Where It All Began!!!!!

Our journey today took us to the grounds of the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN)!  We arrived in time for the noon Mass in the chapel that we see on television everyday.  However, we were not on the televised Mass.  That Mass is offered at 7:00am, and then replayed throughout the day.  This is the setting that Mother Angelica came to in 1962. The network started in 1981!  As a speaker said the other day at the Shrine, "With the hustle and bustle of the network, it was getting quite busy around the monastery, so Mother set out to find a place where the nuns could focus on God, prayer, and work."  That is how the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament and the Our Lady of the Angels Monastery came to be built out of Hanceville.  It was an awesome experience to visit these sites and to see how it all began.  We pray for the ministry of EWTN and those involved in bringing the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the world.  Even though the second part of our journey has changed focus (mom and I are going to the NASCAR race at Talladega), we will not forget the initial purpose of why we came to Alabama.  If you ever have the chance to visit the Shrine in Hanceville or the EWTN grounds in Irondale, I would highly recommend it.  God Bless You!!!!!!!!!!!!!!