So today was an eventful day! 30 pilgrims from all around the US arrived. We got to see the pope. Went to St Agnes for our first Mass in Rome (I had asked to celebrate Mass there since she’s the patron saint of my lifelong parish where I received every sacrament including Holy Orders to diaconate). The Church was beautiful and seeing the relic of St Agnes was amazing… But they lost our reservation! So Mass there was not meant to be

But God is good. We went to the Basilica of St Andrew – even more spectacularly beautiful: