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SEMINARIAN IN ROME
adunsy
Mar 2, 20233 min read
Stations Mass
During lent there has been a tradition going back to the early church days in Rome to the 4 and 5 hundreds, to celebrate Mass at...
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adunsy
Feb 4, 202316 min read
Road Trip
Hi everyone, end of term one and with exams and assignments completed we have a week off, and I will be on the road with a couple of guys...
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adunsy
Jan 22, 20232 min read
St Agnes Lambs
Saturday 21st saw the feast of St Agnes, and at the Basilica St Agnes Outside the Walls which is North of the city in Rome. During the...
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adunsy
Jan 15, 20232 min read
Cardinal Pell
Two weeks and two funeral masses for two giants of the Church. Last week was Pope Emeritus Benedict, this week was Cardinal Pell....
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adunsy
Jan 5, 20232 min read
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
I was planning another trip away this week for the last week of the Christmas break possibly to Florence, but the unexpected news of Pope...
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adunsy
Dec 30, 20225 min read
Orvieto
A day in Orvieto, a small town halfway to Florence north Rome by train situated on an Umbrian hill top, similar to Assisi, is home to an...
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adunsy
Dec 24, 20225 min read
Assisi
Christmas break is here already, and while most of the Beda College has returned home or to their parishes mostly to the UK and Ireland,...
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adunsy
Dec 9, 20221 min read
Nativity at St Peters
I have been a bit slow on posts lately and been quite busty with studies and seminary activities, only a week to go and it is start of...
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adunsy
Nov 19, 20223 min read
Loreto
Mid semester break of four days presented an opportunity to escape from the seminary and see a bit of the county side. I was asked to...
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adunsy
Nov 3, 20222 min read
Holy Souls
Tuesday in Italy was All Saints feast day and a public day off work, so we were given a day off of studies. One of the other seminarians...
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adunsy
Oct 28, 20223 min read
Gita
What happens when your day off is a tour in the country with the class? a Gita! Gita is trip in Italian. This Thursday was an organized...
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adunsy
Oct 23, 20221 min read
Movie night at the Vatican
Last week saw an end to a short film that was being projected onto St Peter's. It was a film that lasted about 10 minutes that showed in...
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adunsy
Oct 20, 20224 min read
Tre Fontane (Dies Non III)
The Three Fountains Thursday off and I headed out on my own today, everyone else seemed to be busy so I decided to go my own way. I have...
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adunsy
Oct 16, 20221 min read
Interview with a Deacon
On the top of the web page I have posted a link button to a BBC interview conducted with one of the seminarians in his fourth year. He is...
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adunsy
Oct 14, 20223 min read
Dies Non II
A second day out and this time Thursday was spent in Rome, and more specifically around the Coelian Hills. This section of Rome still...
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adunsy
Oct 7, 20223 min read
Dies Non
Dies non, Latin for non day or in English day off. Every Thursday is a day off and students are encouraged to make the most of the day...
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adunsy
Oct 5, 20221 min read
Audience with the Pope
Today (Wed 5 October) we were back at the Vatican for the Papal audience in St Peters square. We were seated up on the main level the...
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adunsy
Sep 30, 20222 min read
Summer Holidays
Today we travelled to the small town of Gandolfo which is situated about 40min south of the Beda college where the Pontifical Castel of...
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adunsy
Sep 26, 20222 min read
HQ
Ok so this place doesn't need much introduction. St Peters in the Vatican. Today we travelled into the city and celebrated Mass in one of...
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adunsy
Sep 24, 20222 min read
Out and About
Part of the BEDA college experience is to get the seminarians immersed in the local Italian culture. It is not only to see the historical...
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