Chapel on the Rock
by Becca Buecher
Title
Chapel on the Rock
Artist
Becca Buecher
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Photograph - Photography
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This place is just absolutely amazing. I have seen it so many times and never seem to get lucky with taking a good quality photo of it until today. I was very lucky today because the snow was giving it such a wonderful contrast look and really making it pop. It was extremely windy in the mountains today, but that didn't stop me from getting this photo and many others at different angles (Check out the Chapel gallery!!). For about 5 seconds, I had the camera away from my face, even with arctic winds blasting in my face along with flakes of snow drifting off from the ground and smacking me in the face... this place- it is just so beautiful. It literally took my breath away and I really enjoyed staring at for those 5 seconds, just really taking in the magnificent beauty that Colorado has here.
The Chapel on the Rock (officially, Saint Catherine of Siena Chapel) is a tourist landmark in Allenspark, Colorado, USA. The chapel is located on the grounds of the Saint Malo Retreat, Conference, and Spiritual Center of the Catholic Archdiocese of Denver which has been closed since November 2011.
In 1999 Boulder County designated the chapel as a historic site.
Pope Saint John Paul II prayed at the chapel during his visit to Denver for World Youth Day in 1993; he blessed the chapel afterwards. The pope later hiked in the surrounding woods and spent some time at the Saint Malo Retreat Center.
In November 2011 the Chapel on the Rock was spared from a devastating fire that destroyed a majority of the retreat center, forcing it to close its doors.
During the rock slides of September 2013 the Chapel on the Rock survived, though much of the surrounding terrain was destroyed.
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January 25th, 2015
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