christmas

The three above the main altar are Peter, Stephen, our namesake, and John, from left to right, and the rosary plaques on the wall behind the nativity are 400 years old and came from Europe. The 10 plaques were carved out of a log sliced into six-inch-thick pieces.

The priest we had today says Mass very fast, his Latin is that good. I saw my 27-year-old engineer friend struggling to keep up. It takes time to learn how to use the Missal - it did for me.