We visited one of the California missions. There are 22 up the coast of California. They are from around the 1700's. The original purpose of the missions were for the Catholic Monks to teach the American Indians about Jesus. Although, I am not Catholic, it was great to see the history and the architecture of the buildings. Also, Jesus was portrayed in all the artwork. Above is the story of the cross.
We would like to visit more.
Blessings,
Kim
Love the bells.
ReplyDeleteOh my, what a fun place to visit. Such pretty pictures.
ReplyDeleteLove the cross!
ReplyDeleteHi Kim,
ReplyDeleteJust wanted to stop by now that I'm home to visit your blog. It's lovely. Thanks for your words of encouragement too. I appreciate it. And we recently took a field trip to one of the missions also. Although it wasn't new to me, I grew up Catholic and lived very near the one I took my son to visit. I haven't read around enough to find out do you live in California or was it part of a trip. Take care!
Beautiful! I love all the bells in the first picture. Did you get to hear them ring?
ReplyDeleteGreat shots my friend...Wish I was there on all your awesome adventures...Love ya
ReplyDeleteVery beautiful! A perfect trip for this lenten season. Do the bells still ring?
ReplyDeleteBlessings!
Deborah