Musings
This category includes posts across the whole spectrum of topics and other issues such as museums, arts and culture, literature, writing and politics.
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Reflections on this year’s pilgrimage to Italy
Reflections written from a hotel near Milan airport on the final night of this year’s pilgrimage…
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Annecy, France
A detour from Turin to venerate the relics of St François de Sales and St Jane…
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Turin revisited
Turin may be the most beautiful large city in Italy — grand boulevards, magnificent churches, and…
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Materialisation over a relic in the Basilica of San Antonio
A day of prayer and unexpected grace in Padova — multiple visits to the Basilica of…
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Convent of the Visitation, Treviso
A visit to the Convent of the Visitation in Treviso to venerate a relic of St…
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Bologna again
Back in Bologna for a second time — revisiting the shrines of St Catherine of Bologna…
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Pisa!
Pisa rewards the pilgrim as much as the tourist — four remarkable museums, an extraordinary Eucharistic…
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Chasing Caterina around Siena
A full day following St Catherine of Siena through her city — the duomo, the pilgrim…
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My first time in Siena
First impressions of Siena — medieval brickwork, a guided tour with the remarkable Anna Piperato, a…
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Gubbio
A peaceful day in Gubbio — said by some to be second only to Assisi for…
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