Category: Travels
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Assisi
We arrived at Assisi late in the afternoon. We didn’t really stay long. I wish we had. There was so much to see. We started at the Basilica di Santa Chiara, patroness of television. Why? Our guide said Silvio Berlusconi had something to do with it, something about his owning a few TV stations. A […]
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Orvieto
We headed out on a guided tour to Orvieto in Umbria on Saturday, and Assisi, home of St. Francis and St. Clare. The city of Orvieto is “situated on the flat summit of a large butte of volcanic tuff. The site of the city is among the most dramatic in Europe, rising above the almost-vertical faces of tuff […]
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Rome: Basilica di San Pietro, Part 2
We returned to the grottoes after seeing all we could see on the main floor. But we are not allowed to take pictures there. We saw the tomb of St. Peter. The tour of the Scavi (Excavations) requires pre-planning. We did not get that opportunity today. We saw the tombs of many popes and kings […]
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Rome: Basilica di San Pietro, Part 1
In this first album, we were able to walk around most of the basilica. The first picture is from just outside the sacristy door into the main floor. It is the list of popes buried in St. Peter’s. The new tomb of Blessed John Paul II is now at a side altar to the right […]
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Rome: Mass at the Basilica di San Pietro
We left for Vatican City around 6am. We entered the piazza a little after 6:30. It was peaceful, deserted but for a few early risers. We took the side entrance to the sacristy, where we were saluted by Swiss guards and other law enforcement. Fr. Kerry and I agreed no one has ever saluted us […]
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Rome: Santa Maria Maggiore
The Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore along the Via Cavour is the largest Marian basilica in Rome.
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Rome: Forum & Colosseum
This whole gallery is of the rest of our day visiting the Roman Forum and Colosseum, evidence of the ancient Roman civilization in which Christianity took root. Today, there is a church on almost every corner of Rome. Every pope has left a mark with a marble slab and often a magnificent monument in stone. […]
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Rome: Monumento a Vittorio Emanuele II
After morning mass at Domus Australia, we headed south to the Colosseum and the Roman Forum. At Piazza Venezia, we fell upon the Monumento a Vittorio Emanuele II and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Okay, it isn’t something you just fall upon considering its size, but we hadn’t planned on seeing it. Well, we […]
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