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SEMINARIAN IN ROME
Christmas in Rome
The annual Nativity display in St Peters square this year featured a Nativity scene from northern Italy from an island community in the...
adunsy
Mar 91 min read
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Florence-Siena - Day 3
We decided to visit Sienna on our way back to Rome as it is not on the main train line and would take a long time to get to if we did it...
adunsy
Feb 91 min read
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Florence -Day 2 Accademia Gallery, Basilica di Santa Croce
After our tour of the Duomo we had lunch and headed to the Accademia Gallery. Most famous for its statue of David by Michelangelo. The...
adunsy
Dec 3, 20241 min read
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Florence - Day 2 The Duomo
The Duomo, the main cathedral in Florence, the Santa Maria del Fire. It is one of the largest Churches in the world at 153 meters long...
adunsy
Dec 2, 20242 min read
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Florence - Day one
Mid term break is upon us already and another chance to get out of Rome for a few days. A city at the heart of the renaissance was...
adunsy
Dec 2, 20241 min read
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Beda Diary 2024/25
The new term has started and after a European Summer back home in my diocese of Port Pirie I have returned to Rome to start my third year...
adunsy
Oct 25, 20241 min read
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Copa di San Paolo, (Saint Paul's Cup).
In April Beda College with the help of the Scott College saw the inaugural seven a side soccer competition between seminarians take...
adunsy
Jul 31, 20242 min read
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Medjugorgie- Day 5, Rosary on Apparition Hill.
Saturday morning we set off after breakfast to Apparition Hill and said a joyful mystery of the Rosary. Apparition Hill is even more...
adunsy
Apr 8, 20241 min read
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Medjugorgie- Day 4, Mount Krizevac.
On Friday afternoon the New Horizons community decided to do the stations of the cross up mount Krizevac. Mount Krizevac is a cross the...
adunsy
Apr 8, 20242 min read
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Medjugorgie- Day 3, The Castle.
The 'Castel' built by American business man Patrick and wife Mary after he and his wife came to faith due to experience in Medjugorgie....
adunsy
Apr 7, 20242 min read
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Medjugorgie- Day 2 Apparision Hill
The community we are staying with us called Nuovi Orizzonti, a community started by a woman that was concerned with the people living in...
adunsy
Apr 4, 20242 min read
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Medjugorgie- Day 1: Split
Easter break has come and it was a good opportunity to travel again, this time it was of to Medjugorgie with Fr Richard and myself. The...
adunsy
Apr 4, 20241 min read
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Seven Churches Walk
Every lent for about 500 years in Rome there was a tradition of walking the seven Churches, that was started by St Alphonsus Liguri. It...
adunsy
Mar 27, 20243 min read
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Acolyte
On the journey to the priesthood there are stages along the way that mark the progress. This weekend saw my institution of acolyte, which...
adunsy
Mar 24, 20241 min read
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Nemi Retreat
Time for our mid year retreat again and it was back up to Nemi, and the Society of the Devine Word (SVD) retreat center named Ad Gentes...
adunsy
Feb 18, 20242 min read
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Sicily Break - St Agatha and Syracuse
Another big day ahead with looking around Catania and then off to Syracuse. We just missed fest day of St Agatha on 5th February the...
adunsy
Feb 18, 20244 min read
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Sicily Break - On the trail of Newman
Friday morning after we cleared out of our accommodation we had a couple of hours to visit a few church's in Palermo before we left for...
adunsy
Feb 12, 20243 min read
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Sicily Break - Cattolica Eraclea
Where in the world is Cattolica Eraclea? Up in the mountains nearly two and a half hours drive south from Palermo is the small town of...
adunsy
Feb 11, 20242 min read
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Sicily Break - Monreal
Day two in Palermo we picked up a hire car which would enable us to travel around and see a bit more outside of the city center. After...
adunsy
Feb 10, 20242 min read
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Sicily Break - Palermo
End of term has come around and again with exams completed it was time for some relaxation and a bit of exploration. My friend Tom had...
adunsy
Feb 9, 20242 min read
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