Month: May 2008

Rafter Six Ranch & Lake Louise

We had a day off here at Rafter Six Ranch after a great concert and teaching yesterday. I have a bunch of photos and some video to sort through. Hopefully I can get some up in the next couple days. We leave first thing in the morning for Lethbridge, Alberta the back to Calgary for […]

Well we had great concerts in Saskatoon & Regina and today made the drive from Regina to Rafter Six Ranch just a bit east of Banff. I had a great walk in Saskatoon the other day that I hope to write about on my other blog. CAM member and organizer of this leg Denis Grady […]

Click here for an alternate, Ken Burns-esque, version of this video.

Nick Alexander just sent word that some CAM members have placed playlists of favorite JMT songs and comments about the fire over on TopCatholicSongs.com.

Well I’m settled in here at Queen’s House retreat center in Saskatoon for the night. It feels like it’s been a whirlwind few days. We’ve been to Red Deer, Sherwood Park, Caroline and Fort McMurray already. All the concert have been very good. All the crowds have been very responsive both to John Michael’s music […]

Ok, actually we’re already in Canada. We had a great concert in Great Falls, Montana Tuesday night. Stayed with the Poor Claires in their new retreat house. Special thanks to Colette Bernica at Central Catholic HS for enduring the flood of packages and other mayhem that ensued because of the fire. Thanks too, to Marty […]

These photos come from Richard Ims, BSC. LittlePortionFire from Richard Ims, BSC.

At 6:00 a. m. this morning, Viola, John Michael and I, along with Bill our driver for this trip, boarded the bus for our first Canadian tour. Meanwhile, life at Little Portion has already regained some sense of order if not normalcy. It’s been one heck of a four day ride for the community. Myself, […]

These were taken early Tuesday morning. The last fire fighters didn’t leave until about 6 a.m. They returned later that day to try to douse some hotspots in the area of the stock room & library. Even now that area is still smoldering. LittlePortionFire