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Kathryn Mulderink
I am a full-time homeschooling mom of 7 and Discalced Carmelite, part-time poet/writer, and the Director of Faith Formation at St. Isidore Church. Too busy, but busy with the best stuff....
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Wherein are both Bernini's St Teresa in ecstasy and the remains of St. Victoria. And now,we pack! Home tomorrow! Continue reading
Posted Jun 20, 2014 at Exhaling at Home (Opus Gloriae)
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She sits in front of the Angelicum and begs every day. She chats with the students and begs from them too, with her unique charm. When Rob said we had nothing to give her but asked her to pray for... Continue reading
Posted Jun 20, 2014 at Exhaling at Home (Opus Gloriae)
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This is the original icon of Our Mother of Perpetual Help. We ducked inside the church as we waited for the Corpus Christi procession. Continue reading
Posted Jun 19, 2014 at Exhaling at Home (Opus Gloriae)
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We climbed the steps Jesus climbed to Pontius Pilate, on our knees, praying for all of you, and all those who asked our prayers. Continue reading
Posted Jun 19, 2014 at Exhaling at Home (Opus Gloriae)
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Where St Ignatius is buried, and there is a relic of St Francis Xavier's arm/hand. We prayed for all of you there! Continue reading
Posted Jun 19, 2014 at Exhaling at Home (Opus Gloriae)
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Wednesday audience, Roman haircuts, gelato, and a lot of rain... Continue reading
Posted Jun 19, 2014 at Exhaling at Home (Opus Gloriae)
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Because it's too beautiful to keep to ourselves. Continue reading
Posted Jun 19, 2014 at Exhaling at Home (Opus Gloriae)
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Because you can't sit on ancient columns everyday. But here, they're just laying around everywhere! Continue reading
Posted Jun 17, 2014 at Exhaling at Home (Opus Gloriae)
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We paused for lunch on the steps of a Museum on the Capitoline Hill, just before we had to dodge the downpour in the covered walkway. With lots of other people. And the umbrella guys popped up out of nowhere... Continue reading
Posted Jun 17, 2014 at Exhaling at Home (Opus Gloriae)
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My kids did "Julius Caesar" this year, so it was awesome to see the very spot where those events occurred (no one would reenact "Friends, Romans, countrymen..." on the spot where it probably happened, but photos were taken; stay tuned... Continue reading
Posted Jun 17, 2014 at Exhaling at Home (Opus Gloriae)
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The place where JPII was shot is now marked with white square stone. And Papa Francesco blessed us and all our religious articles. Continue reading
Posted Jun 15, 2014 at Exhaling at Home (Opus Gloriae)
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A walk in the cool rain. For Mass in ENGLISH! And BRUNCH! And the view from the roof. And then, a quick walk to St. Peter to see the Pope again ;-) Pray for these fine young men, preparing for... Continue reading
Posted Jun 15, 2014 at Exhaling at Home (Opus Gloriae)
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Heh. He will hate that headline. But anyway, the girls shopped at H&M, then ran to church in the pouring rain to pick up Rob from Mass. But we were early, so we stayed for the Consecration and Communion, and... Continue reading
Posted Jun 14, 2014 at Exhaling at Home (Opus Gloriae)
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A very long, hot walk to find shoes for Rob (whose shoes he has worn for about 6 years have officially collapsed from Roman roads) turned up nothing under $225. Hm. We made it to the museum (where many of... Continue reading
Posted Jun 14, 2014 at Exhaling at Home (Opus Gloriae)
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I mean, lunch IN the ruins. THAT doesn't happen every day. And it never happens in Michigan. Ostia Antica is a sprawling excavation site of Ancient Rome. First order of business: lunch. Continue reading
Posted Jun 13, 2014 at Exhaling at Home (Opus Gloriae)
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A quick stop at the Angelicum (ebete Rob ran into a fellow student - pray for Christina, as she is discerning the Ann Arbor Dominicans!), and then a train ride toward the coast... Continue reading
Posted Jun 13, 2014 at Exhaling at Home (Opus Gloriae)
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A very full day of amazing exhibits, including, of course, the Sistine Chapel. Do you know most of the Vatican Museums are not air conditioned? Do you know how crazy hot it is here? Do you know how hard it... Continue reading
Posted Jun 12, 2014 at Exhaling at Home (Opus Gloriae)