I am writing this at 38,000 feet somewhere between the JFK airport in New York and Minneapolis/St. Paul where we will be making our final connection in a couple of hours to our home in Bismarck, North Dakota.  If our…

You read about the warnings about how large the crowds will be when you enter places like the Vatican Museum or the Coliseum, but until you actually experience it, you have no idea how the mass of humanity will be. …

I have to admit I never really thought that I needed to see Rome or the Vatican to deepen my faith.  I was wrong.  All four of us will forever be changed by what we have seen, felt, touched and…

We left the beautiful hill country Of Lorenzana today with its olive trees and grape vineyards blooming.  We are bound for Rome via Assisi today.  The Tuscany region of Italy this time of year is green and the spring air…

There are certain Masses we all remember.  Some of us remember our First Communion, Confirmation, Marriage and other special ones.  I will always remember today when I took part in a Mass, concelebrated with 10 Italian priests in front of…

To call it a good day in Turin for us four pilgrims is an understatement.  We started with Mass at the Church of St. Charles Borremeo, one of the 68 Catholic churches in Turin. Each we walk in today will take our breath…

Wednesday, April 21, 2010
We knew it wasn’t easy to get from Bismarck, North Dakota to Turin, Italy.  Throw in the worst interruption to jet air service ever and the complicated became complex.  But prayers were answered when 30 hours…

Early Tuesday morning 4/20/2010
Well our bags are packed and we monitor hourly the latest flight information to Rome, as the worst interruption in air service since jet planes began in the 1950’s has befallen most of  Europe.
Just…