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In 1853, a wealthy Irish landowner who had governed the larger part of Marin County for the Mexican government, Don Timoteo Murphy, deeded 800 acres of beautiful countryside to the Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco.
Since then St. Vincents has been an orphanage, and more recently a treatment facility for boys with troubled pasts. To quote information on the St. Vincent website:
Many of the boys struggle with deep emotional disturbances that result from severe parental abuse—physical, sexual or emotional—as well as parental neglect. Typically, a St. Vincent's resident has lived in many foster-care households and other residential situations prior to reaching us.
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This is near the top of San Francisco Bay. We call it the North Bay and the map has it as San Pablo Bay.
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Our hills roll and undulate. Our oak trees are round and the shadows are sometimes long.
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My beloved Mount Tamalpais.
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It is an impressive church although I haven't been inside.
The road leading to the church and school is lined with tall Eucalyptus trees.
I like finding abstract patterns in the thin shaggy bark of those trees.
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