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Today we celebrate the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross which commemorates the discovery of the Cross by St. Helena, the mother of Constantine, in 320, and the dedication in 335 of the basilica built on Calvary by Constantine, which mark the site of the Crucifixion. - Church in Poland

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This spectacular crucifix was donated to the Augustine Institute and was installed just in time for today’s feast of the Exaltation of the Cross.

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I posted this over in the art thread yesterday, but it is very appropriate today to post here as well. The entrance to Holy Cross Mausoleum in Culver City, CA, this depiction of the crucifixion is well over 40 feet tall.
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All is calm here on the west coast, but my prayers are with all those affected by the hurricane on the east coast today.

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Our Lady’s grotto and shrine at the nearby parish where I go for confession

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Vertical composited panorama of Marshall Fields, Chicago, at Christmas.

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The green shore light on the left made me think of Daisy’s house in The Great Gatsby. Actually this is on Julia Lake in Minnesota.

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The River Hyndburn which runs through town . We used to call it the River Stink because of the smell from industrial pollutants which were discharged into it .

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Forgotten gate. Bayfield, Wisconsin.

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Harbor dawn, Bayfield, Wisconsin:

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Winona Minnesota at dawn.
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Pendle Hill in the east of Lancashire where George Fox had his “vision” in 1652 which led to the foundation of The Religious Society of Friends , the Quakers .

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Sunset on Fishhook Lake, northern Minnesota. The air quality index that day was exceptionally poor because of the wildfires in western Ontario.

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Townley Hall in Burnley , once the home of the Townleys who were a recusant Catholic family .

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Have you ever been to Bakewell, Derbyshire? According to our family tree, my eighth great grandfather was born there, sailing here to New England around 1650.
 
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Have you ever been to Bakewell, Derbyshire? According to our family tree, my eighth great grandfather was born there, sailing here to New England around 1650.
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@christofirst , I’ve been through Bakewell on the bus on my way to Norfolk .

So your eighth great grandfather is from the alleged home of the Bakewell Tart , and that doesn’t refer to a lady . 😉

Very tasty they are too .

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Bakewell in Derbyshire in the Peak District .

As well as its tarts , Bakewell’s claim to fame is that it was once the home of @christofirst’s eighth great grandfather

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