Of the vast array of saints in the Catholic Church, one of the most fascinating, brilliant, and complex has to be St. Augustine. He lived in the fourth century, so it was still relatively early…
Mass in 2 hours
About 2 hours from now, this is where I'll be celebrating Mass. A little different venue than I'm used to. Not going to lie - its a little intimidating... Fortunately it's at the tomb of…
Another day of being blown away
Since this is a Lenten Pilgrimage, we're seeing some rather incredible sites to assist us in our Lenten devotions. We started the day with Mass at one of the 4 major Basilicas in Rome -…
The now “infamous” St Agnes
So it will take too long to describe the scene at St Agnes. Mt fingers are getting tired typing this on my iPhone and I can't really do it justice. But like I said no…
Caravaggio
The one Church (if I remember St Louis of France) had frescos by Carvaggio - the call of St Matthew and St Matthew writing the Gospel
Photos from the pantheon
The Pantheon was a Church dedicated to the "sun god" built over 1900 years ago. Now it's one of the basilicas of the Church
Another shot of Sunday Mass
Lino got this shot during Mass yesterday. Gives an even more beautiful view of the basilica
First Mass in Roma
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…
Blessing from the Holy Father
We just got to see the Pope! Some of our pilgrims arrived so we ran across the street to see the Sunday Angelus. How weird is that. Just go across the street to see the…