Holy Trinity has a very unusual crucifix over the main alter. It is stained glass mounted on a metal frame, it appears to float over the alter.
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Last travel day: West Bend, Iowa to Huron
Hay rolls before the storm
Driving into the storm
Corn Palace Navitiy
Iowa rest area: Running with the big boys.
We stopped at the Corn Palace in Mitchell for a quick look. The Corn Palace is a huge civic arena that is decorated each year with corn and grasses. We started the last fifty miles to Huron before long the sky started to darken. The weather radio reported; torrential rain, seventy mile per hour wind gusts, hail and tornado warnings. Countering these conditions with multiple prayers we slowed down and kept going. Finally we arrived in Huron. As we entered town the road was blocked by a tractor trailer that had been blown over by the wind.
Minerals of the Grotto (slide show)
Rocks and minerals of the Grotto are valued are 4 to 5 million dollars.
Grotto of the Redemption
The Grotto of the Redemption: our last stop before Huron. Behind St Peter and Paul’s Church is the Grotto campground ( we’ve stayed their before).The Grotto is the life work of Father Paul Dobberstein who was a priest at the church for fifty-seven years. He constructed the Grotto from a mountain of precious stones, rocks and minerals. Agate, amethyst, jasper, calcite, milky quartz and many others were used. Father Dobberstein even received special dispensation to remove petrified wood from Petrified Forest Arizona. Around and inside the mountain are niches that portray the fall of man and his redemption by Christ. The very apex of the mountain is a cross and Pieta.
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St Peter and Paul’s Church at the Grotto
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