Thanks, Ann and Alan!

Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola

On Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 9:14 PM, ann sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote:

> nice geometry!  such a beautiful spot.. I don't have a decent photo of it
> -
>
>
> ann
> On 11/13/2016 8:14 PM, Brian Walters wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Nov 14, 2016, at 11:24 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
>>
>>> This Catholic chapel, the Santuario de Nuestro Señor de Esquipulas,
>>> commonly known as El Santuario de Chimayó, has a  reputation as a healing
>>> site.  Believers claim that dirt from a back room of the church can heal
>>> physical and spiritual ills.  It is known as the "Lourdes of America,"
>>> and
>>> attracts close to 300,000 visitors a year, including up to 30,000 during
>>> Holy Week.   It has been called "no doubt the most important Catholic
>>> pilgrimage center in the United States."
>>>
>>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18309817&size=lg
>>> Comments are invited.
>>>
>>
>> Very nice - you got a much better vantage point than I managed.
>>
>> The story we got was that the priests had to regularly replenish the
>> dirt because pilgrims kept carrying it off.  Can't possibly be true....
>> :-)>
>>
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Brian
>>
>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> Brian Walters
>> Western Sydney Australia
>> http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/
>>
>>
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