We've landed in Switzerland on a lay over 5/23/10
We're in Rome!!! 5/24/10 View from the tour bus.
They have palm trees.
This is Rome.
We're on our way to the Hotel.
First glimpse of St. Peter's Basilica.
Dr. Hahn takes a look for himself.
Walking towards the Basilica.
St. P. SQ.
Statue of St Peter in St. Peter's square.
Preparations for the Papal audience tomorrow.
St. Peter's Basilica up close.
The view of the sqaure from the Basilica.
More prep for Papal audience.
The Obelisk is closer too.
Inside St. Peter's Basilica, side chapel.
St Joseph's altar in St Peter's Basilica where we had mass on 5/25//10,
The crucifixion of St Peter upside down right on the spot of his martyrdom inside St. P's Basilica.
Monument to Pope Alexander VII
Part of the dome.
The Baldoccino by Bernini.
Another shot of the Baldoccino.
The dome.
The yellow alabaster window of the Holy Spirit over the Cathedra (chair) of St Peter is enthroned and held up by the doctors of the Church.
The ceiling above the throne.
The Altar
The windows added by Michaelangelo to separate the cupula from the drum - heaven and earth are separated unlike pantheon.
More beautiful shots of the ceiling.
Nave vaulted ceiling
sunlight through the windows in the transept
Statue of St Peter in Bronz.
Close up of St Peter Bronze
Good shot of me but someone clipped St Peter's head off!
The sun streams beautifully through the windows in the entrance of the Basilica.
Long view of interior.
Painting of Jesus
Michaelangelo's La Pieta
Holy water basin.
St Therese of Avila
John Baptizes Jesus
Porphyry Baptismal font
Full view
Our fountain meeting place in St Peter's Square.
The Papal apartments
A Swiss guard
The Dome of St Peter's
Vatican Museum begins - an early Good Shepherd
Statues of gods studied by Michaelangelo in Vatican museum
Lacoon and sons condemned by Athena for warning Trojans
Lacoon and sons fight off a serpent
vatican museum
The belvedere torso - example of Greek perfect body shows tension, power and strength unlike relaxed gods to be studied by Michaelangelo
vatican Museum
Roman or Greek goddess
mosaic floor in Vatican museum
mosaic floor
trying to move towards the sistine chapel
ceiling paintings
vaulted ceiling
vatican museum ceilings
ceilings in vatican museum
ceiling in hall of maps
close up of ceiling
ceiling of hall of maps going toward Sistine Chapel
continued
bronze door
Swiss guard
St Paul in St Peter's in his square
St Paul
Papal audience 5/26/10
Allie and Margit
Waiting...
It's filling up....
People fill every side...
Margit and Joseph are waiting too...
Dennis and JD are keeping us company...
HERE HE COMES!!
POPE BENEDICT XVI IN POPE MOBILE
HE'S SO CLOSE!
The pope greets the audience.
Bust of Christ in Saint Clement
Saint Clement church
Quo Vadis Church
Via Appia
The walls around Rome
pretty shot of the city
Bridge of Angels
Our Lady in the Hotel Chapel
Dr. Hahn leads bible study
Ancient Rome
My attraction to the Colisseum begins
Colisseum
I told you I liked the Colisseum
Steve Ray, Doris and Fr. Mike with Coliseo in the background.
Arch of Titus
San Pietro in Vinculi (St Peter in Chains)
The altar
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Miachaelangelo's Moses in San Pietro in Vinculi
The whole thing is a monument to Pope Julius II
Fused chains from Rome and Jerusalem that held St Peter.
Reliquery containing St Peter's chains
frescoes by Giacomo Coppi in the raised tribune
On ceiling the miracle of the chains fresco
mosaic of St. Sebastian
mosaic
possibly Mary Magdalene tends to Jesus?
Lunch Roman Style, Father Dave joins Margit and Joseph with Olivia and Mathew behind them
monument
The Roman Forum
forum
Steve Ray and Luka in the Roman Form
Temple to Castor and Pollux far right.
via aurelia
The Roman Senate is open
pagan animal gods
relief
senators
tile floor
senate interior
Arch of Septimo Severo
excavation contiues
More of our group takes their shots
Temple to Saturn and Concordia
long view
Temple to Antonia and Faustina
pillars
Arch of Constantine comemorates battle victory that led Constantine to accept Christianity
Coliseo
The incomporable Liz who relates how St Peter and St Paul are taken from the Roman jail under the Church of the carpenter to their martyrdoms on the same day become the new twins who refound Rome
Liz compares the Roman forum to the Washington Mall
The comparison to the Washington Mall
The Colisseum interior
panoramic view of the inside of the colisseum but mostly look for your friends. I got the back of a lot of heads.
back on the bus
quick shots of the city
passing a church
interesting angle
the city streets
souvenir?
Even the buses are Catholic!
Fr. Joseph has dinner with us at Piazza Navona.
Bernini Statue the four rivers in the Piazza Navona at night
St Mary Major
facade
bronze doors to Mary Major
Beautiful gold ceiling
Side aisles of Basilica to Saint Mary Major
the scenes of the old testament
This basilica is for a lot of Christians to be able to gather.
another Baldoccino here at Saint Mary Major
detail of fresoes over altar
Our Lord Crowns Mary
Tomb of Bernini
Relic of Our Lord's Crib
Pope Pius iX
Queen of Peace
Blessed Mother and Child - Queen of Peace
Altar in S. Praessede
wall deocoration
The altar area
We had mass here
Ceiling of Santa Croce
ALtar of Santa Croce
Liz points out relics of the true cross, the nails, thorns and title board from Christ's crucifixion including relic of St. Thomas'finger
life size replica of theShroud of Turin
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Relic Histories, you can read the English on these.
The overall intro.
First legal Baptistry
St John Lateran
Constantine as victorius general
main entrance
Holy doors opened every 25 years
Inside are all the apostles in the pillars literally holding up the church.
Ceiling in St John Lateran
St James the Great
St Bartholomew
St Phillip
Jonah coming out of the whale after three days
Jesus raises from the garve after 3 days
Abraham offers up his son Isaac, who carries the wood for the sacrifice
God offers his only son and He carries the cross
St John Evangelist
Relics of St Peter's skull and St Pauls skull above the altar.
St Peter
On the road to St Paul's Tre Fontane 'where he was beheaded
over alter at St Paul's Tre Fontane is painting is St Peter's crucifixion upside down
one of the fountains from legend of where they sprung up where St Pau'l's head bounced three times
Painting of St.Pul's beheading and the three springs of water
reliefs on the sides
St Paul Outside the Walls where St Paul is buried
St. Paul
Colonade outside
holy door
the side aisle
The full view of the main aisle.
The altar and dome
Gold leaf ceiling
Medallions of all the popes go all around the church
Medallion of Pope Benedict XVI
Wher St Paul is buried
Conversion of St Paul
Assumption and coronation of Mary
St Paul outside the Walls after a fire destroyed the church
Aerial views of Rome
St Agnes in AGone
Piaza Naovona
Allie with St Peter's in the distance
Assisi!
St Francis souvenirs
Going to St Francis Basilica
Beatuful midieval house
Stunning nature on the way to the Hermitage
Whe St Francis sat and observed the beutiful vie below
Good bye Assisi. Thanks everyone for a great time.
