a good old age, and full of years

The summer before I headed off to seminary marked my paternal grandmother’s 80th birthday, and there was a large surprise birthday party in her honour.  She has always been healthy and clear-minded, but about two years ago she began experiencing pain.  She had a […]

Monte de Gozo

I’m now staying at the “youth” hostel in Monte de Gozo, which is the first hill from which the spires of the cathedral in Santiago can be seen. (Hence the name “Mount of Joy.”) There’s quite a complex here, developed originally for the 1993 […]