The section of Kentucky is noted for what we call “knobs,” small hills 300 to 900 feet tall that dot the undulating countryside. The farms and fields and knobs are a beautiful part of the state.
Bardstown, Kentucky is the nearest small city to Gethsemani and is the bourbon capital of the world. Jim Beam, Maker’s Mark–all the big whisky names come from here. And throughout the county are these large whisky-ageing warehouses where barrels of whisky are kept for three to fifteen years before being bottled. Kentucky has more barrels of ageing whisky than it does people.
We had two conferences today and we often stay together to talk afterwards.
Fr. George Otuma is the pastor of St. Boniface Church where I help out with Sunday masses so he’s my new boss.
