We stopped briefly to marvel at the Catholic mission church at Pella - close to the Orange River. This isolated, grindingly poor little mission settlement in the middle of nowhere managed to build this magnificent cathedral-like church under the direction of two priests who only had a photo of a church to work on! After 7 years it was completed and consecrated in 1895.
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What is the road like? That is a legendary place I've thought of visiting. And did you bring home some dates?
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing achievement, just shows how anything is possible when you want it badly enough, wonderful story Caroline.
ReplyDeleteThe church is beatiful in it's simplicity!
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I haven't had the opportunity to explore the Northern Cape and the more I see of it the more I want to go. Its so much more than a hot and dry place. The church is magnificent.
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