Category Archives: SESSIUNCULA

As I write, I have returned home from supper with a priest who just arrived in Rome for the canonization of Carlo Acutis… which has been cancelled. Other things are going on. Returning home I find no internet. I’m using … Read More →

Over Rome at 06:15 the sun emerged and it will remerge (?) submerge at 20:02. The Ave Maria Bell ought to ring for the Curia at 2-:15 (but it won’t). It’s the feast of St. George and St. Adalbert. It … Read More →

The Sede Vacante period isn’t just a time of dour mourning and anxious worry about what sort of Pope we are going to get next.  There is a lighter aspect. What regnal name with the next Pope take? When a … Read More →

Up came the sun at 06:17. Down goeth the sun at 20:01. The Ave Maria is in the 20:15 cycle for the Curia, which is in the state of Sede Vacante, so business has slowed down. Or it should have. … Read More →

Sunrise today was at 06:18 and it set a few minutes ago at 20:00. The Ave Maria Bells is slated to chime at 20:15. The Roman Station is St Peter’s Basilica. Today, in the reckoning of St. Anselm of Canterbury, … Read More →

Now that Francis has gone to God, our role is to pray not only that that God will be merciful to him, but also for the election of a new Pope who will be … better than we deserve! Let … Read More →

From 06:20 until 19:59 did the Roman sun shine. The Roman Curia had, in general, no business today, but … I’ll bet someone checked email and fax in the Sacra Penitenzieria Apostolica!… the Ave Maria is still in their 20:15 … Read More →

When the sun rose here in Rome it was 06:28. When it sets at 19:58 it will be two minutes before the setting of the sun behind the Gianicolo, making it somewhat darker at The Parish than it would be … Read More →

On good Friday the Roman Sun rose at 06:23 and it set at 19:57. Little by little our days lengthen which is welcome. The Ave Maria should sound for the Curia at 2015. However, it DOES RING at The Parish™ … Read More →