picture for only $5 more. You can reach over 800 households weekly/ Call Mark at 528-5178 Cold Weather is upon us! It's time to stay inside and quilt Sign up now for November Classes! 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The Cathedral of the Madeleine was built in 1909, but the exterior echoes the ancient Romanesque style with a vaulted Gothic interior, complete with statuary and gargoyles. You look straight up the towering gray stone walls, with arched windows and pass beneath the statues of saints, and then walk into the chapel. From there all you can do is stop and stare at the high vaulted ceilings, colorful murals, the intricate stained glass window scenes, and the rich, golden woodwork. The vaulted Gothic interior was begun in 1917. It was created under the direction of the Right Reverend Joseph S, Glass who became Bishop of Salt Lake in 1915. He was called "a man of refined tasted and strong artistic sensibility." He brought in John Theodore Comes who was among the leading architects in the nation, to take on the "beautification of the plain interior." It was styled after the Spanish Gothic style of the Middle Ages. Comes added the colorful murals and the many dramatic colors throughout. Comes also put in a shrine of St. Mary Magdalen along with some-other shrines which have a hushed, quiet aura beneath the flicker of candlelight and smoking incense. The cathedral underwent a huge renovation from 1991-1993 which restored "every aspect of the interior," and cost almost $10 million. This renovation, under the leadership of The Most Reverend William K. Weigand (appointed SLC Bishop in 1980), brought the liturgical elements of the cathedral up to standard. The renovation included placing a new altar in a more prominent place, "giving a new centrality to the bishop's chair", and improving and enlarging the baptismal font, and many other things. In case you thought that the Mormon Tabernacle Choir was pretty much it up north, the cathedral has an official adult choir, which has been around since 1909. It sings weekly at the 11 a.m. Sunday mass, for Solemnities, and for 6 p.m. Holy Day masses throughout the year. Christy Hardman/Uunnison Salt Lake City's Catherdal of the Madeleine. There are additional performances during Vespers of Advent, Christmas and Easter. The choir sings a wide mix of music spanning the ages from the ancient Gregorian chant to modem music. The Choir of the Cathedral of the Madeleine takes seriously its duty of "preserving the sacred heritage of church music." The choir has traveled from Rome to Assisi, Florence, Paris, Brussels, and Aachen. They have sung in St. Peter's Basilica and in Notre Dame in Paris. They have three CDs available, and are broadcasted over radio and television. But that's not all. There is also a Madeleine Choir School which is a mission of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Salt Lake City. It's an elementary school for kindergarten through eighth grade. It started in 1996, with a goal of "preparing young people to engage the culture with the Catholic intellectual, artistic, moral and religious tradition." 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