Stop #1 – Santa Maria Spora Minerva This church is slowly becoming my new favorite. St. Catherine of Siena’s body is under the main altar, the side chapel […]
017 – Ss. Cosma e Damiano
Our Chaplin and my good friend Fr. John Lado said the station mass last Thursday, so naturally I had to pull up and support. Mass was at Ss. […]
016 – The Eucharistic Miracle of Lanciano
This past weekend, Fr. John Lado and I traveled across Italy to visit Lanciano, home of a Eucharistic Miracle. Below are the facts. I have copied and pasted […]
015 – Sistine Chapel
Ok, the Sistine Chapel. I was lucky enough to snap two quick pictures while being shoulder to shoulder with other pilgrims and tourists. It really is an unreal […]
014 – Castel Gandolfo
On Friday, I took a group of students to the Pope’s summer residence. A real dump let me tell ya! Overlooking the Lago Albano, the former Barberini palace […]
013 – Day Trip to Assisi
Yesterday, I accompanied my boss, Dr. Mark Wunsch, to Assisi for the day. The two hour train ride is only 13 euro from Rome! Had a delightful lunch […]
012 – Santa Maria in Trastevere
The nature of the job has left less time for me to cook up some heater blogs. Anyway, last week I traversed down to Trastevere to Santa Maria […]
011 – 4 Churches You Missed
The last four station churches have been San Clemente, Ss. Dodici Apostoli, San Pietro in Vaticano, and San Bartolomeo all’Isola. The Basilica of the Twelve Apostles is another […]
010 – San Lorenzo in Panisperna
San Lorenzo is a much smaller church than the past few I’ve visited. This baroque church (completed in 1574) is built on the site of St. Lawarence’s death. […]
009 – Santa Maria Maggiore
One of the four major basilicas in Rome, St. Mary Major contains so much. In fact I know very little about it, so I’ll let these links speak […]