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Feast of the Assumption - Mary's Continual Grace 15 Aug 2013 | 05:24 pm
On this Feast Day of the Assumption, I am sitting in my little "office" working on (as everyone in the world knows) my book on Marian Shrines. I'm thinking I should be working on Mary's Assumption in ...
St. Maximilian Kolbe - Marytown 15 Aug 2013 | 04:39 am
My daughter and I had the extreme pleasure of visiting Marytown on one of our Marian Shrine jaunts through Illinois to Wisconsin. I knew it wasn't necessarily a "Marian Shrine" but I figured it must h...
Have You Heard of Planes? 9 Aug 2013 | 01:38 am
The question I have gotten most this week since my daughters and I have been back from our trip is, "Have you heard of planes?" Well, of course we have and believe me I thought about them a lot while ...
On Pilgrimage - Tennessee to California - Driving 30 Jul 2013 | 10:05 am
I had quite some time to think about and beat myself up about my mistake. I was selfish, no doubt, thinking that I should push myself and visit every place possible without even checking into the area...
Santuario de Guadalupe 25 Jul 2013 | 06:02 pm
Yesterday my girls and I visited the oldest Church in the U.S. dedicated to Our Lady of Guadalupe. Santa Fe, NM I had to duck my head and lift my feet one at a time to get in the old wooden door. ....
Into the Desert - Me and Moses 24 Jul 2013 | 06:13 pm
I find it slightly more than just a coincidence that all day yesterday I led the children of Cragon through the desert areas of Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico to arrive last night in Santa Fe. There w...
Power of Prayer 23 Jul 2013 | 06:06 pm
You may or may not know that I am headed West in my wagon (Ford Flex) with two of my six children to visit Mary. I am at the end of writing a book on Marian Shrines and am going to Santa Fe to visit t...
“Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you looking for?” 22 Jul 2013 | 04:53 pm
In today's Gospel, Jesus asks us two simple questions and I don't know about you but there are many days that I'd just have to answer, "I have no idea why I'm crying, I just am. And, along those same ...
Feast Day of St. Kateri Tekakwitha 14 Jul 2013 | 03:16 pm
Our Lady of the Martyrs - Auriesville, NY Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine, LaCrosse, WI - The Path to the Shrine
St. Henry 13 Jul 2013 | 07:46 pm
Well, lo and behold today is the Feast of St. Henry. Ya see, St. Henry is the name of our Church and our School and this Saint, who was a German King and Roman Emperor known to settle feuds and handle...
