Hootin' Anni's Day Trippin'

I decided to post a photo for Camera Critters' Meme for the first time. Usually on Saturday it's the day for participating in the Photo Hunt. This week's theme for the hunt was too vague and very difficult to interpret for me, I'm choosing to not do it at all....the hunt's theme "Low" could be ANYTHING and could easily be misinterpreted. Instead, a photo of one of my favorite critters!!!----Winston. He was laying near one of our lighted reindeer during the holidays. I like how the small white lights make his 'mane' frosty white and his blue-green eyes sparkle. It's been in my photo album for some time, but I've never posted it....he's only been my computer's background wallpaper....instead, today I wanted to PASTE him in my blog-------




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If you were here visiting yesterday, you'd remember the ferry ride and round trip we took in the car over to the islands and back into Corpus. I showed you photos of the water we crossed and the ferry....well, I also mentioned that there was one place in our city that has haunted me since we came down here to see where we'd buy and where we'd move. It's a cathedral-like dome situated at a most unusual area in town....amongst the oil refineries. Anyone can see the beautiful blue and gold dome from the interstate highway. But, you'd have to get off the beaten path and take some frontage roads twisting and turning along near the entrance gates to the refineries. And, among all those towering exhaust pipes, jutting up in the air; along the storage tanks that hold the reserve crude oil...you will come upon a vast green area....lush with trees and believe it or not....dorms and classroom buildings. Among others!! It was surprising to see such a place situated in this part of town. I really can't understand the logic. But then again....we're in Texas. We Texans boast about how we live in our own little world. And this can't be a better explanation to it all. After we finally found the turn-off to go onto the property, there was a sign at the street heading toward the 'domed' rooftop...."Our Lady of Corpus Christi". Now, you'd think it was a Catholic Church, right? Well...in a way...it is. It IS a church per sé, but more or less a private area. A church for the residents that reside here!!! I really don't think it's a cathedral for the public. But, I can't say for sure. I came home after walking the grounds [it was open...at least we didn't get gunned down for trespassing!], I came home and did a Google search for Catholic Churches in town. None of the lists showed that this was anything under 'churches'. I then went back to Google's home site and typed in Our Lady of Corpus Christi and there were only a few entries/results. I clicked on the very first one and began reading...it's all part of an undergraduate study!!! The building itself is a "Sacrament Chapel" ---an adoration chapel if you will. Upon further investigation, it's a college for liberal arts....where

Our Lady of Corpus Christi (OLCC) is a work of the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity and is inspired to provide higher education in the liberal arts and humanities that contributes to the New Evangelization and promotes the transcendent dignity of the human person in the image and likeness of God by:
1. The integral education of the whole person, that is, by forming students humanly, intellectually, morally, physically, and in Marian Trinitarian spirituality developing the fullness of their gifts for the service of others in the human family.


2. Teaching students to contribute as generous citizens to the Church and society just as Jesus served to foster the life, unity, and solidarity of humanity.


3. Educating and evangelizing the young people and their nations through graced friendships in apostolic wisdom and truth and activity.


4. Promoting development of intellectual skills of thinking and communication that will serve students in the practical pursuits in their lives.


5. By cultivating a love of learning for its own sake and a life-long pursuit of ever deepening knowledge and understanding of the truth of Catholic Faith and Life within a Marian Trinitarian, Spirituality.

Well, anyway...I finally took the time to find its elusive existence. I finally found what it was. And, naturally, I had my cellphone handy that day. Yep, I got photos....












[I took some close up, macro shots of this door that I will upload and post tomorrow...on Sunday!]













Posted: Saturday, August 8th, 2009
6:45 A.M.