Piazza Navona Home of the Three Fountains, St. Agnes’ Basilica, and the Braski Palace/Museu di Roma Located in the center of Rome, in the district of Campus Martius, the Piazza Navona is one of the most treasured of all of … Continue reading
Thomas Aquinas was born in 1225 in Aquino, Italy at Roccasecca, in the castle of his father Landulf, Count of Aquino and his wife Theodora, the Countess of Teano. Aquino lies about 70 miles southeast of Rome in the Lazio … Continue reading
In 1223, St. Francis of Assisi, a deacon, was in Greccio, Italy for Christmas. He had recently visited the Holy Land, and wanted to inspire devotion in the villagers, and himself, for midnight Mass. We don’t know exactly how the … Continue reading
During this beautiful month of October we celebrate so many wonderful feast days including recently both the Feast of the Archangels and the Feast of The Guardian Angels. With angels on our mind and our liturgical calendar, here’s a video … Continue reading
St. Joseph of Cupertino was born in Cupertino, in the Kingdom of Naples in 1603. His carpenter father died before he was born and his poverty-stricken mother gave birth to him in a barn. Learning disabled, Joseph received very little … Continue reading