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Vacation Archives – Day #7: Assisi
This is an entry from the Vacation Archives, a somewhat tardy report of my adventures in Croatia and Italy. On June 6th, 2012, I took a day trip from Perugia to Assisi, home of St. Francis. He was a...
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The Peace Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi
Chip Coffey posted this tonight on Facebook, and since this prayer is one of my favorite inspirational sayings of all time, I thought I’d repost here. As you know, I love St. Francis. I also love WWII...
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Losing My Religion, Finding My Truth
Today’s Daily Post prompt asks us to “describe a memory or encounter in which you considered your faith, religion, spirituality — or lack of — for the first time.” If you want to see it up close,...
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A New Name
Yesterday’s Daily Prompt asked us to talk about our names, and how they were chosen, a topic I’ve already discussed at some length. It also asked us to talk about our children’s names, and how they...
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Following Francis
Love this print as much as I do? Click through to purchase it on jenwojtowicz’s Etsy page. So I’ve been thinking A LOT about St. Francis lately. He’s actually been on my mind for a few years now, and...
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With All My Heart
If you’ve never watched Band of Brothers before, you should. If you have, you might (like me) have a particular interest in the Siege of Bastogne. This is one of my favorite scenes from the entire...
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One Step Closer to St.-Jean-Pied-de-Port!
Today a very special package arrived in the mail, made even more exciting by the fact that I thought it would be a few more days before these particular goodies would arrive. Enclosed in the...
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Exploring Assisi – The Unintentional Pilgrimage (Part 1)
Me (right) and my preggo bestie Trin, at Katie’s wedding reception. It was a misty day, thus hard to see much of the background, but we’re actually on top of a mountain overlooking the sea, in Lovran,...
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Exploring Assisi – The Unintentional Pilgrimage (Part 2)
A wooden plaque of St. Francis above a residential doorway in Assisi, Italy. I first fell in love with medieval architecture in high school, on a trip to the UK. By college, I was firmly obsessed with...
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Exploring Assisi – The Unintentional Pilgrimage (Part 3)
Via Wikimedia Commons. First off, you should know that the Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi is pretty large. The basilica consists of two main levels – upper and lower – plus crypts underneath the...
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Return To The Road
Hello there, readers. It’s been awhile – sorry to keep you waiting so long for an update. In late March, I decided to take a little break from blogging here while I sorted out my life and considered...
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One Foot In Front Of The Other
“It is no use walking anywhere to preach, unless our walking is our preaching.” – St. Francis of Assisi When I first started seriously considering going on pilgrimage, I made this silent agreement with...
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A Weekend’s Worth Of Thoughts
See? I do get a little sun now and then. It’s Sunday night, and all is quiet in my little apartment. The cats are sleeping at my feet, the lights are low (mostly due to the fact that my lamp lightbulbs...
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