Fishing village parish church

Volume 15, Number 16
October 12, 2009

lifestyle

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Scenes and tastes from the Caravana de Asistencia Social
Diplomat explains US government services available to US citizens here
Canadian Thanksgiving at the Hotel Miramar
A photographic visit to the USS Mesa Verde
Spay Panama calendars are in
Kittens looking for homes
Sparring in the park
Fishing village parish church
Panama's socially accepted anti-Chinese racism
Toro Guapo festival in Anton, October 15-19

A parish church that befits a place that lives off of what it catches at sea

Well, OK --- it's true that most of the people in San Carlos no longer make their livings by fishing, although many still do. The town has also lost a portion of its oyster beds to various forms of predation, without replacing the losses through the creation of new, artificial ones.

But still, isn't it befitting the ancient economy of San Carlos that its Catholic parish church would have a steeple whose "shingles" are oyster shells?

Photo by Eric Jackson

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