Rome

Our first day in Rome, Mass was offered in the St. Sebastian catacombs on the crypt of St. Sebastian.  In this picture, you can see that we laid our rosaries and metals on the lid of the tomb at the beginning of Mass so that they would become 4th class relics.

Once again, the experience of assisting at Mass in the crypt of this great martyr was a sublime experience.

Here is a collection of photos from our first day in Rome.  The city is beautiful but also marred by excessive graffiti everywhere you looked, except within the walls of Vatican City.

Michelangelo's Pieta - every bit as exquisite in person as one would expect from this, his most beautiful piece of art.

The body of Pope St. Pius X within this side altar in St. Peter's.

This is a view of the outside wall of the Vatican from our convent.