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Greetings from Florence (Firenze), the capital city of Tuscany. We arrived here last night just in time for dinner and some quick explorations around town in foot under the beautiful moonlight. Our weather has been perfect, thanks be to God!!Here are some photos which include our Friday evening overview and

We moved into our new home last fall, so we are watching spring bloom with special excitement this year.I have no green thumb, but I do love to watch the trees and flowers burst into color, and over the past few weeks I have been watching one tree in particular.First

We had a glorious day on Friday in Venezia (Venice) and then departed for Florence.See you again:There is no word for good-bye in the Italian language. “Arrivederci” is used  often and it simply translates “see you again.” And having fallen in love today with the beautiful city of Venice, I

A few weeks ago I received an email from a mother of two.“Do you have any tips for helping kids to like church?” she asked. “I just can’t tell if taking my son to church more frequently gets him more used to it, and therefore comfortable with the experience, or

Our John Carroll group departed on a Lufthansa flight from the Philadelphia airport yesterday afternoon for Milan and the start of our week-long Italian tour.  The brief layover in Frankfurt, Germany gave us a few hours to explore what has been ranked as one of the ten largest airports in the world. Our 70-minute flight

“The pope must feel the deepest satisfaction with the first 12 months on the papal throne. His prestige among the faithful is immense.

Almost one-third of St. Mary’s students play lacrosse for the school. Some cradled a lacrosse stick before they were out of diapers.

—1—For weeks Daniel has been preparing for his spring concert at preschool. When I asked him what songs he would be singing, he said, “Christmas songs.”“Really?” I said. “Like what?”“Jingle Bells and stuff like that,” he said.It seemed unlikely, but who am I to question? “Should I find a Santa