In St. Louis, Aquinas Institute faculty and students gather to pray for the Student Brothers traveling to see the Pope and to bless the van they'll travel in.
Trinity Retreat Hosue in New York. Where we spent the night.
Brs. Simon, Cassian, and Mike
Brs. Cassian and Joseph enjoying life in the Friar's Paradise
Brs. Nick and Joseph discussing ways to get close to the Pope during his visit.
Brs. Joseph and Cassian
Brs. Joseph, Timothy, Mike, Cassian and Simon, OP with Fr. Benedict Groeschel, CFR (middle)
Waiting in line to meet take a bus to the seminary.
The line to take the bus to the seminary from where we parked.
Brs. Simon, Mike, Joseph, Cassian, Nick and Timothy and St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers, NY.
Youth Rally at St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers, NY.
Fr. Rick (middle), AI Prez., with Brs. Cassian and Nick
Br. Timothy being interviewed by PBS.
Brs. Joseph and Cassian with sisters from the Dominican Sisters of Mary Mother of the Eucharist in Ann Arbour, MI.
Fr. Rick enjoying music from Third Day.
Secret Service, not familiar with covering concerts.
Don't mess with Brs. Mike and Cassian
Ah yeah, Fr. Rick shows how Seminary Presidents ought to wear their caps.
Resurrectionist seminarians.
Fr. Rick pointing.
More sisters from Ann Arbor, MI.
We've been spending most our lives living in the Friar's Paradise.
She won the first American Idol.
Pope Benedict XVI is welcomed.
Pope Benedict XVI
Archibishop Raymond Burke of St. Louis
Resurrectionists (back left) with Dominicans from the Congregation of St. Cecilia and the Province of St. Albert the Great.
Nashville Dominican Sisters (Congregation of St. Cecilia)
I told one of these sisters, "Oh, you're the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal!" She said, "Well actually, the Franciscan Sisters of the Renewal." It was a long trip and I hadn't been getting enough sleep.
After standing for 8 hours, it felt good to sit down.
Brs. Joseph, Mike, Timothy, Cassian, Timothy, and Simon with Sr. Margaret and Aspirant Karen of the Dominican Sisters of the Immaculate Conception in Justice, IL, just outside of Chicago.
Yeah, so what... we made a mess
