Last Sunday in Rome

Sunday January 25, 2015

By Deacon John Powers

This morning we were free for mass on our own. I went to the church where St. Philip Neri is buried, and it was great because it's one of the few churches in the center of Rome to have what we would think of as active parish life (aka there were actually Italian families with kids there).

The view on the way was very nice.

This afternoon was a little more exciting, we went to vespers with the Pope at Saint Paul's outside the Walls.  It is the last of the four Constantine basilicas we needed to visit as a class.  We will be going back, but one of the really cool things about it is that it has mosaics of all the popes.

So now if we meet the criteria, we get an indulgence.

My one shot of the Pope. The mosaics of the most recent popes are in the upper right.

After vespers and dinner a bunch of us went out for gelato because today is the patronal feast of the Seminary.  Tomorrow we are going to visit one of the Vatican courts and the Jesuits.

Deacon Arthur Roraff expressing joy after a long day and a proper recompense