The Pelican - Metaphor of Christ In Christian history, the mother pelican was thought to pierce her breast until she bled in order to feed h...

This weekend I visited the St. John Church in Fryburg Ohio. It's a lovely old church that probably looks a lot like it did 100 years a...

Hail Mary, full of grace, our Lord is with thee, blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, moth...

Oh, Saints of God, in faith and confidence I turn my prayers to you. I am told that these relics are portions of your earthly remains. T...

I was on my way home late in the evening from a photo club meeting when this stained glass window of the Immanuel United Church of Christ in...

The Eagle Scout Ceremony I attended was held in the church pictured above. This picture was taken in 2007 on one of my photo-walk-abouts. Th...

Welcome to my Weekly Journal. Each month I create a post to collect my thoughts and meanderings for the month. You can quickly find this pos...

There is plenty to see outside the Maria Stein Center which houses the Shrine of the Holy Relics. Enough so that this post hardly covers it ...

Out side the Relic Chapel is the larger Adoration Chapel. This chapel is not much different than what you would find in any Catholic church....

While surfing the net looking for other people's pictures of the Cross Tipped Churches, I stumbled upon a rather unusual one of a relief...