Two Saturdays ago my whole program was invited to go on a tour of St. Peter's Basilica given by our program director, Dr. Dawson. Needly to say, it was quite breath-taking.
St. Peter's Bascilia!
It is one thing to walk around churches and bascilias and admire their beauty, but it's a completely different experience to actually learn the thought, creativity and passion behind it all. Here's a peek into our tour:
Here's the first thing you see when you walk into St. Peter's:
Holy Spirit! Bam!
St. Peter's Basilica is the largest bascilica in the world and the burial place of St. Peter. And of course it holds tons of holy relics, the Tomb of Blessed John Paul II, and the Peita!
Just turned around one minute and saw this in front of me:
This was my other favorite statue we saw, a depiction of St. Veronica, "the Image Bearer."
the ceiling:
breath-taking!
In more recent news, last weekend Nora and I went to Pisa!
We decided to go ahead and try to check one of our "must sees" off the list so we decided to do a day trip last Saturday to Pisa.
As you can see, I finally got a classic photo with the Tower!
We got there around 11 a.m. and didn't leave until 8:50. It was only a 2 hr and 40 min. train ride.
Pisa is a beautiful little town, but really besides seeing the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Cathedral that is next to it and the Baptistry, all of which we visted and enjoyed immensly, there's nothing else to really do it Pisa. So I'm happy that we made it a day trip.
Starting the Climb!
We made it to the top!
Nora is a GREAT travel companion and we had so much fun!
That Sunday, I went with a class to Nettuno to celebrate the 68th anniversary of the Allies landing in Nettuno on January 22. Four months later in June, the Allies liberated Rome. The class got a whole tour of the American cemetary there. It was so beautiful and memorable. Afterwards, a bunch of us went and visited the tomb of Saint Maria Goretti! Definately one of the highlights of my trip! She's so tiny! We only got 2 minutes with her because the Church was closing but that was plenty of time for a quick prayer and to touch some rosaries to her tomb.
This weekend has been a weekend of catching up on some much needed sleep and homework. Not much to report haha.
Blessings and Prayers!
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