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I can't come up with clever titles for every blog post...
Today began a little later than I had expected with a 9:15 am departure time for our 10 am tour of St. John Lateran (the Pope's Basilica). The Sister who gave us the tour was wonderful...in fact here is her vocation story: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Z-U0s307djk#at=203
After the tour we renewed our Baptismal promises in San Giovani in Fonte (St. John's Baptistry), which is the first baptistry in Christianity built in 315 AD. For those of you who aren't math scholars---that means it's OLD! Following the renewal of our promises, we had Mass and then departed back to the NAC for pranzo (lunch, the main meal of the day).
Kev SJ, Zim and I then divided the "Boston patrimony" which was left to us by Fr. Eric Bennett after his departure back to Boston when he finished his S.T.L. at the end of June. We got some good things that are helping to set up my room. (Which for those of you like my mother who want to know everything is room 209. Which in America would be the 1st floor off the ground, but here, specifically at the NAC, it is what we would refer to as the 4th. One enters on "0"level, then travels up to the "R" level, for Refectory, then to "1", then "2".
Around 3 pm we took a 30 minute tour of the building which ended 90 minutes later...we're working on Italian time here! It was good to get to see some of the building as EVERYTHING is new and overwhelming to a jet-lagged person.
After exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and Evening Prayer we will have some time to go into St. Peter's Square at night, grab a gelato and maybe run some errands. I am hopeful Kev SJ and I will be able to get my phone to work... we'll see.
Lastly--I must admit I have been slacking in the "tourist" department--meaning I have not been taking pictures, as I figure I'll be in the city long enough to take some at a time I'm not exhausted and worried about carrying around things all day.
Thanking you for the continued love and prayers---In fact, I got 2 things in the mail today offering prayers...THANKS!!! :-)
Pax,
KPL
Today began a little later than I had expected with a 9:15 am departure time for our 10 am tour of St. John Lateran (the Pope's Basilica). The Sister who gave us the tour was wonderful...in fact here is her vocation story: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Z-U0s307djk#at=203
After the tour we renewed our Baptismal promises in San Giovani in Fonte (St. John's Baptistry), which is the first baptistry in Christianity built in 315 AD. For those of you who aren't math scholars---that means it's OLD! Following the renewal of our promises, we had Mass and then departed back to the NAC for pranzo (lunch, the main meal of the day).
Kev SJ, Zim and I then divided the "Boston patrimony" which was left to us by Fr. Eric Bennett after his departure back to Boston when he finished his S.T.L. at the end of June. We got some good things that are helping to set up my room. (Which for those of you like my mother who want to know everything is room 209. Which in America would be the 1st floor off the ground, but here, specifically at the NAC, it is what we would refer to as the 4th. One enters on "0"level, then travels up to the "R" level, for Refectory, then to "1", then "2".
Around 3 pm we took a 30 minute tour of the building which ended 90 minutes later...we're working on Italian time here! It was good to get to see some of the building as EVERYTHING is new and overwhelming to a jet-lagged person.
After exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and Evening Prayer we will have some time to go into St. Peter's Square at night, grab a gelato and maybe run some errands. I am hopeful Kev SJ and I will be able to get my phone to work... we'll see.
Lastly--I must admit I have been slacking in the "tourist" department--meaning I have not been taking pictures, as I figure I'll be in the city long enough to take some at a time I'm not exhausted and worried about carrying around things all day.
Thanking you for the continued love and prayers---In fact, I got 2 things in the mail today offering prayers...THANKS!!! :-)
Pax,
KPL
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