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Travelling: Family & The Kentucky State Fair

When Rich and I left Rod and Trish, we headed east out of Missouri towards St. Louis.  Rich wanted us to see the “Archway to the West” and as we rode I-64 I was able to get some decent shots of the archway and the St. Louis skyline.  Then we crossed the state border into Illinois going almost halfway across to spend the night in Mount Vernon.  We attended Mass in the lovely church of St. Mary’s on Saturday 27 August which left us free to have a small lie-in on the Sunday before making tracks for Louisville, KY and . . . → Read More: Travelling: Family & The Kentucky State Fair

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Spiritual Growth: Being Called To More

On June 18th 2011, I posted Spiritual Growth: The Lenten Mission.  In that posting I explained that Fr. Jim reminded us that Jesus invited us to continue his work on earth (John 14:12-14).  During the Mission I had a personal experience that strengthened this invitation.

On the third evening of the Mission we were encouraged to approach the Prayer Ministers with any requests for special intentions or issues that we might have.  I felt strongly compelled to go to Kevin, one of the Prayer Ministers who had travelled down from Chicago with Fr. Jim.  There were two reasons for my . . . → Read More: Spiritual Growth: Being Called To More

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Spiritual Growth: The Lenten Mission

I’ve just checked through my archives and cannot believe I didn’t write a piece on the Lenten Mission from 2010.  In my blog, Spiritual Growth- The God Path June 15, 2011,  I told the story of my first experience of Fr. Jim Curtin.  Although I tried to get him to come and give a Lenten Mission at our church in the period of Lent 2009, we already had someone booked for that year, so I had to be patient and wait to invite him the following year.  He finally came to our church during Lent of 2010 and gave a . . . → Read More: Spiritual Growth: The Lenten Mission