As it turns out, I framed a letter and few other documents for the group in town here that are working for the beatification of Padre Kino that wanted to deliver them to the Vatican. He remains a popular figure around here and has avoided any protests or calls to remove his statue. I drove by it the other day, someone had put a mask on his horse, but other than that the good Padre remained unmarred and intact. As a side note, every Christmas someone puts Santa hats on his horses ears.
And, as another side note, I also had the privilege of framing our bishop’s Apostolic Mandate from Pope Francis instating him as our bishop. It was done on real sheepskin vellum and it was really hard to get it to lay flat (it came tightly rolled) but as I told the bishop, “Hey, sheep aren’t flat.”
