One of the things that I've learned working with college students over the past 16 years is how often they are ahead of the rest of the culture and the rest of the world. In…
Final hours in Roma… :(
It's hard to believe this is the last day in Rome. Today was another whirlwind of a day. First I got to celebrate our final mass of the Pilgrimage at the "Popes Cathedral" - St…
The “ides of March”
Bizarre to be passing the place were Caesars friends stabbed him in the back (literally!!) today. Makes you realize the depth of history here. They also have some pretty good food. Oh and the Trevi…
Another whirlwind of a day
This has been a incredibly busy day - traveling to some sites on the other side of Rome. This morning took us to St Susanna parish - the American Parish in Rome; another Church where…
Oh and I was this close to a…
I forgot - after Mass at Santa Maria Sopra Minerva , we got to bewitching an arms reach of a lesser known Michaelangelo work of Christ (I told you it's al lot to take in…
Hello Holy Father
Yep. We were this close... And then after that we off to ancient Rome and Mass at St Catherine of Siena... So much stuff to take in
Papal Audience
Well that was incredibly cool. Thousands of people gathering in St Peters Square to hear the successor to St Peter -Pope Benedict XVI give a teaching and impart his apostolic blessing on us and any…
Waiting for the Pope!
So we got up early, knocked a few people out of the way as the barricades opened to get primo seats for the Wednesday audience with the Pope. The hope being getting close enough to…
Catacombs, Cathedrals and current Catholics
After celebrating Mass at the most popular altar in the most famous Church in Christendom , this afternoon we saw the burial places of the Early Christians persecuted and killed by the romans and where…