Bon Jour!
We are in Newport, Rhode Island, heading to Pauline Boodstore in Dedham, MA to visit with Sr. Lucia and Sr. James.
Since our last post Javier and I visited Catholic University of American (CUA) - where Javier was a Basselin Scholar in the early 90's. The Shrine is beautiful and was busy. We parked our car and started our walk up to the Shrine and Javier and a Priest recognized eachother straight away. They both greeted eachother by name, after 15 years. Javier was greeted with, "you have gray hair!". Fr. Kevin went to school with Javier and even traveled to Chicago to Humbolt Park and had homemade tamales by my Mom in Law, Maria. The meeting was a great surprise. Father informed us that the Shrine just finished the Deaconate ordination of 16 men and there was going to be a Marian Filipino Celebration next.
We missed the Cathedral. In the elevator on the way to breakfast that morning we ran into two Episcopal Priests who informed us the Cathedral was closed to those without tickets to the Bishop Ordinations. So, we drove by the second largest Cathedral in the USA on our way to New Jersey to visit with my Aunt Pamela.
With Aunt Pam we had conversation, pasta, rest and quiche after mass at St Jopsephs in Swedesboro, NJ where the mob hangs out - so we are told :)
On our way to Boston we found an angel of God who directed us to Newport, Rhode Island. Newport is a seaside community where many of locals go for seafood, sun on the beach and rides to the Atlantic Sea. Javier had his first lobster meal - TWO Pounds!
To Photos.
We are in Newport, Rhode Island, heading to Pauline Boodstore in Dedham, MA to visit with Sr. Lucia and Sr. James.
Since our last post Javier and I visited Catholic University of American (CUA) - where Javier was a Basselin Scholar in the early 90's. The Shrine is beautiful and was busy. We parked our car and started our walk up to the Shrine and Javier and a Priest recognized eachother straight away. They both greeted eachother by name, after 15 years. Javier was greeted with, "you have gray hair!". Fr. Kevin went to school with Javier and even traveled to Chicago to Humbolt Park and had homemade tamales by my Mom in Law, Maria. The meeting was a great surprise. Father informed us that the Shrine just finished the Deaconate ordination of 16 men and there was going to be a Marian Filipino Celebration next.
We missed the Cathedral. In the elevator on the way to breakfast that morning we ran into two Episcopal Priests who informed us the Cathedral was closed to those without tickets to the Bishop Ordinations. So, we drove by the second largest Cathedral in the USA on our way to New Jersey to visit with my Aunt Pamela.
With Aunt Pam we had conversation, pasta, rest and quiche after mass at St Jopsephs in Swedesboro, NJ where the mob hangs out - so we are told :)
On our way to Boston we found an angel of God who directed us to Newport, Rhode Island. Newport is a seaside community where many of locals go for seafood, sun on the beach and rides to the Atlantic Sea. Javier had his first lobster meal - TWO Pounds!
To Photos.
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