Getting Sidetracked

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  UNESCO, I go again

  Apr 25, 2025

  Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time.

  
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  Monastery of Alcobaça: A medieval Cistercian gothic splendour

  Feb 14, 2025

  Located just an hour and a half’s drive from Lisbon, Portugal, the Monastery of Alcobaça is one of Europe’s finest examples of the Cistercian style and a pioneer of Gothic design in the Iberian Peninsula.

  
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  Mindfulness, Ignatian Spirituality and the Search for Balance

  Dec 06, 2024

  Once, before the pandemic, thinking that I was on the cusp of burnout at work due to my constant whining about work, a friend suggested that I attend a one-day mindfulness workshop conducted by a friend.

  
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  Tracing the footsteps of the Arabs in Spain

  Aug 16, 2024

  A reminder to self: when they say it’s hot in Spain, it is blisteringly HOT.

  
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  Tracing the Spanish Moors

  Jul 19, 2024

  Echoes of the Moorish architecture are still evident everywhere on the grounds of the Mezquita of Cordoba. There is an orange grove where the Muslims performed their ablutions before prayers.

  
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  Care to attempt an ancient pilgrim’s journey?

  May 10, 2024

  Make us strong in faith and happy in hope on our pilgrim journey, following the path of Christian life, and sustain us so that we may finally reach the glory of God the Father. Amen. I wish you all ¡Buen Camino!

  
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  The hidden Christians

  Mar 10, 2024

  “The blood of martyrs is the seed of the Church.” - Tertullian, Early Church Father, 2nd century