The Roman Sacristan

"The Resurrection" by Titian Happy Easter! After the Easter Vigil I am always reminded of the phrase I would hear my Hungarian Ci...

Statue of Saint Benedict in the piazza in Norcia, (aka Nursia) Italy From the Dialogues of Saint Gregory the Great, Book II: "CHAPTER T...

Today is the Feast of Our Lady of Loreto . Loreto is a town in upper-mideast Italy which has the Holy House where the Angel Gabriel visited ...

Although there is a lot in the gloom and doom crowd who are fearing the complete supression of religion under Obama, I think we have to real...

OK, so here's my list of Saints and Relics I visited. This was actually harder to compile than I thought because there were a few I was...

No, it's not just the name of my friends Catholic gretting card and calendar company . It's also a description of my last 30 hours....

Grrr. I hate Italian keyboards! So be patient with any weird characters in the post. Rome is hot. Well, it's not that bad, but it isn...

Seal of Monastero di San Benedetto in Norcia Last night I became an oblate of Monastero di San Benedetto in Norcia. It's basically like...

Father Benedict's first Mass of Thanksgiving was an awesome sight. Some of the commons were sung from one of Mozart's Masses (I...

AVE O CRUX SPES UNICA Pater Maria Benedictus Nivakoff, O.S.B. monachus Monasterii Sancti Benedicti, Nursiae sacerdos in aeternum die 11 Octo...

It's amazing how much physical well being can affect the mind and spirit. Or to say it in a simpler way: jet-lag stinks. All yesterday ...

I'm here in Norcia. Internet access is available, but limited. The weather is decent, but it is a bit damp, so there can sometimes be a ...

Saint Joseph of Cupertino Today is the feast day of Saint Joseph of Cupertino. I thought I would share a few pictures from Assisi. Last ye...

Today, May 23rd, is the Feast of Saint's Eutizio, Spes, and Fiorenzo. I affectionately refer to these three as the Grandfathers of Weste...

Just thought I would share a picture I took of a painting above one of the side altars at the Basilica di San Benedetto in Norcia (Nursia), ...

How cool is this. Saint Nicholas was at a friends birthday party last week. Unfortunately I missed him, but my friend's wife got a pict...

I once bought the DVD version of UT2004 to learn how to make virtual environments to design churches and monasteries. However, lack of intu...

Today, October 3rd, is the celebration of the Transitus of Saint Francis. It may seem odd that we celebrate his feast day on October 4th, b...

Sorry for not posting much. First I wanted to say that I visited many Saints' relics or tombs and prayed for all my family and friends (...

Well, I made it back. The pilgrimage was great! Just a quick post, since I have to hit the ground running and get things ready for the Sun...