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May 14 and 15 in Assisi

Thursday, 29 July 2010 12:21 Joe Marmion
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We arrived at the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli, just outside of Assisi.  We are about 4km from Assisi.

Before Italy was unified, it was a land of city states that were in constant aggression with neighbors.  Every hill has a fortified city at its peak.   Perugia and Assisi were such and it was Perugia that Francis, in his time as a soldier,

Last Updated on Thursday, 29 July 2010 12:58 Read more...
 

The Shroud on Ascension Day

Thursday, 22 July 2010 14:19 administrator
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May 13

This is the day the Lord has made for us to venerate the Shroud. There is an interesting local history.

I had forgotten that there was no unified country in Italy until the middle of the 19th Century.  There were a multitude of city-states, dukedoms and the Papal state that all operated autonomously until unified under the House of Savoy.  The jurisdiction of the House of Savoy extended from Southern France to the Piedmont area.  This connection with France was the conduit for the Shroud to travel from France to Italy and then, in the 20th Century, to be given to Pope John Paul XXIII. Turin was the capital of the Kingdom of Piedmont and became the capital of unified Italy in 1861 under Victor Emmanuel II.

Last Updated on Thursday, 22 July 2010 15:01 Read more...
 

Pilgrimage to Italy (Shroud of Turin)

Friday, 16 July 2010 15:31 Joe Marmion
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One of MySpiritualAdvisor.com's biggest fans, Joe Marmion, had longed to see the Shroud of Turin.  He set out to do so last May.  I asked him to journal his pilgrimage.  Below is the result of his journey.  Enjoy!

Pilgrimage to Italy and the Shroud of Turin May 12-20



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To see the Shroud of Turin was on my “bucket list.”  It was my focus, the rest of the pilgrimage was

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