Chapel on the Rock

by Ginger Stein

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Chapel on the Rock

Artist

Ginger Stein

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Photograph - Architecture Photography

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St. Catherine of Siena Chapel, also referred to as the Chapel on the Rock, is located in Allenspark, Colorado. The Chapel was built in the 1930s and donated to the Archdiocese of Denver, at that time it was renamed Camp St. Malo. The facility was used as a boys’ camp led by priests and seminarians. In the 1970s, Camp St. Malo became coed when girls joined the camper ranks. The facility reopened in1987 as the St. Malo Religious Retreat and Conference Center. In 1993, during his visit to Colorado for World Youth Day, Pope St. John Paul II prayed and blessed the Chapel. He also hiked along the trails on the St. Malo Camp property. Later the trail was renamed the John Paul II Trail. In 2011, a fire destroyed the retreat center, since then Camp St. Malo has remained closed. In 2013, 100-year rains produced flooding and mudslides, destroyed the natural terrain and property, including the historic Pope John Paul II Trail. The Chapel miraculously remained undamaged, but due to the surrounding landscape damage, it sporadically has been open to the public. The devastation caused by the floods can still be seen in this image.
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