Ciao, our names are Marla Giacon (Cathedral Parish), Tamara Smith (Kingston/Channel Parish) and Di O'Rourke (Bridgewater/Brighton/Claremont Parish) and we are your bloggers today!
We are just having our dinner after a very long, but very memorable day. We began the day with a visit tol St Paul's Basilica where we had the opportunity to view St Paul's tomb. This was particularly special for Di who teaches at St Paul's Catholic School in Bridgewater (Hi everyone!!). Following this we went on to the Catacombs. This was a burial place and secret meeting place for early Roman Catholics during the persecution. Here we celebrated Mass underground,with a focus placed on the martyrs who were buried in the Catacombs. After a visit to the Colloseum, the Roman Forum, Circus Maximus and Constantine's Arch, we headed to the Basilica of St Mary Major. Throughout the afternoon we visited some other Basilicas such as: the Sacred Cross in Jerusalem (which holds relics of the cross that Jesus carried to Calvary), St John in Lateran and the adjacent Holy Stairs (the Holy Stairs were brought to Rome by Helen of Constantine; they were they stairs which Jesus ascended as he went to face Pilate). We completed our day with a visit to the Pantheon and Trevi Fountain. As we reflect on our day we feel that we are beginning to get some sense of the depth and breadth of our Catholic Church history. Tomorrow we are off to the Vatican - stay tuned!!
Marla, Tamara & Di
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