Grandpa God

As a young Catholic, I found it odd that I attended Episcopal school. My parents had originally enrolled me at the Catholic school of course, but the one-hour commute proved to be more trouble than it was worth. Looking back, I don’t really think my parents were trying to steep me in a religious [...]

Finding Empty Sanctuary

The Blessed Virgin presides over a lace-draped alter in another corner. Her figure barely smiles, a Mona Lisa too holy to be happy.

Do Not Enter Sanctuary

The sound of the bells’ dance echoes above the line of red tiled buildings surrounding a copula, the rising façade of the Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine, from the top of whose stucco walls, a rounded pinnacle houses the bells which roost like birds in their crevices. Across the plaza, the steeple of the Episcopal [...]