The dawn light hit the ridge of St. Jude’s Overlook, a sprawling, emerald-green plateau that commanded a panoramic view of the valley below. It was here, atop the highest point of the basin—a natural amphitheater formed by centuries of glacial retreat—that the vision for the Church of the Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ began to take shape.

The dawn light hit the ridge of St. Jude’s Overlook, a sprawling, emerald-green plateau that commanded a panoramic view of the valley below. It was here, atop the highest point of the basin—a natural amphitheater formed by centuries of glacial retreat—that the vision for the Church of the Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ began to take shape.