Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Virtual Tour of the National Basilica of the Immaculate Conception

Last week I took part in an East Coast road trip, visiting historical sites and shrines.  My travels took me to the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington DC on the campus of the Catholic University of America. Below is a virtual tour of the Basilica including the many altars in the crypt, the statues, the museum quality artifacts, and the Church.





















 

Tiara is from Paul VI and the stole was worn by John XXIII at the beginning session of Vatican II


















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Sunday, July 28, 2013
Virtual Tour: National Shrine of St. John Neumann

Please excuse the delay in recent posts as I have been traveling across much of the country this past week.  I was able to stop by the National Shrine of St. John Neumann, at which I shrine I saw the body of St. Neumann. 

Below is a series of photographs from that Shrine:

























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