Monday, October 12, 2009

France

FRANCE

Ars - Sorbonne (Paris) and Lisieux

Retreat at Ars - in the subterranean Church

Statue of the body of St Therese of Lisieux whose body rests underneath - in the pilgrim's Chapel of the Carmelite Monastery

Beyond the sanctuary in the Basilica at Lisieux - following Sunday Mass with the Bishop of the Diocese
The - obviously - more recent facade of the Sorbonne University in Parish where St Thomas Aquinas taught
The magnificent facade of Notre Dame - the Cathedral Church of Paris
Part of the original parish church of Ars remains visible from the outside
The present bishop of Ars, Bishop Baynard, built this magnificent diocesan seminary in the 1980s which has gradually expanded -
Morning Mass during the Retreat - the Celebrant is incensing the relics - I think of St Therese of Liseux and St Margaret Mary

The Present



Cassock, Alb and Stole of St Jean Vianney
His Roman Missal


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One of his chasubles, preserved with other vestments
The Incorrupt body of St Jean-Marie Vianney

Monday, September 28, 2009

More Rome Pictures

You can click on the pictures to enlarge them

My Bedroom and Study


Fr Jesus Enrique



Fr Jesus Enrique with Fr Joey and Giulia in the Kitchen



This is where the documents of the Empire were kept which, I suppose, included the Census information from the time of Christ's




Umbilicus 2





Looking down at the ruins of the Roman Forum with the house of the Vestal Virgins in the centre and the Forum of Julius Caeser

Sunday, September 27, 2009

Pictures of Rome

~ Rome~


Fr Joel Outside Pontifica Universitas Laterane




Inside Saint Peter's Basilica


Colloseum



Chapel Fresco














Fr. Joey














St Peter's Basilica


The Papal Apartments - the Holy Father gives his Angelus Address from the window at the top, second from Right - I think!