Over the Rocky Mountains

A weekend in San Francisco was quite an experience (21-23 August 2010). It was a round trip worth the making beginning from Indianapolis IN to Denver CO – San Francisco CA – San Diego CA – Kansas City MO and back to Indianapolis. Imagine taking off from Denver for San Francisco and you are right over the Rocky Mountains and you think of those undying classics by John Denver, like Rocky Mountains, Country Road or whichever you pick, you feel you are right there. I feel more than ever at home flying over these mountains. The blue sky was just perfectly matched by the colourful landscape juxtaposed and I hardly took my eyes off the blue sky up and the natural art below.

St. Catherine of Siena Church, Burlingame-San Francisco in California was my destination for the weekend. Fr. Edward the Associate pastor was prompt to pick me from the Airport and was very kind to take me around as well to see places. San Francisco is a lovely place, a sort of a hilly city but surrounded by the Bayswater. Passing by the pacific, or a view by the golden gate overlooking the Rock Island and the downtown just lets you appreciate the city’s anatomy.

The mission sharing ministry at St. Catherine Church was also well accepted and people were very appreciative and listened to our mission stories intensely. It was a lovely experience from all counts.

Listening to John Denver such as this, brings you even closer to the places you are actually seeing it.