First I want to wrap up a post from a couple of days ago. I had included a few pictures of the old cathedral in Dubuque, IA. Below are some pics of the current cathedral.
So as you can see it’s a hodgepodge. My head was actually spinning at the insanity of it. Moving on…
Later in the day I drove to Fenimore, WI and the beautiful countryside church of St. Mary.
Much better.
On Friday I did not get to Mass. this is not to say that the Blessed Mother didn’t make Mass available to me. I just failed to plan better. We could have gotten to Mass in the late afternoon but that would have required me to leave Dubuque by 5AM. My bad on that one.
What we did do instead was to leave around 9 and, after a full day of driving through some of the most beautiful country made by God, we arrived in Rapid City, SD.
This morning, we attended Mass at the FSSP parish in town – Immaculate Conception.
This magnificent yet diminutive church was once its diocesan cathedral. Happily, the altar still witnesses the ancient sacrifice before a sizable crowd for a Saturday morning. In fact, as I entered I nearly tripped over a young lad on his knees in the narthex pulling on a heavy cord dangling from the choir loft above. He was tolling the church bells to announce the start of Mass. yep, this was the right place.
And then…
My family and I spent the day touring Mt. Rushmore and the surrounding Black Hills. I will let the pictures tell the story.
I still haven’t found a TLM anywhere near our next destinations – Billings, MT on Monday, Yellowstone Tuesday and Wednesday, and Salt Lake City on Thursday. If any of you have any ideas please email me. It would be much appreciated.
Our Lady of Perpetual Help, pray for us!
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