May 6th!!!

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This was not a good day for tourists in Rome. Beginning last evening it has been raining off and on. We have had thunder and lightening! And besides that, one of the places I was looking forward to visiting is closed "for works!" That is to say that I was not able to visit the Capuchin Franciscan Church of the Immaculate Conception and their famous cemetery where they use the bones of the dead friars as decorations in the rooms of the cemetery. Oh well, at least I have post cards from last year!

I did go out on the Metro (Rome's BART) to the motherhouse of the Christian Brothers for Mass in front of the relics of St. John Baptist De La Salle. I then had lunch with the Brothers in their refectory.

I hope that it does not rain on Saturday when I am joining a group of students from the Angelicum on an outing to Orvieto and Todi.

We stopped for a snack at the McDonald's that is just down the street from the Brothers!

This is so very, very tacky and touristy!!!

The little piazza at the corner is named for St. John Baptist De La Salle.

This is the more formal sign for the piazza. I wish that the umbrella was away from the building!

This is De La Salle's cassock. You can see yours truly reflected in the glass case!

This is the "official" painting the Brothers use for De La Salle.

This statue is located on the front lawn of the motherhouse.

Mussolini enticed the Brothers and other communities to have their motherhouses in Rome. He was generous with the land, but very involved in constructing huge buildings. During WW II, the Brothers' place was used successively by the Italians, the Germans, and then the British as a hospital. The Brothers were only able to come back after the way.

McDonald's on Piazza De La Salle!

 

 

The next page is actually from last year's trip to Rome. It shows some scenes from the Brothers' Chapel and the relics of De La Salle.




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