Our Lady of Loreto Catholic Church - Foxfield, Colorado

I went on a pilgrimage to Our Lady of Loreto Catholic Church in Foxfield near Parker, Colorado.   

The church is huge.   It is one of the 8 pilgrimage sites for the 2013 Year of Faith in the Denver Archdiocese.

My Year of Faith Pilgrimage Passport told me to find animals on the baptism font, but I couldn't  find any.  So, I went up stairs to the office and met the rector/assistant pastor.   He took me down and into the church to find 8 small sea creatures at the very bottom of the font.  He then gave me a tour of the church and its architecture.  It is modeled on a church in Milan, Italy that he showed me in a picture.  This church is 10 years old and about to open a school.   He said that is gets full to overflowing every weekend.   I said that this looked more like a cathedral, and he said it is bigger than many cathedrals in Europe.   I also told him that I liked the flags and the banners flying outside and that my church should do that.  The rector then gave me some information brochures and a pilgrimage prayer guide before headed back upstairs.  That was very kind of him to take the time to show me around this beautiful church.

On the way out, I met the pastor who was also very friendly.   

Read all about it @ http://www.ourladyofloreto.org/