A family of parishioners from St. Joseph Catholic Church in Placentia and La Purísima Catholic Church in Orange visited Slovakia this summer.
On their way through the Slovak spa resorts Trenčianske Teplice, Piešťany, Rajecké Teplice, Bešeňová, Tatralandia, Tatra Mountain, Štrbské Lake, Skalnaté Lake, (locals call mountain lakes: sea eyes), they went as far as the pilgrimage site on Maria Mountain (Mariánská Hora) in Levoča.
In Levoča, the attended Mass in the Basilica of St. James, which is a Gothic sacral building. Together with the nearby Renaissance town hall, it forms a dominant feature of the Town square of Master Paul.
Pictured with a copy of OC Catholic are Paul, Elizabeth, Dr. Jane, Victoria and Sofia.
—Submitted by Paul Skuben