Las Cruces bishop visits Otero County facilities on Christmas Day
Dec 25, 2024
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) - Bishop Peter Baldacchino, and Deacon John Eric Munson of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Las Cruces visited both the Otero County Prison Facility and the Otero County Processing Center on Christmas Day.
Photos courtesy of Arlette Villa with the MTC
Their first stop was at the prison, where they offered mass to the state population. Afterwards, they went around the federal dormitories and the restrictive housing unit of the facility to bless those who could not attend mass, Management and Training Corporation (MTC) said in a news release.
MTC said that at the processing center, they went around each dormitory, to bless the men and women housed including staff members.
Baldacchino offered words of encouragement to the population of each of the facilities and reminded them to not lose faith, MTC said.