Mission Monday: Clare
She really is lovely, isn’t she? The Mission Santa Clara is the first Mission to be named for a woman. I think the school children thought she was lovely too. She is located on the Santa Clara University Campus. She is…
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Mission Monday: Being Missional In Santa Cruz
I’ve been thinking a lot about the word mission lately and what it means to be a missionary, and more specifically what that means in modern times. I guess it is the California Missions I’ve visited that have me thinking…
Mission Monday: I have A Confession To Make
I have a confession to make. I have been dreading this post because I don’t know what to say about the Mission San Rafael. This mission (the interior shown above) serves as a chapel to the parish church of Saint Raphael in…
Walking With Grace Wednesday: A Decisive Moment
I did promise to post pictures of my week long silent retreat at the Cistercian (Trappists) Monastery, New Clairvaux, in Northern California. I discovered this remote monastery last year when the New York Times featured an article about their Sacred…
Mission Monday: San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo Mission
I took these pictures on Good Friday, 2013, just weeks before I left on my pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. That was the first Easter my husband and I spent away from our home parish. We have just made reservations for…