Tag: catholic retreat

My Roman Holiday: San Giovanni Rotondo

Saint Anthony, Saint Anthony, please come around, something is lost that must be found. What is lost? Me in this post. I’ve labored over it for weeks. I finally had my husband proof it for me, and well, it sucked….

Mission Monday: San Antonio de Padua

The California Mission Trail runs North and South through coastal towns and the inland hills. Alto California’s “El Camino Real” or The Royal Road was the King’s highway in Spanish Colonial times. El Camino Real is now part of California’s Hwy 101…

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…

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: 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…