St. Mary’s of Lourdes – Germantown Hills, Ill. – Rockwell or Gerik, you decide.
On account of working straight through Christmas this year, I opened presents with my family last night: Wichita to Peoria, via iChat video. It really did work, too, approximating some sense of tradition. FedEx Priority Overnight should also deserves big kudos since I took so damn long in settling upon gifts for my four immediate family members.
The pomp and splendor of a Catholic Midnight Mass is not easily pushed out of mind. St. Mary’s Cathedral in downtown Peoria delivers the annual trifecta of large choir + full brass + 1937 Wicks pipe organ that has cost me tears on a few occasions. Recordings coming later today…
I covered a house fire in Bartonville tonight that trapped an elderly couple inside. Only one made it out alive. Related story
