Art & culture around the world
Through my amazing summer program, I got to go on a few great site visits to experience different houses of worship and participate in some beautiful events. The sites may fluctuate a bit year to year (if you are planning on attending in the future) but this is the general idea: Bronx Lourdes Grotto The [...]
As part of my summer Religious Worlds of New York we visited the Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine. Although not as famous as its Roman Catholic counterpart, St. Patrick's Cathedral, St. John's still provides the serene quiet in an elaborate Neo-Gothic style that is quiet rare in the hustle and bustle of the [...]
Matisyahu has been on repeat this weekend at our house 🙂 and I finally got to visit Crown Heights, the Hasidic community he is from, a few weeks ago while in NYC. Also, he is one of the FEW musicians I've seen live. This past year he played at the House of Blues, Orlando! JMF Introduction [...]
I have spent the better part of today planning our week-long Thanksgiving Break trip to...Southern California! Just like last year, we are able to combine visiting BOTH sides of our families with this holiday trip - BONUS! Personally, it's not Thanksgiving if it's not spent with family and friends, so that is a non-negotiable when planning [...]
As a practicing Catholic, I am familiar with the miracle at Lourdes, but I had no idea of this little American-version! Luckily one of our program readings, "Everyday Miracles: The Study of Lived Religion" by Robert Orsi, prepared us for the visit. The garden around the church of St. Lucy is a replica of the countryside [...]
We stopped at Colonial Williamsburg to break up a travel day on our way up to New York from Orlando for my summer institute. Colonial Williamsburg is one of the largest living-history museums in the U.S. It's such a fun place to explore for the day (or more!) with its tree-lined avenues, carefully restored houses, [...]
Will and I decided to turn our drive up to New York City for my 3-week summer program into a little vacation. Luckily we have friends and family perfectly situated along the way so we got to stay with them (free lodging!) and spend time exploring new places. Day 1 There's nothing much going on this day [...]
