A Carpe Diem Snapshot: This morning Marie-Therese and I managed to persuade the girls to take a morning walk with us around the...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot : Tanti Auguri to our first born and only Roman born child, Maya Karolina Rosa Assaf! Liturgical : Friday of...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: This chubby, whimsical elephant ("Minerva's Piglet") is my favorite palimpsest in Rome, in one of my favorite...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: This is the most popular place to be today in Rome- inside the glass case containing the body (not the head; that...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot : Another providential meeting occurred at the Villa Magnolia today when our friend Gabriel brought the author of...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Liturgical: Divine Mercy Sunday ! Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: The morning of the funeral began with the cupola shrouded in mist but the sun quickly burned it off, and burnt a...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot : "Children, you have no fish, have you?" Liturgical : Friday of Easter Octave Just after daybreak, Jesus stood...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Tanti Auguri, Pietro! Today, the Peter pictured in this palatial place turned five. At one end of St. Peter's...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: This may seem like a very modest Carpe Diem moment following on recent dramatic days in Rome, but it was a more...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot : This evening at the Domus Australia an Easter party and end-of-semester celebration was organized by the...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot : Sede Vacante : At noon, the massive bronze bells of St. Peter's Basilica tolled 88 times, slowly and somberly,...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Buona Pasqua from all of us at the Villa Magnolia! Pictured here is the 2025 cast of "The...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Thanks to Moira, our Carpe Diem moment today was a blessing of the Easter baskets by this priest, with the...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: This was the cross that St. Philip Neri prayed in front of when he discerned his vocation to the priesthood and...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Tonight we participate in one of the most lovely and dramatic events of the liturgical year in Rome- the...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: The final Art and Architecture presentation of personal crest designs just concluded, at a soiree by the gazebo, ...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: The end is near! Today, we are spending this rainy Spring afternoon studying for tomorrow's Art and Architecture...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Today's quote of the day waxes poetic about this glorious season of Spring. It's a feast for all the senses out...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Happy Palm Sunday! Today we weren't able to attend any of the impressive processions (the one at St. Peter's is...