I awoke early on my last day in Santiago. I had my last cup of Cola-Coa (a brand name for hot chocolate) with the American pilgrims I arrived with and we said our good-byes. The Cathedral bells rang in the distance,…
One of my favorite places to visit in summer is Pismo Beach. It is a little less glamorous than its popular northern neighbor Carmel By The Sea, and a little less crowded. Though it seems the crowded part is changing….
I’m standing in a Wells Fargo Bank waiting to speak with a teller when I notice a mural on the wall. It has the iconic Wells Fargo stage coach on it and a picture of one of the California Spanish…
This statue of St. Kateri Tekakwitha is located behind Mission Buenaventura in front of the parish school. “I am not my own; I have given myself to Jesus. He must be my only love.” ~ St. Kateri Tekakwitha
Remember that time I visited the National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi in San Francisco with “The Visitors?” I promised I would go back and take pictures of the scaled replica of Saint Francis’s Porziuncola (small portion of land), which is…
Always forward, never back. ~ Bl. Junipero Serra’s motto. LINK to all my postings on his missions in California.