UPDATE 22 Oct 10:07:
We made it! That doesn’t mean you have to stop, of course. I’m just sayin’…
“Mille grazie!” to:
MF, ME, KH, JW, DE, ACW, KA, TDS, RP, MS, AC, LD, KK, LB, MH, RK, TD, BB, HL, VF, JS, SN, JPMcG, RM, AN, JC, MC, MM, CS, SB, EC, DRG-W, AC, KC, JS, JH, RG, CVS, LP, AR, CM, TB, AR, KD, KS, EP, MKP, SAS, DJK, DGC, JC, JK, DH, VF (bis), OK, SP, CWJ, MK, SU, LG, DE, JL, LJ, KM, DC, MMK, JL, SU (x2), MP
I am so grateful to you.
Originally Published on: Sep 15, 2025 at 13:36
It’s time for another appeal. Thanks to reader HL for nudging me about this today.
Long-time readers know that I try to get back to Rome in October for the Summorum Pontificum pilgrimage and my birthday. This year I will be there and a bit into November.
It’s a shorter stay than last time. I will have to return toward the end of December to deal with my apartment, depending on whether or not I keep it or find a better place.
This year, we will at last again have the Pontifical Mass in St. Peter’s celebrated by Card. Burke! Perhaps this is a sign that the ice jam is melting.
Right now my mom’s health seems pretty stable (I add the oration pro infirma at almost every Mass) and she is positive about my spending time in Rome in my place while I can. Having been frustratingly “under-utilized” where I am against my will, these visits keep me recharged and fighting.
Hence, another fundraiser.
This fundraiser will offset travel and daily expenses as well as some of my rent, utilities and “condominio”. My time won’t be as costly as some trips because I am no longer using the place I had been in before. It was really nice, but it was really costly. My much cheaper place now is … tolerable. Because eating out in Rome is very expensive, I generally I stay in and cook for myself. I save quite a bit. I’ll have to cover US phone use in Italy. I changed from ATT to T-Mobile which will save some money.
My plan is, once again, to head to Brooklyn for a couple of days to break up the trip and then head to Rome after some R&R with priest friends.
As always, I will record the names of all those who contribute for this. I will celebrate Holy Mass for the intention of my benefactors as well as for other intentions which readers have requested through my form. As I go about in Rome, I will remember you in my prayers at the tombs of saints. Another benefit for all is some enhanced content here and the knowledge that I occasionally realize that I am smiling while I am going about my day.
My goal is to cover 38 days in Rome and a couple in Brooklyn: 40.
The usual ways of donating are available. Some of you know them already.
- Zelle, through your US bank, works best. Drop me a note HERE PLEASE use this if you can! Add a note “Days in Rome” in the “memo” and your email.
- For international donations there is a service called WISE which is very good and has the lowest fees and best conversion rate I’ve seen and I can accept any currency with it, convert it, and either move it or withdraw it using an ATM in Rome. Also, this is the service that I use to pay my rent in Rome. Try WISE. HERE
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There’s also waaavy flag (PayPal). Add a note “Days in Rome” and your email if you want me to write back.
- Venmo is an option, also. Drop me a note HERE Or use this QR code…
- PayPal often gouges a service fee percentage. Therefore… For larger donations Zelle or checks by snail mail would be better. Contact me HERE about that.
NB: Since the last time I had a fundraiser, the business where I had a “real address” P.O. Box has closed down. Therefore please don’t send anything to that address if you have it written down. Contact me. Anything that is sent by snail mail, unless it is right away, may not get here before my departure. USPS Mail has been TERRIBLE lately. Someone sent me a 3-day priority envelope recently and it took 8 days to arrive.
As this project progresses, the Enemy will probably – as usual – screw around with my life in annoying ways. To that end, I have repurposed an old iPhone perpetually to play my recitation of the Rosary in Latin at a low volume in the house. I don’t hear it but the nasties can. I trust it drives them nuts.
Dear readers, making appeals like this isn’t pleasant for me. What is consoling is the kindness you show.
Above all I ask for your prayers, in earnest, for a particular personal intention I have.
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