Prayer Intentions for Feb 18

Friday, Feb 18:
Upper Cleveland SPO House
Lower Cleveland SPO House
Companions of Christ
Community of Christ the Redeemer

May the Lord bless all of you this Lent. Amen.

On Friday I went to the Lenten station church of Santi Dodici Apostoli. This church is dedicated to the Apostles.

Prayer Intentions for Feb 17

Thursday, Feb 17:
Kat Brown
Pete Camiolo
Jeff Caron
Michelle Chynoweth
Tim Lawence

May the Lord bless all of you this Lent. Amen.

Today I went to the Lenten station church of San Lorenzo in Panisperna. This church is dedicated to St. Lawence, a 3rd century decon and martyr.

Prayer Intentions for Feb 16

Wednesday, Feb 16:
Josh Brechtel Family
Tom Brechtel
Brewer Family
Dr. Briel
Ana Britnall

May the Lord bless all of you this Lent. Amen.

On Wendesday I went to the Lenten station church of Santa Maria Maggiore. This is the patriarchal basilica dedicated to the blessed Virgin Mary. There were several Masses going on Wednesday morning, so we had Mass in this side chapel called the Pauline chapel (picture).

Prayer Intentions for Feb 15

Tuesday, Feb 15:
Gary Boisclair
In Him Ministries
Cheryl Booms
Dr. John Boyle
Mike Brasier

May the Lord bless all of you this Lent. Amen.

Today I went to the Lenten station church of Sant' Anastasia. This church is disicated to St. Anastasia, the 4th century martyr.

Prayer Intentions for Feb 14

Monday, Feb 14:
Gary Boisclair
In Him Ministries
Cheryl Booms
Dr. John Boyle
Mike Brasier

May the Lord bless all of you this Lent. Amen.

On Monday I went to the Lenten station church of San Pietro in Vincoli. This basilica is dedicated to St. Peter the Apostle.

Prayer Intentions for Feb 13

Today on this first Sunday of lent:
Fr. Michael Becker
Theresa Bede
Maasa Behrends
Theresa Bennett
Mark Walorski

May the Lord bless all of you this Lent. Amen.

Today I went to the church of S. Giovanni in Laterano. This church is known as the "Mother of all Churches", and is dedicated to: Our Savior, St. John the Baptist, and St. John the Evangelist.

On Saturday night, I went out with some of the people from my group. Anna Emmel (whom I met on the plane flight to Rome) has a friend, Nille, who has lived in Rome for over a year now. They went to highschool together and decided to meet and hang out. Anna found a few of us without plans for the night and invited us along. In this picture from left to right is: Nille, Anna, Dan, Jackie, and myself. We had a great night of eating (he knew of an AWESOME ristorante that was good and inexpensive!) and drinking wine. The only thing missing was the Italian chesse. But we made up for that with fellowship. Nille is a great guy.

This is Ponte Matteotti, the bridge that I walk across almost everyday on my way to school. I live on the left hand side of the bridge and down the street a little (you can see the house in this picture - it's the tan building next to a dark grey building) and P.za del Popolo is to the right and behind me as I took this picture.

Prayer Intentions for Feb 12

Yesterday, the fourth preparatory day of Lent:
Ball family
Balza family
Michael Bauer
Carrie Bechtold
Becker family

May the Lord bless all of you this Lent. Amen.

On Saturday I went to the Lenten station church of S. Agostino. This church is dedicated to Saint Augustine of Hippo. (Yes, the St. Augustine who wrote 'Confessions').

This is the view from my window. (No, I'm not in jail). Oggi e bello giorno!

This is the place I live (the infamous St Thomas Bernardi Campus). My room is on the right hand side of the building in this picture. If you look at the nine windows on that side of the building, my window is the one in the middle. There is even a little gas station iin front of our place!