Monte Cassiono is a monastery on top of a of hill about two hours drive south of Rome. It was was set up by St Benedict in the sixth century and is still a functioning monastery today. It has had a turbulent history and most recently it was destroyed in WW2 by the allied forces as it was thought to be a strategic position for the Nazis when they controlled Italy. It was rebuilt to its original form and can be visited now.

On the 6th of October at Domus Australia l was fortunate enough to be able to celebrate vespers as a deacon to Pope Leo XIV. The celebration was for the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, and was for the rededication of the Domus Australia chapel to Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompeii. What made it special was an image of our Lady of the Rosary which was given to the chapel many years ago by soon to be canonized Blessed Bartolo Longo, which Pope Leo blessed before vespers started

After three years of study in Rome and a journey that started five years ago with the diocese. On the 18th of June 2025 I was ordained a...

The annual Nativity display in St Peters square this year featured a Nativity scene from northern Italy from an island community in the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

In April Beda College with the help of the Scott College saw the inaugural seven a side soccer competition between seminarians take...

Saturday morning we set off after breakfast to Apparition Hill and said a joyful mystery of the Rosary. Apparition Hill is even more...

On Friday afternoon the New Horizons community decided to do the stations of the cross up mount Krizevac. Mount Krizevac is a cross the...

The 'Castel' built by American business man Patrick and wife Mary after he and his wife came to faith due to experience in Medjugorgie....

The community we are staying with us called Nuovi Orizzonti, a community started by a woman that was concerned with the people living in...

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...

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...

On the journey to the priesthood there are stages along the way that mark the progress. This weekend saw my institution of acolyte, which...

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...

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...

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...