Category Archives: SESSIUNCULA

Latin for: “a little group, meeting, company, assembled for amusement”

Daily Rome Shot 1050

Some of you have sent donations for my travel to the conference for priests to be held by the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology.  Many thanks to: WH, LD, MM, BMR, JK, DC, AR, DM, JMcG, KM and today, … Continue reading

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Daily Rome Shot 1049

As I mentioned yesterday, I’m trying to raise some money to cover my fee and travel to a conference for priests held by the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology. Thanks to: WH, LD, MM, and today, BMR, JK, DC, … Continue reading

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Daily Rome Shot 1048

I must raise money so I can attend the conference for priests held by the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology (Scott Hahn).  I’ve been to this conference in years past. They have been terrific, both for the content and … Continue reading

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Daily Rome Shot 1047

It’s the Feast of the Dedication of my adoptive parish in Rome, Ss. Trinità dei Pellegrini. Candles are lighted in the places where the walls were anointed with chrism and the church was, as in a baptism, named. The ceremony … Continue reading

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More on Francis, “********” and seminaries

Recently, there was a hubbub over Francis’ using the Italian word “frociggione… faggotry” during a meeting with the Italian bishops.  He said there was excessive faggotry. There was, of course, a media backlash.  An Italian man wrote a teary letter … Continue reading

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Daily Rome Shot 1046

Other people notice it as well… Built into the discreet ruins of the Baths of Agrippa (behind the Pantheon), a tiny Sanctuary of Our Lady. “He lifts to you, o Virgin/ chaste thoughts/ he who contemplates/ your mysteries/ and you, … Continue reading

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Daily Rome Shot 1044

Hey! p***.********@rocket.com! I was alerted that your email service is ending. New email? Please let me know. Welcome registrant: ad.nutum.meum On this date in 1889, the iconic, anti-Catholic statue of the heretic Giordano Bruno, burned at the stake in 1600, … Continue reading

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9 June: Bl Anna Maria Taigi – mystic, wife, mother

Today is the feast of Bl Anna Maria Taigi (+1837).  Her tomb is in San Crisogono, just across the Tiber in Trastevere.    She was a wifre and mother and then a tertiary of the Trinitarians.  During her life she … Continue reading

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Daily Rome Shot 1043

The vestition of new members of the Archconfraternity of the Most Holy Trinity of the Pilgrims and Convalescents, which was founded by St. Philip Neri. Please remember me when shopping online and use my affiliate links.  US HERE – UK HERE  WHY?  This helps … Continue reading

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The Beauty of Tradition

I warmly recommend that you savor a smartly written piece by Anthony Esolen at Crisis.   It is a devastating critique of modernity’s moral vagueness. Some tastes… […] The vagueness is like a noxious spreading mist. When you don’t have a … Continue reading

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