CMSWR Summer in Rome 2013

On this final day groups of us did different things. One group went to Tre Fontane. This is the place where St. Paul was martyred. There are three fountains because the story is that after St. Paul's head was cut off it bounced three times. At each place it landed three fountains sprang up. Here is a link that will give you more information: http://www.divinarivelazione.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=370&Itemid=691&lang=en

The Sisters who went said it was very moving to be at the spot where St. Paul was killed.

A smaller group of Sisters went to visit the Brigittine Nuns. While visiting the chapel (which is a beautiful and prayerful place very close to the Domus) a nun invited us into the convent to visit the room where St. Bridget died. The room was beautiful and had a window that looked into the chapel. This is the window that St. Bridget was able to look through and watch Mass before she died. Also in her room is the bed (a wooden board) that she died on and her relics. After she died her body was carried from Rome to Sweden to be buried.  The artwork was extraordinarily beautiful. On the ceiling were images of the Passion that were from her revelations. For more about the Brigittine Nuns see this website:  http://www.brigittine.org/monks/bri0717.html

Sister Mary Patrice with Sister Karola. She is from Poland, but entered in Rome. She is named after Bl. John Paul II. She was gracious and most hospitable to us. 

Sister told us that many of their vocations are coming from Mexico, Indonesia and India.