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Expedition Team: Dave Miller, Rosie Miller, Jacque Miller, Matt Miller, Holly Miller, Shane Miller
Date: July 6, 2003
Our nine state, 14 day trip began at Minneapolis/St. Paul as I finally got to see my favorite baseball team the Minnesota Twins play a home game in the Metrodome. We attended mass at this beautiful copper-clad domed church built from 1906 to 1915 here at the state capital of St. Paul. The church is named after Saint Paul, the greatest missionary of the early Christian Church.
Expedition Team: Dave Miller, Rosie Miller
Date: September 14, 2014
Enjoyed mass at the “Oldest Church in the Dakota’s”. It was a small church named after Mother Teresa known for her charity work among the poorest of the poor in India. The church had a beautiful painting of Jesus “Ascension”.
Expedition Team: Dave Miller, Rosie Miller
Date: September 2017
While vacationing and scuba diving in the Bahamas at the Sandals Resort to celebrate our 35th wedding anniversary we attended mass at this historical church whose original cornerstone was laid in August 1875. Although the church has been rebuilt and is now more fortified in case of a hurricane, it still contains the original bell tower. Inside it has beautiful stained glass biblical scenes. Just by chance the Archbishop of the Bahamas gave the sermon that day.
Expedition Team: Dave Miller, Rosie Miller Date: October 6, 2019
Rosie & I camped at the Tucson KOA then attended Catholic Mass at the historic Mission San Xavier del Bac, an old Spanish Mission built in 1797. This church was beautiful outside and inside and looked it could be in a western movie scene. There was no air conditioning and the acoustics were not very good. The mass was great with some of it in Spanish. The parishioners were 50% of Spanish/Mexican descent.
In the back of the church we were shown an old original door with the date 1797 (Photo#7)). Inside was intricate, beautiful carvings, paintings, statues and a mummy of an alleged Spanish Saint. This was an oddity to me as parishioners would file by the mummy (Photo#8), kiss and give the mask over the face and give the sign of the cross or they would raise the mummy’s head and do the same thing. Outside just east of the church was a trail leading up a hill that had a white cross on top (Photo#9). On top of the church I saw a large hawk next to the cross (Last Photo).
After mass we ate delicious Mexican burritos sold outside at booths by parishioners.
Investigation Team: Dave Miller, Rosie Miller, Jacque Miller
Date: July 2017
In town camping and to run the Neil Armstrong 5K “Run to the Moon” race we discovered and went to mass at this beautiful church built in 1910. It is an historic site because of its well preserved Romanesque revival architecture. With it’s towers and turrets it is one of several cross-tipped churches in southwest Ohio. Inside were several beautiful paintings of Jesus from scenes in the Bible.
Investigation Team: Dave Miller, Rosie Miller
Date: June 2018
While camping and hiking at Hocking Hills State Park in June of 2018, we found this Roman Catholic Church built in 1897. The Catholic community in the area actually began in 1837. Built from stone and brick, the 97 X 55 foot sanctuary included a tower. The bell that hangs in the tower was made in England in 1862. Across the street from the church is an old cemetery which includes the grave of Daniel Hawkins, a veteran of the War of 1812.
