tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post3518946397829891854..comments2024-03-28T05:17:04.006-04:00Comments on southern orders: A JESUITICAL SEMINARY IN PRE-VATICAN II MACON, GEORGIA!Fr. Allan J. McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-75045621464985794572016-11-11T12:10:18.983-05:002016-11-11T12:10:18.983-05:00First, let me say that I agree with you about the ...First, let me say that I agree with you about the primacy of the Savannah diocese :). I live in Athens now after years in ATL and still wish we could move the line enough to include Athens in what I consider my home diocese. I was baptized at St. Joseph's in Macon and my family roots are in Columbus. I went to School in Savannah and worked two summers at Camp Villa Marie. But I digress --<br /><br />Today in doing genealogical research I uncovered a link that, though tenuous, tells me that we may be related to Fr. Thomas Francis Cleary who was a professor at Pio Nono College (at the age of 20). This info is from census data and I also saw in the same record that another relative from Charleston, Paul Truche, was a boarding student there at the age of 16. All very interesting. I had no idea that the school existed, so now I have something else interesting to research!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-88958619588691700572014-11-16T11:23:19.391-05:002014-11-16T11:23:19.391-05:00When I go there, I park in the what used to be Win... <br />When I go there, I park in the what used to be Winship apartments on Forest Hill in their parking lot. Just after the Prado drive. I pull into apartment drive and take a right and park on the hill. There is a concrete drainage, gutter type thing that works great as a sidewalk and entrance. It leads into the woods. Once in the woods a trail leads around to the right and around the basin of the Grotto. Half way around it is the Chimeny and Marian shrine. Also from the entrance of the woods, If you go left and down the hill you would find the pool. It is so overgrown it might not be easy to spot. The toppled statue is also to the left, close to the edge of the woods, not really close to anything. <br />I don't suppose any devil stuff happens there. but I am sure teenagers drink and smoke and whatnot. qwiknesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15439450727837308035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-6070090438468993372014-11-14T18:22:36.486-05:002014-11-14T18:22:36.486-05:00Fr. Macdonald: I'm honored to be linked from t...Fr. Macdonald: I'm honored to be linked from this venerable blog! And indeed ... both our dioceses' heyday was in those seminal days when we were all part of the Diocese of Charleston! :-) <br /><br />[As to current heydays -- well, more people are moving into our territory than yours. We keep crowing about it, as if it were our achievement, when it is simple economics and demographics. The result is our clergy is horribly overworked. A few spare prayers for your laboring northern brethren [ha!] would be gratefully welcome.]<br /><br />Thanks to these comments with more information on the Grotto -- I'll incorporate these into my post anon. And thank you for the correction on the pronunciation of "Pio Nono." I was trying to remember how Fr. Brett Brannen said it ... :) <br /><br />I am long over due to visit Macon (especially now, since your seminarian is a friend of mine from my days at the Mount), in which case, I look forward to making your acquaintance in person. <br /><br />And, yes, St. Joseph is truly, truly beautiful. Even a photograph of it makes my heart sing. <br /><br />Oremus pro invicem. Fr. Gaurav Shroff https://www.blogger.com/profile/04964314266441708310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-16197404754018142672014-11-14T16:44:03.108-05:002014-11-14T16:44:03.108-05:00Thanks for the grotto link.
Gotta find it!
Sheila...Thanks for the grotto link.<br />Gotta find it!<br /><br />SheilaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-76618007571554425662014-11-14T15:43:44.633-05:002014-11-14T15:43:44.633-05:00This link will bring you to the most comprehensive...This link will bring you to the most comprehensive collection of information on "the Grotto" that I've ever come across, it includes dozens of photos and a youtube video by the person trying to organize it's restoration. <br /><br />http://www.tpldesign.com/grotto/Templarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18204866760862707908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-45139052994380899582014-11-14T14:21:46.075-05:002014-11-14T14:21:46.075-05:00*Where* is this place? At this point, it's bec...*Where* is this place? At this point, it's become an urban legend of sorts, much like the 'caves and tunnels' underneath Rose Hill cemetery, where 'devil worshippers' were once said to do whatever it is 'devil worshippers' do.<br /><br />Needless to say, I've never seen evidence of occult activities taking place there, but I did once find an eggplant left on the 'porch' of one of the mausoleums.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00554830859411216515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-82219723793342714412014-11-14T11:38:58.932-05:002014-11-14T11:38:58.932-05:00This retreat is really the coolest thing in Macon....This retreat is really the coolest thing in Macon. I "discovered" it when visiting my grandmother at her apartment when I was 12 or 14. It is a HUGE vast ravine, bowl type area with a trail that wanders around the edge. There are stone bridges that lead to the Mary Shrine. There is a chimney and small cavern made of stone on another stone bridge to view area below. I have found the toppled statue of St. Peter but at the time could not tell who it was. I found and the foundation of the pool. Back then I thought it was a pool but decided it was too old for them to have pools. I thought it was a foundation to a building. It had little trees and vegetationgrowing in it. The entire area is not falling apart in my opinion, just old. The place is great in the fall or after a snow. The trail is covered in leaves or snow and one can see deep into the bowl of the wooded ravine below. Trees have fallen across the trail making it sometimes hard to traverse. I always wondered if it was Catholic but reckoned that it was Episcopalian since St. Francis Episcopal Church is across the street.qwiknesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15439450727837308035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-59121393486956089102014-11-14T11:23:48.141-05:002014-11-14T11:23:48.141-05:00Also, from I have been told, Vineville Baptist Chu...Also, from I have been told, Vineville Baptist Church, had the city change the name of the street from Pio Nono to Pierce Ave because they did not want to be on a road named after a popeqwiknesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15439450727837308035noreply@blogger.com