We attended Sunday Mass at the historic Stella Maris parish.
They have a weekly Latin Mass but, unfortunately for us, it is at 5:30 p.m., so we missed that one. In fact, we did not end up attending Mass in the true historic church, which was packed full. We walked over to the parish hall where a simultaneous Mass is held: not just simulcast, but a priest and an altar having real Mass. Even that one was overflowing and I guessed there were 500 people total in attendance, which was more than we were expecting for a tiny island with a population of about 2,000.
We then took a driving
tour of some little islands around Charleston before lunch back at the same fun
and funky pizza place. The children are still talking about watching the man
hand-toss pizza.
Dancing to the music at the restaurant
After an attempted nap
and quiet time back at the hotel room (which I was starting to think can never
work), we took the hour-and-a-half harbor tour.
Me being a Nervous
Nellie around water, this was a stretch for me. However, I ended up enjoying
myself, even when we were up on deck. And nobody fell in the water and was
lost! The narration of the area's history was very interesting and I
enjoyed spotting many dolphins. Poor Mary never could spot the dolphins in
time, which resulted in tears, so ultimately I stopped even pointing them out
to her.
Fort Sumter
Mary finally took her nap . . . in Daddy's arms.
That last picture is so sweet. Annie does the same thing and her being a daddy's girl just melts my heart. Your children are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteLove that picture of Mary and Margaret dancing! So cute!
ReplyDeleteStella Maris is such a jewel! We visited there last time. Love all the Mass options they have. For another time you can do an actual tour to Fort Sumter & they have a Junior Ranger program there-- maybe when John is a couple of years older.
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