A Day in Owensboro, KY

Yesterday was great! We started the day bright and early with daily Mass before we all loaded up to drive to the great city of Owensboro! Owensboro is the diocese that Murray is in, so we were getting a chance to have lunch with the Bishop and tour the newly renovated Cathedral. We had a bit of jaunt ahead of us though, Owensboro is about 2 1/2 hours away from Murray. Luckily, Flannery is still in her road tripping mindset and went to sleep for the entire drive. The Krueger family drove separate from the rest of our team, so we took advantage of the ride to read.

We may sound dorky, but we've found that we LOVE reading out loud while we're driving. We each have such a long list of books we're trying to get through, so this speeds up the process when one of us can listen and the other reads (usually it's me). We discovered this when we had listened to all the available Fr. Mike Schmitz podcasts on one of our long road trips and needed something else to pass the time. This week the whole team is reading 'Forming Intentional Disciples' by Shelly Weddell, so naturally we decided to read the assignment for this week. Even though we only go through the first four chapters, I think THIS BOOK IS GREAT! I highly recommend it.

We made it to the Bishop's house and were greeted warmly by Bishop Medley. We spent some time getting to know one another and filling in Bishop about FOCUS. He had a lot of questions, but was so excited to have this program in the Owensboro diocese. We sat down to a lovely lunch of barbecued chicken because as Bishop Medley puts it "Owensboro is the barbecue capital of the world". After spending a year in Texas, that's not the first time we heard that line. Everyone wants to be famous for something! It was a great lunch, but the climax was definitely dessert. Bishop Medley has an interesting hobby- he makes homemade ice cream! It was delicious. He wouldn't let us get away without seconds, and I was okay with that!

Bishop Medley and Flannery got along great! She just loves being surrounded by habits and collars! So, I snapped a few good shots of the two of them!

Next, we made our way to the Cathedral. It was so simple and beautiful.

 It still has some of its original stained glass. But the new side chapel was one of my favorite parts!

Flannery slept through most of the tour, but I managed to catch a cute picture of her with her daddy anyway. We are so thankful to have so much support from this diocese and Bishop Medley. We are looking forward to a great year working together!

- Meghan