Today marks the one week countdown until my concert at All Saints Episcopal Church in Kapa‘a, Kaua‘i with the Kauai Chorale, directed by Shane Morris Wise. First, however, I have to get through a weekend with four services beginning tonight with a Procession and Solemn Mass for the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary… Read More A maiden most gentle
As we were leaving the service this morning at the Basilica of Immaculate Conception here in Lourdes, France, I made a remark to my sister, “if Carl were here, he’d be in hog heaven!” referring to my late husband who was a church musician extraordinaire. I’m sure that his influence on me STILL is why… Read More Hog heaven!
We left our Toulouse hotel yesterday morning and drove 2-1/2 hours to the town of Lourdes, made famous by the apparitions of Mary, mother of Jesus, seen by a 14-year-old girl, Bernadette Soubirous, also known as Saint Bernadette of Lourdes. According to Wikipedia, “she was the firstborn daughter of a miller from Lourdes (Lorda in Occitan), in the department of Hautes-Pyrénées in… Read More The Lourdes experience