West of Highway 281 on Texas 117. Out toward La Gloria. I located it on google maps:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Guadalupe+Toreros+Church/@26.6364329,-98.3403389,856m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x8665c8cf19d6c79d:0xbeeafaaffe06465a!8m2!3d26.6364281!4d-98.3381449
It’s the Guadalupe Toreros Church. Toreros means bullfighters. A neighborhood Catholic church built about 1920 and in service until about 20 years ago. The nearest church at the time was ten miles away. A twenty-mile round trip was a difficult distance for the parishioners, given the condition of the roads at the time, and this little church solved the transportation problem.
I find things like this really moody. I stand in the quiet and imagine the laughter and life. For eighty years it had sights and sounds, but is derelict by its centennial today.
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