Well, the school year came to an end successfully in mid-June, with none of my teachers feeling that they wanted to see me in class again, or at least the same course as a repeat.
The great World Youth Day expedition has begun, as San Francisco, Oakland, Reno, and our own Sacramento join forces to come of the far side of the world to join with the Holy Father!
As a limited time offer you can see a launch photo at Scotties Car Rental, where my New Zealand trekking group ranked as Customer of the Week, so click over there to catch our trip send off.
Our ten days in New Zealand were outstanding, and we'll send more photos soon when we can upload our photos--for the meantime, the hospitality of our many hosts is what ranks foremost: we experienced such generosity and openness from North to South on both islands of that beautiful country. We found great snow for boarding in Queenstown, and en route visited the cloistered Benedictines in Tyburn, the Community of the Beatitudes North of Christchurch, and the Carmelites in Christchurch itself--all beautiful experiences.
For updated World Youth Day coverage, where 51 of us are representing the Dioceses of Northern California, go to Catholic News Services blog, Katy Thomas' blog, and don't miss the Catholic News Agency's updates! For some photos of Yours Truly, click over to Carolyn's blog, where she updates fresh from her cell phone.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
World Youth Day 08!
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You went to Queenstown. And did not go to Milford Sound. Which is like a 3/4 day trip away. As my dad said in the car on the way back from the airport today, "It's their loss".
The sad thing is, you won't go back. And you have officially missed out on one of the world's most spectacularly beautiful places. So now you're really going to have to get to Heaven to check that stuff out.
Thanks for the blog shout-out!
And, I saw Anna and gang at that Spirit Live concert. 'Twas good!
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