I'll be away this weekend. On retreat to Thomas Merton land and the home of Maker's Mark. Did I tell you I have an unhealthy attraction to the South? I don't even know what that means.
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Just walked across campus in the hail storm.
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Community of St John Kentucky “Holy Land” pilgrimage, May 2-4, 2008
(200th anniversary of the diocese of Bardstown, KY established on April 8, 1808)
May 2, Friday
1:45 pm Meet at St Mark's parking lot
2:00 Departure (picnic enroute)
10:00 Arrival at Srs of Loretto: Nerinx, Ky
(The first American women's religious Cty founded in the US--1812)
May 3, Saturday (Derby Day at Churchill Downs!)
6:30 am Silent prayer in Srs' chapel (optional)
7:30 Lauds (Srs' chapel)
8:00 Breakfast (Srs' dining room)
9:00 Tour of Loretto grounds
11:00 Mass at St Rose Priory (The first Dominican house founded in the US—1805)
12:30 pm Buffet lunch in Springfield, Ky
2:30 Tour of Maker's Mark Distillery
4:30 To Gethsemani Abbey (The first Trappist Abbey in the US—1848):
Vespers, Holy Hour, picnic supper, Compline at Gethsemani
8:30 Return to Loretto; visit Holy Cross parish on the way
(The first Catholic parish in Ky--1795 )
May 4, Sunday
6:30 am Silent prayer in Srs' chapel (optional)
7:30 Lauds (Srs' chapel)
8:00 Breakfast (Srs' dining room)
9:30 Mass at St Martin de Porres Cty
11:30 To Bardstown: brief stop at St Thomas Seminary (the first seminary west of the Allegany mountains—1811) and at St Joseph Pro-Cathedral the first Catholic cathedral in the “west”--1819).
1:30 Lunch at the home of Fr Joseph Mary's parents
3:00 To Peoria---arrive around 8:30 pm
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