Mission Nuestra Senora de la Soledad

Soledad, California

Named for Our Lady of Sorrows

This lovely little mission, really only a chapel left where a larger church was destroyed by flood many years ago, seems appropriately (given its name) set in a desolate part of Central California.

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I’m fascinated by contrasts and have long enjoyed the concept of smallness, perhaps especially in the context of the wonder that comes from gazing up into the dome of St. Peter’s Basilica or enjoying the vastness of a starry sky.

I’m a Catholic, deacon-wife, mom/mom-in-law to 7; newly-minted grammy; retired homeschool mom & parish DRE; ADHD, Celiac, HSP; I love learning and writing.

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