Hello again!
I just found a link to this live webcam of the main square in Assisi! Below it are links to other area webcams, including the Basilica of St Francis and the one of St. Mary of the Angels (down in the valley). Enjoy!
Assisi Webcam
Tuesday, June 3, 2014
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
A familiar face
Hello again!
I had the opportunity to take a working vacation this month to Italy, and guess who our local guide was on our last full day in Rome?
When I showed Raffaele our group photo, he remembered you all with great fondness, and asked me to relay his greetings to you! I hope that your memories, photos, stories and reflection upon our experience in Italy have been positive and wonderful.
Our next parish pilgrimage will be to France, September 1-9, 2014. About half of the 30 spaces have been claimed already, and we are anticipating another glorious pilgrimage. Here is a link to the itinerary for France. And if you'd like to follow along, here is a link to the Pilgrimage Blog for France.
I had the opportunity to take a working vacation this month to Italy, and guess who our local guide was on our last full day in Rome?
Our next parish pilgrimage will be to France, September 1-9, 2014. About half of the 30 spaces have been claimed already, and we are anticipating another glorious pilgrimage. Here is a link to the itinerary for France. And if you'd like to follow along, here is a link to the Pilgrimage Blog for France.
Thursday, October 3, 2013
Information on France Pilgrimage
There will be an information meeting for our September 2014 Pilgrimage to France on Saturday, November 2
from 4-5pm at St. Andrew's.
(Just in case that travel bug is nibbling at you again!)
Update: The itinerary is looking amazing, and the cost is similar to the Italy trip.
Here is a link to the France Itinerary and Brochure. Paper copies are now available in the Gathering Space at St. Andrew's, and in the Adult Faith Formation office.
Here is a link to the France Itinerary and Brochure. Paper copies are now available in the Gathering Space at St. Andrew's, and in the Adult Faith Formation office.
Thursday, September 26, 2013
A little update
Ciao, familia!
I have begun to receive inquiries about our next pilgrimage trip, and wanted to give you an update here.
Flight pricing will happen in mid-October, so we should have the itinerary settled and brochures printed by the end of October, 2013. We will most likely have an information meeting in early November at St. Andrew's. Please send Cathy an email if you would like to be contacted as soon as the information becomes available. Or: watch this space.
Adieu for now!!
I have begun to receive inquiries about our next pilgrimage trip, and wanted to give you an update here.
We plan to travel to France in September, 2014!
Flight pricing will happen in mid-October, so we should have the itinerary settled and brochures printed by the end of October, 2013. We will most likely have an information meeting in early November at St. Andrew's. Please send Cathy an email if you would like to be contacted as soon as the information becomes available. Or: watch this space.
Adieu for now!!
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Mmmmmm
In case you take advantage of LivingSocial Deals, and happened to miss this one- there is still time: $15 for $30 worth of food at Enrigo's Italian Bistro in Cary (that's where we had one of our family reunions).
You can click here to go directly to the offer.
Ciao!
You can click here to go directly to the offer.
Ciao!
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Let us pray...
I have been thinking about you, 'family', as a new group of pilgrims prepares for our trip to Ireland just after Easter. As we did in Italy, we will be carrying a prayer journal with us (green this time) containing intentions to be offered during our masses. This journal is in the Gathering Space at St Andrew's, and you are most welcome to add your prayer intentions. If you are not able to get to St Andrew's, you can email me (Cathy) and I will write your intentions in for you.
And if you would like to follow our adventures in the Emerald Isle, here is the link to the April 2-11 Ireland Pilgrimage Blog.
We began our pilgrimage in prayer at the tomb of St. Francis, the beginning of a blessed and joyous journey in Italy. May the beginnings of the pontificate of Pope Francis renew our Church and our own journeys of faith.
Blessings to you all!
And if you would like to follow our adventures in the Emerald Isle, here is the link to the April 2-11 Ireland Pilgrimage Blog.
We began our pilgrimage in prayer at the tomb of St. Francis, the beginning of a blessed and joyous journey in Italy. May the beginnings of the pontificate of Pope Francis renew our Church and our own journeys of faith.
Blessings to you all!
Thursday, November 8, 2012
You too?
What are your enduring memories of our pilgrimage?
Monday, August 13, 2012
Saint Clare
Oh, I just missed it by a couple of days, but this past Saturday, August 11, was the feast of St. Clare of Assisi.
You probably remember the Basilica of St. Clare, with the striped stone, the side chapel with the San Damiano cross and the impatient guards?
Here is a link to an article that tells the story of her leaving her home to renounce everything and eventually found the order of women religious now known as the Poor Clares.
Right at the beginning of the article, it mentions the Cathedral of San Rufino, the one where St. Francis was baptized. That's the one with the clear areas of the floor that showed excavations, and the not well done animal carvings outside.
You might not have noticed, but there was a tiny chapel notched into the building just to the left of San Rufino (facing the church). This marked the family home of Clare. And later in the story, she is taken to the Porziuncola- which is now that small stone chapel with the large Basilica of St Mary of the Angels, down in the valley (where we celebrated Sunday mass). It's neat to be able to read that article with the places in mind, isn't it?
Santa Chiara, pray for us!
You probably remember the Basilica of St. Clare, with the striped stone, the side chapel with the San Damiano cross and the impatient guards?
Here is a link to an article that tells the story of her leaving her home to renounce everything and eventually found the order of women religious now known as the Poor Clares.
Right at the beginning of the article, it mentions the Cathedral of San Rufino, the one where St. Francis was baptized. That's the one with the clear areas of the floor that showed excavations, and the not well done animal carvings outside.
You might not have noticed, but there was a tiny chapel notched into the building just to the left of San Rufino (facing the church). This marked the family home of Clare. And later in the story, she is taken to the Porziuncola- which is now that small stone chapel with the large Basilica of St Mary of the Angels, down in the valley (where we celebrated Sunday mass). It's neat to be able to read that article with the places in mind, isn't it?
Santa Chiara, pray for us!
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