04 March 2015

New England Seminarians


Spring Break in Rome is drawing to a close with a delightful dinner last night with the New England Seminarians, joined by our own Father Jim Conn, SJ and Father David Gaffney (Providence) of the NAC faculty.


This week has been packed with meetings regarding Vox Clara and various seminary business and has also provided me with the opportunity to spend some time in the presence of some of Rome's great artistic treasures (which I will be sharing with my Liturgical Arts class at the Theological Institute).  The beautiful weather has been such a contrast to the snows of New England, to which, nonetheless, I look forward to returning tomorrow.  Thank God for a successful journey!

Seventy five years ago, when Bishop Wright introduced the Serra Club to this fledgling Diocese, there were roughly 320,000 Catholics and 275...