Center Church [5/80]

Visited Center Church for the first time today at Envisionfest 2013 in Hartford. There were tours going on but just wanted to get a feel for the interior and have private time.

Our Lady of Good Voyage [4/79]

I happened upon this chapel on the Boston waterfront while walking from the ICA Museum to dinner in Chinatown. It was beginning to get dark but the door seemed open so I visited the beautiful little space. This is the St Vincent de Paul Waterfront Chapel on 65 Northern Avenue.

This statue of Our Lady of Good Voyage is in the vestibule and welcomes all from 11:30am to 7:00pm. I was able to light a candle here.

Our Lady of the Rosary [3/78]

Our Lady of the Rosary, an Italian National Catholic Parish, is located adjacent to the Farmers' Market in the Little Italy section of San Diego. This hidden gem is full of beautiful statues and stained glass. I prayed and lit a candle at the foot of this statue.

San Diego Farmers' Market

Self-Realization Fellowship Retreat and Hermitage [2/77]

This center was founded in 1937 [my birth year] by Paramahansa Yogananda. He brought India's ancient science of meditation to the west in 1920. The Golden Lotus Temple was located here from 1938 to 1942 when it started to slip from its foundation. The temple does not exist here now but a new temple was built nearby and is in use today. The Meditation Gardens, however, do exist and are very beautiful, well kept by the city and visited by thousands of people. On the beautiful sunny day that we were here in what is now called Swami's Park, there were many meditating in the private little garden groves. The view of the ocean from the height of the cliff is astounding.

heavenly vista [1/76]

On my birthday I flew to San Diego for the weekend to visit the UCSD campus at La Jolla. On the second leg of my journey, MSN to SAN, I viewed the above from my window seat. The Delta computer had changed my seat from aisle to window and I was squeezed in for a few hours. If the seat change had not happened I would not have seen this beautiful heavenly vista. What a wonderful way to start the second year of my odyssey! 

update...

I reached my goal of 75 entries for places of worship before my 75th birthday! Now for my birthday on September 5, 2013, I will start again and try for 76. This way I will have a continuing blog and the search will go on for more places to pray; my redefining of places of worship.

Peace Pagoda in Grafton, NY