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Sunday, March 16, 2008
7:57:00 PM EDT
Unassailable is the commitment of Padre Martinez to quality education in preparation for life. It nurtures the process of liberation that takes the mind and spirit from darkness to light—very much a paschal journey. He was assiduous for his own education since he was a small child. After moving with his parents and younger brothers and sisters from Abiquiu to Taos when he was about eleven, he reviewed , on his own, what he had learned as a small child in school. He deepened his formal education at the Tridentine seminary in Durango, in accord with the reforms mandated by the 16th century Ecumenical Council held in Trent, Italy. In seminary, he won a royal scholarship (given by the King of Spain—just a few years before Mexican Independence), and excelled in philosophy and canon law.
In 1826, shortly after returning to his hometown of Taos as the priest in charge of Our Lady of Guadalupe parish, Padre Martinez established the elementary school for girls as well as boys. Formal education for girls was still quite unusual at the time. In 1833, he obtained from Bishop Zubiría, who was visiting the northern extremity of his Diocese of Durango, permission to prepare young men for priesthood. He taught them Latin and various other subjects before sending them to study theology at the same seminary that he had attended. He obtained his printing press by 1835, and published a number of devotional and educational materials useful to his students. Sixteen men from his seminary were ordained to the priesthood.
After the American occupation in the late summer of 1846, Padre Martinez announced to his seminary students that they would now focus on the study of civil law. He learned, taught and encouraged the study of English. He himself was a canon lawyer well versed in church law, and also a self-taught civil lawyer licensed by the government. He was conversant with the civil law of Spain, Mexico, and was learning the civil law of the United States. Pdre Martinez, besides educating the first generation of native priests for New Mexico, also educated the first generation of lawyers and politicians of the U.S. Territory of New Mexico.
The above contemporary article echoes this concern for education and law. It follows in larger type :
THE STAMP OF HISTORY
by
Svetlana Shkolnikova
SEVEN YEARS BEFORE the monumental Brown v. Board decision tore down the "separe but equal" education system, a little girl of Mexican heritage won the right to attend White schools in California.
It's a relatively unknown piece of history, but the case that promoted California's school desegregation, paved the way for success in Little Rock and other desegregation battles. And now, 60 years later, the first ruling has been honored by the United States Postal Service with a commemorative stamp.
"TEACHING MENDEZ V. WESTMINSTER IS FAITHFUL TO THE CIVIL RIGHTS STORY. IT SHOWS THAT CIVIL RIGHTS WAS NOT JUST A BLACK AND WHITE ISSUE."--Adam Wemmer, California History Teacher
In 1947, Sylvia Mendez was one of several Mexican students in Orange County, California, whose parents sued four school districts for dening their children the right to attend designated "White" schools in the area. The case was fought all the way to the Supreme Court, whose decision confirmed the words of a federal district judge ruling on the case: "A paramount requisite in the American system of public eduction is social equality."
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PADRE MARTINEZ AND EDUCATION
In 1826, shortly after returning to his hometown of Taos as the priest in charge of Our Lady of Guadalupe parish, Padre Martinez established the elementary school for girls as well as boys. Formal education for girls was still quite unusual at the time. In 1833, he obtained from Bishop Zubiría, who was visiting the northern extremity of his Diocese of Durango, permission to prepare young men for priesthood. He taught them Latin and various other subjects before sending them to study theology at the same seminary that he had attended. He obtained his printing press by 1835, and published a number of devotional and educational materials useful to his students. Sixteen men from his seminary were ordained to the priesthood.
After the American occupation in the late summer of 1846, Padre Martinez announced to his seminary students that they would now focus on the study of civil law. He learned, taught and encouraged the study of English. He himself was a canon lawyer well versed in church law, and also a self-taught civil lawyer licensed by the government. He was conversant with the civil law of Spain, Mexico, and was learning the civil law of the United States. Pdre Martinez, besides educating the first generation of native priests for New Mexico, also educated the first generation of lawyers and politicians of the U.S. Territory of New Mexico.
The above contemporary article echoes this concern for education and law. It follows in larger type :
THE STAMP OF HISTORY
by
Svetlana Shkolnikova
SEVEN YEARS BEFORE the monumental Brown v. Board decision tore down the "separe but equal" education system, a little girl of Mexican heritage won the right to attend White schools in California.
It's a relatively unknown piece of history, but the case that promoted California's school desegregation, paved the way for success in Little Rock and other desegregation battles. And now, 60 years later, the first ruling has been honored by the United States Postal Service with a commemorative stamp.
"TEACHING MENDEZ V. WESTMINSTER IS FAITHFUL TO THE CIVIL RIGHTS STORY. IT SHOWS THAT CIVIL RIGHTS WAS NOT JUST A BLACK AND WHITE ISSUE."--Adam Wemmer, California History Teacher
In 1947, Sylvia Mendez was one of several Mexican students in Orange County, California, whose parents sued four school districts for dening their children the right to attend designated "White" schools in the area. The case was fought all the way to the Supreme Court, whose decision confirmed the words of a federal district judge ruling on the case: "A paramount requisite in the American system of public eduction is social equality."
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