Tom, a second year novice with the Confraternity of Penitents, is on a pilgrimage in the steps of Saint Paul. His latest update is:
A really long and awesome day in Ephesus. We went to Mary's House up on the hill and had a Mass in the open air. Then to ancient ruins including of temple of Artemis where St. Paul caused a riot (recorded on Acts, the crowd shouting "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians" for two hours). Lunch at a rug making factory where we got a very learned lecture on rug making and how to tell quality of varying degrees. Boy, are they expensive !! Out of my range entirely. But extremely beautiful, especially the silk rugs. $6,000 is the
starting range. We finished at ruins of the ancient Cathedral of St. John where the apostle is buried. We prayed at his tomb. I never knew there even was a tomb of St. John. It was a day none of us in this pilgrimage group will ever forget. We were all just blown away.
Tom also mentions that videos of the pilgrimage are being posted daily at www.CatholicConvert.com
Check them out. Most interesting!
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