Category: 2013 October

Finding God In the Surf

Walking along southern California’s Silver Strand, a body surfer emerges from the waves and approaches my cousin and me. “Hey, hey, you guys I gotta tell you something,” the young man said a bit winded from being tossed up on…

Photo of the Day: Habits in Darjeeling

Up a narrow winding road in Darjeeling’s tea covered hillsides, lies a home for a group of sisters of Missionaries of Charity live and work. Here they tend to the sick and injured in India’s Northeastern state of West Bengal. A nearby train drops…

Photo of the Day: Princeton’s Chapel

This “tudor Gothic” style church built in 1928 serves as a place of refuge for students at Princeton University. It is a quiet, peaceful retreat from the bustling daily life on campus.

Photo of the Day: Carmelites By The Sea

Just outside Carmel’s bustling niche community lies the home of the Carmelite Sisters By The Sea. The monastery’s majestic tower stands tall among palm trees overlooking the northern Pacific coastline. The sisters remain cloistered behind these walls, closed off from the…