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Jun 9, 20201 min read
Mask fashion: Italian style never wanes
Italian fashion masks!
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Jun 7, 20201 min read
Prayer in an empty Vatican square
First Sunday post-lockdown: only a handful went to pray with Pope Francis at the noon, Sunday Angelus. Security guards stood around...
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Jun 6, 20201 min read
Crazy Italian confessional adventures
A plastic screen for confession ... but no one can hear!
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Jun 5, 20201 min read
Hospitality as Mission: Evangelizing through Delight
We were honored when Blessed is She featured this lovely article on our Mission Marriage and charism of hospitality.
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Jun 2, 20201 min read
Interview: Marriage & Faith
Interivew on Q-Whips with Bree & Terese: faith, marriage, sparkling light during difficulty, Our Crazy Rome LIfe & living Christian life
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Jun 1, 20201 min read
Restaurants: closing or coping
There are so many restaurants on our street which haven’t reopened. Today, we walked into one business on our street and the owner was a...
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May 29, 20201 min read
Rome: what's underneath?
What do you do when the entire modern city sits on an ancient one? : )
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May 28, 20201 min read
Kindness Explosion! Feature: Sparklers Diaries on The Kindness Blog
I was delighted that the good work of the Sparklers Community and the Sparklers' Diaries were recently highlighted by Nicole J Philips on...
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May 28, 20201 min read
The gym post-lockdown?
The new normal at the gym in Rome, post-lockdown
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May 27, 20201 min read
RR: Italian vigilantes, planes & prayers
Follow my weekly reports on Relevant Radio - Wed, 7.30 am ET. Download the free app and go to "Relevant in Rome" to catch up. Discover...
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May 23, 20201 min read
Roman Market "tries" Italian-style Social Distancing
Well, to say the least, there’s certainly never a dull moment where Italians are concerned! For example, you’d think that a trip to the...
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May 22, 20202 min read
Rome is Waking Up. And loves its sanitzer
First weekday Mass report after lockdown
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May 20, 20201 min read
And we're live! Singin' Alleluia!
Imagine, Peter and Paul would have done the same thing in the 1st century here in Rome.
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May 18, 20201 min read
Strange "aides" at church
A few new odd additions at our post-lockdown church.
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May 12, 20201 min read
RR: 100th bday of JPII and throwing yourself in God's arms
Follow my weekly reports on Relevant Radio - Wed, 7.30 am ET. Download the free app and go to "Relevant in Rome" to catch up. Ashley...
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May 10, 20201 min read
Freedom? Police check + pizza
Police check, pizza, relief and uncertainty.
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May 10, 20201 min read
Sharing challenges of quarantine; interview
Marie Poza is an integrative nutrition and lifestyle specialist with a serious passion to help women and their families become the best...
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May 9, 20201 min read
Such wonderful mamas!
A very happy Mother's Day to our beautiful and sweet mamas
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May 5, 20201 min read
RR: Who can we visit in Phase 2?
Follow my weekly reports on Relevant Radio - Wed, 7.30 am ET. Download the free app and go to "Relevant in Rome" to catch up. Ashley...
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Apr 27, 20201 min read
Technology & the Church; pros and cons?
Technology has been such a blessing during Lockdown! It's allowed us to have some contact with the outside world, to stay connected with...
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