Saint Photios Chapel and Shrine

by: halsema.org editors Saint Photios Chapel and Shrine on St George Street in St. Augustine is a special place for those who are ancestors of Roque Leonardi. It was in this same building in the upper room, tradition holds, that Fr. Pedro Camps celebrated Mass with the survivors of the Andrew Turnbull colony in New… Continue reading Saint Photios Chapel and Shrine

Father Pedro Camps:A True Apostle

by: halsema.org editors The opening paragraph is from: The Bishops of Florida: Pastoral Letter on the Bicentennial, 1976 This statue is curently in the small courtyard west of the Cathedral Basilica, Saint Augustine, Florida USA. This statue of Father Pedro Camps and others was presented to the Bishop of Saint Augustine, Paul F. Tanner, by… Continue reading Father Pedro Camps:A True Apostle