Last Sunday we had the opertunity to sign out for Sunday lunch to go see the Pope give the angelus. It was a lovely sunny day and being...

Trinity Church of the Mountain. On one of my Thursdays off I was invited out to the Trinity Church on the Mount by a fellow seminarian....

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...

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...

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...

Two weeks and two funeral masses for two giants of the Church. Last week was Pope Emeritus Benedict, this week was Cardinal Pell....

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

A second day out and this time Thursday was spent in Rome, and more specifically around the Coelian Hills. This section of Rome still...

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...

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...

Today we travelled to the small town of Gandolfo which is situated about 40min south of the Beda college where the Pontifical Castel of...