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Mission Monday: Mission Bells

As I visited this quiet little mission, Mission Nuestra Señora de la Soledad, just a few miles from California’s Highway 101 I heard this song in my head. It is title “The Mission” by The Newsboys.  I could hear the mission…

Making Spanish Tortilla

Awh, you miss me don’t you? Yes, I know it has been a difficult month for you without all my words of nonsense to read – my sometimes dyslexic attempt to communicate my pilgrim journey on this earth with you….

Mission Monday: Mission Delores Basilica

I leave you with one last post before I head out to serve the pilgrims walking the Camino de Santiago – the road to St. James’s tomb in Santiago de Compostela. I will stay in contact via https://www.facebook.com/TheCatholicMuse?ref=hl and post…

Mission Monday: Francis

Yes, he is handsome too. Even the ceiling, windows and doors are handsome. And kind of masculine. He’s pretty old though, older than any other building in all of San Francisco. Even John Paul came to pray with him here….

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…

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…