Pilgrimage of the Seven Churches

  On Saturday 5th November we made the ‘Pilgrimage of the Seven Churches’ with the Centro San Lorenzo (the International Centre for the Youth). It was an experience which was thoroughly enjoyable and faith enriching and definitely one of the…

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Prayer: A Dialogue with God

Another action-filled week at the ESM, I really can’t get over the fact that the weather here resembles an Irish summer at the start of a Roman winter! It is amazing though & helps us all rejoice even more & give thanks for the privilege of…

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Learning and Serving

This past week we commenced our academic classes with Introduction to Theology and Introduction to the Holy Scriptures. Our teachers, who are mainly American, work for the various Congregrations of the Faith at the Vatican & it is a privilege to be…

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New Evangelizers for the New Evangelization

Another quick update! Only two weeks in Rome and it really feels like two months! It is just such a privilege to be here at the heart of the Church learning to be true missionaries for Christ! Following our opening retreat…

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Retreat in Assisi

Just a quick update! I have now completed my first week at ESM Rome! And what a week it was! I arrived to meet twenty young enthusiastic student missionaries from 12 different countries from all over the world:- England, France,…

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