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The Library at Ephesus
Travel with me, Catholic Pilgrims, to Ephesus. This ancient city was a major player to our Christian faith. St. Paul, St. John the Apostle, Our Mother Mary, and St. Polycarp all spent time here working to spread the Good News. While the ancient city is abandoned, the ruins are still pretty magnificent. Ephesus once boasted…
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Natural Disasters Have A Way of Bringing Out the Best In Us
This past Friday, my family went through a pretty intense 7.0 earthquake. My kids and I were sitting on the 15th floor of our high-rise apartment here in Izmir, Turkey and we started to feel the building move. At first, my brain couldn’t process what was going on, but within a few seconds, I realized…
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A Catholic Pilgrim Traveling To Ephesus
Before my husband told me about the job in Turkey that he was trying for, I knew literally nothing about Turkey. Okay, I knew that Istanbul was once Constantinople, but that’s it. You all can now freely sing the song, “Istanbul (Not Constantinople).” You’ll get it stuck in your head and that’s a promise. When…