The eighth annual Sor María de Jesús de Ágreda “The Lady in Blue” celebration will be held Sunday, May 22 at 5:00 p.m. at the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts.

The event has been held at the Christ the King Retreat Center in recent years, but crowds have outgrown that venue.

The celebration will begin with a brief ceremony by the Jumano Native Americans beside the Concho River at the Celebration Bridge, followed by the Procession of Flowers across the bridge to the museum, where Bishop Michael Sis will celebrate the Mass of the Holy Trinity and Bishop Michael Pfeifer will concelebrate. The Mass will satisfy your Sunday Mass obligation.

Refreshments will be available after the Mass at the museum.

Known as “The Lady in Blue,” Sor María de Jesús de Ágreda was a cloistered nun who lived in Ágreda, Spain in the 1600s. She is known for her legendary bilocation — being in body at her convent in Spain while evangelizing in spirit to the Jumanos, indigenous Indians of this area.

The arrival of missionaries as a result of María’s appearances secured San Angelo’s place in history as the site of the first missionary efforts in Texas.