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The First Week of Lent
Today is the anniversary of the happiest day of my life. Here are this week’s Lenten Station Churches of Rome. Click through for a write-up, a podcast…
Mountain Butorac
Feb 26
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Music, videos, and penance for Lenting
When I’m in the Holy Land during Lent, I sometimes hear the term “lenting” to describe what we are doing over the next 40 days. “I am lenting from…
Mountain Butorac
Feb 22
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A new beginning, love, space travel, and reconciliation.
I started this newsletter in 2011 to send out occasional updates from my travels – usually those were very occasional, like once every six months. The…
Mountain Butorac
Feb 14
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January 2023
Pope Benedict, the visitation, and funeral
As of this writing, I’ve been blessed and honored to visit the body of Pope Benedict six times. Three times in a private viewing at his monastery and…
Mountain Butorac
Jan 3
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December 2022
A Proper Poland Pilgrimage
After my 2022 pilgrimage to Oberammergau that included a few nights in Poland, I knew I had to return. To truly appreciated the faith of the people, the…
Mountain Butorac
Dec 2, 2022
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October 2022
Hanging with the Dead – A Catholic Halloween
We Catholics know how to do death and the afterlife, right? Keep reading for some of Rome's creepiest relics, crypts, incorruptible bodies, and messages…
Mountain Butorac
Oct 31, 2022
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September 2022
Going viral and doing things I said I'd never do again...
Happy Feast of Saint Jerome! Did you know his tomb is in Rome at Saint Mary Major? There’s some debate on where in Saint Mary Major it’s located as it…
Mountain Butorac
Sep 30, 2022
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August 2022
Global warming? Climate change? The weather in Rome is crazy these days...
Yesterday the sidewalk was literally melting under my feet. No, really, watch this video. And tonight it’s going to snow. Our Lady of the Snows is a…
Mountain Butorac
Aug 5, 2022
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July 2022
Packing light for another adventure
Happy Monday! It was 100º F in Rome today. 🥵 And we don’t have air conditioning. 😵 I’m packing for my next pilgrimage which will have me in Spain…
Mountain Butorac
Jul 18, 2022
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A little rant about pilgrimage plagiarism
I’ve been sending this newsletter out to thousands of you for over a decade. I always provide travel tips, share stories, or promote an upcoming…
Mountain Butorac
Jul 15, 2022
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June 2022
28 days later...
So much to cover today… First up, today is the Feast of Our Lady of Perpetual Help. Did you know the original icon is here in Rome? Did you know that…
Mountain Butorac
Jun 27, 2022
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May 2022
Assassination attempts and wax body parts
Happy Feast of Our Lady of Fatima! I love sharing travel trivia with you. On this day back in 1981 Pope John Paul II was shot during a Papal Audience…
Mountain Butorac
May 13, 2022
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