Salve, Regina, mater misericordiae

Back to my Rome Trip. A short video I made. From The Basilica of Santa Maria Sopra Minerva

Travels to Saint Peter the Apostle, East Troy, Wisconsin

Saint Peter's Church is a beautiful old country church in the small town of East Troy, Wisconsin. East Troy, a village is home to farming community and the Buell Motorcycle factory. The village is located 35 miles southwest of Milwaukee, WI in Walworth County.

The Exterior of the Church

The Interior of the Church

The interior of the church was well preserved. They must had some great pastors here. As I took my pictures, an older woman told me there were once beautiful side altars in the church. They were removed during a renovation and replaced with statues. On the right side there was a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mother. I can't remember what was on the left side. Needless to say, the statues weren't all that impressive.

The old rectory is now a Parish center.

The rectory garage was once home to some beautiful Cadillacs, I'm sure.

Travels to Marquette University: Joan of Arc Chapel

Saint Clement Basilica

"The Basilica of Saint Clement si situated some three hunder yards above the Colosseum, on the road that rises gradually to St John Lateran from the valley between the Coelian Hill on the south and the Oppian Hill on the north. It is named after Pope St Clement, the third successor of Saint Peter in the See of Rome, who died about 100 Anno Domini."
-A Short Guide to St. Clements's
Leonard Boyle O.P.

The Streets of Rome

Coat of Arms

Ninety percent of the churches and basilicas in Rome had a Coat of Arms over the door. Usually there were a couple, one, the coat of Arms of the Holy Father, and the other, coat of arms of the titular in charge of that particular church or basilica.


The Spanish Embassy. Note Benedict XVI's coat of arms.



I'd like to get one of these for my office.

More on Saint Praxedes

As promised, more on Saint Praxedes

The Interior

The Arch in front of the apse Bowl.

Behind the Arch, the apse bowl.
The inscription, in heameters, at the basin of the apse:

Translation:
This is the resting-place in honor of the noble (holy) Praxedes
Beloved of the Lord in heaven, is resplendent with decoration of diverse precious
stones thanks to the kindness of the Sovereign Pontiff Paschal
disciple of the Apostolic See.
He it was who placed under these walls
the bodies of numerous saints gathered from every part,
confident that, by their own means they have merited
admittance to the resting-place in heaven