Priceless Sunset Journeys

On Tuesday 11AUG26, Our motorcoach journey will go south from Missoula to Stevensville, MT. It is said Mary appeared to a little native boy and taught him his prayers so he could be baptized. A church was built there and named St. Mary. Many Salish Natives came to be baptized after the appearance.

PS There will be a surprise before we leave Stevensville.

Tuesday, Breakfast at the Wyndam starts the Day as we travel across Idaho to Missoula for Mass with Fr. Hightower, formerly of Bellarmine Prep in Tacoma where Travel Center, Inc. is located. Father will celebrate Mass with us and welcomes the Parishioners of St. Stephen the Martyr and St. Anthony where he has family members. More later, as I am off to work and Mass this morning, Sunday June 7th.

On Monday, August 10th, pilgrims will board our motorcoach to start the journey to "Our Lady of the Rockies" in Butte, MT. After a lunch stop near Moses Lake (your choice of Fast-food restaurants) experience a 90-minute guided tour of Gonzaga University, a Jesuit College founded in 1887 by Father Joseph Cataldo. That evening,enjoy your choice of entrees at Cracker Barrel (Dinner on own) before resting at the LaQuinta Wyndham near Coeur d'Alene.

Fliers are available at both St. Anthony Parish and St. Stephen the Martyr in Renton.

Today, Saturday June 6th, 2026, the cover photo to Our Lady of the Rockies is updated. She is almost as tall as the Statue of Liberty and stands on the continental divide in Butte Montana. She was built with grit, sweat and the hands of many Men over several years. Bob O'Bill said he promised to put a statue of Mary on the mountain if his wife survived surgery. Bob, along with Joe Roberts and Leroy Lee staring making plans in made the plans in December 1979 and Mary was completed in December 1985. Come learn the story, visit the statue this August 10-14 with a Travel Center, Inc. escorted bus trip with Kathleen Tansey. Call 253-653-6074 or email [email protected] for details

Kathleen Tansey enjoying the shops of Portugal while on 11 day Pilgrimage with Nativity Pilgrimage

Also on Tuesday we went to St. Stephen church in Santarem where a Eucharistic miracle occurred. We were unable to take pictures of the miracle host but here are others.

Here is the Cathedral where St. Anthony of Padua was baptized

Mass this morning at the church of St Anthony of Padua who was born in Lisbon, church is built on his birthblace. We walked from near the seaport past the Cathedral where he was baptized.