Trip to Thailand
and United States

July-August, 2009

18 July 2009 (Saturday)

The first weekend mass for the Sixteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time was at 4:30 PM at Sacred Heart Church so I thought I would have a lot of time to myself today to catch up on work I brought with me. But Fr. Bill Pitts invited me to celebrate the Saturday morning mass with him and then he took me and several parishioners interested in mission to breakfast to have a chance to meet each other.
Breakfast group
The parish is set among the tall pine trees that give the area its character and charm.
Sacred Heart Church sign
The church was build about 15 years ago and is really beautiful and of a striking design.
Front of Sacred Heart Church
The church has a main church building adjoined by an office building joined to a Sunday School building and then a large social hall. It's a very creative design and is beautifully constructed.
Part of the church buildiing complex
The church property has areas of pine trees which add a blanket of soft pine needles to the ground and a wonderful pine fragrance to the air.
The pine trees of Pinehurst