Cristo Redentor
From Peregrinación anual del Movimiento de Schoenstatt al Cristo Redentor:
Papal Text Notes Peace Between Argentina and Chile. The Holy Father's words mark the centenary of the monument in the Andes, which was built "to commemorate the agreements that led to final peace treaties between the two countries in 1902." According to a website providing information about the beautiful city of Mendoza, Argentina, "[c]annons used in the wars of liberation were melted down to provide the metal for the statue." I took the dramatic eight-hour bus-ride between Santiago, Chile and Mendoza, Argentina many times as an exchange student in 1993 and once later in 1995, but never visited the statue. The border between the two countries is marked in the middle of a tunnel. Mendoza has its place, along with Georgetown, Malaysia and Nagasaki, Japan, as one of my favorite small cities in the world.
From Peregrinación anual del Movimiento de Schoenstatt al Cristo Redentor:
Papal Text Notes Peace Between Argentina and Chile. The Holy Father's words mark the centenary of the monument in the Andes, which was built "to commemorate the agreements that led to final peace treaties between the two countries in 1902." According to a website providing information about the beautiful city of Mendoza, Argentina, "[c]annons used in the wars of liberation were melted down to provide the metal for the statue." I took the dramatic eight-hour bus-ride between Santiago, Chile and Mendoza, Argentina many times as an exchange student in 1993 and once later in 1995, but never visited the statue. The border between the two countries is marked in the middle of a tunnel. Mendoza has its place, along with Georgetown, Malaysia and Nagasaki, Japan, as one of my favorite small cities in the world.
Redeemed by Our Savior, I work out my salvation with fear and trembling in Pohang, South Korea, where I live with my wife, daughter, and son and teach English at a science and technology university. Baptized a Methodist and raised a Missouri Synod Lutheran in Buffalo, NY, I spent six years as a guest of the Anglican Communion before being received by the Grace of God into the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on the Feast of Saint Andrew, my patron, anno domini 2002.
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