The following slide show shares with you our Dioceses time spent in Loyola.
After our final morning in the beautiful city of Lourdes, in Southern France, we once again hopped onto the bus and prepared for a few hour trip to our next destination. During the bus ride we watched as the landscape changed, not drastically but it was evident we were traveling further away from France. After crossing the border into Spain our bus guide explained that as we traveled closer to Madrid and further away from the Atlantic the beautiful green fields full of sunflowers and plush green grass would soon appear much dryer. In my mind I thought, like traveling from PA to North Carolina, but then again after the summer PA has had I suppose we are looking pretty dry.
I truly wish I could have begged the bus driver to pull over every twenty miles, because there were so many beautiful landscapes to photograph.
Once in Loyola we had a refreshing lunch in a room sized like a college dining hall, in the slide show that is the photo of the long tables and of people eating. The meal consisted of a chicken breast, salad, bread (of course, carbs are not a worry of the French and Spanish) and light serving of ice cream for dessert.
The large Basilica and photos of a castle like inside and outside are from St. Ignatius' Holy House. This is the same place St. Ignatius was born, and we were able to stand in the exact room of his birth.
After a brief tour of the Holy House, we processed into the Basilica as a family of two Dioceses, Harrisburg and Fort Wayne-South Bend, you will see photographs of the participants of mass, Bishop Joseph McFadden celebrating mass, and Bishop Kevin Rhoades concelebrating with priest from both diocese.
Thank you for following our journey, God Bless, you are in our prayers every day.
Emily Albert
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