A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Twenty years ago today, St. John Paul II died in the Papal apartments in the Vatican. I was overdue with my first...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Happy April! Dear Caroline was our first "fish" of the day, and a very good sport to walk around Piazza Navona...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: This morning, I received Nature Study Notes from Sheila Carroll in my inbox and began reading aloud to the girls...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Thanks to the NAC seminarians who have an apostolate with our Rome program, today some of the students and staff...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Cordelia's latest costumed creation last night- Moana on her raft , confidently resolute before the dangerous...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Just a few hours after our underground visit at the Basilica of San Clemente, we had the incredible fortune of...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot : It was a chilly, rainy morning in Rome, so the Art and Architecture class's subterranean exploration of the...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: The other day, I chose the more strenuous path home- up the steep slope of the Janiculum hill rather than the...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: The Ave Maria Ladies in front of Santa Maria Maggiore on the Feast of the Annunciation 2025 Happy Feast of the...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Look who's growing up and has a place of his own already? Odin is now nearly three months old and noticeably...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: We made a sweet, fuzzy long-eared friend today at our human friend Roberto's agriturismo farm in Parco di Veio ,...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Today I finally took the time to write a bit about Time and this Book of Times . I found this treasure in a...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: The Chesterton Schools Network is in Rome this week (200 of them!) and, after speed walking from the Janiculum...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: La Primavera Romana al Foro Romano! The pinks, purples, yellows, and greens were in full bloom under a blue sky...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: As we chatted at the beginning of class yesterday, we spoke about where to go in Rome for the Solemnity of St....

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Today the class explored several sites within the wonderful Campus Martius area- the field of Mars. Here is a 3D...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: While St. Patrick's Day may historically be an Irish-American tradition, the liturgical memorial of St. Patrick ...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: It's Rome marathon day! This year we had a few students and a staff member running, which made the tradition much...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: A great turn-out today for the annual reenactment of the assassination of Julius Caesar on the actual spot of the...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot : Buon compleanno, Hannah Faith O'Conner!! This personality pic was snapped on the sly this morning at a stylish...