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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…
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May 13
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The Holy Land and Jordan
I get messages everyday from people headed to Rome. The most popular question is no longer “is it safe,” but rather, “is it still empty?” Rome is crazy…
Mountain Butorac
May 12
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Feast days, travel restrictions, and a return to normalcy
A once a year chance to visit the tomb of Saint Catherine, travel restrictions dropped, and nonstop visitors.
Mountain Butorac
Apr 29
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Once every ten years...
The Oberammergau Passion Play begins next month and lasts through the beginning of October. The play dates back to the 17th Century, when the people of…
Mountain Butorac
Apr 25
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Happy birthday to Rome!
Today is Rome’s 2,775th birthday! The girls and I made this video years ago. It’s silly, we are all a bit older now, technology has improved, and I play…
Mountain Butorac
Apr 21
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The Holy Triduum
Today begins the Holy Triduum. Here is a photo essay with relics and places you can visit. From the Upper Room and relics of the table from the Last…
Mountain Butorac
Apr 14
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Holy Week Begins
Music for Holy Week My dad’s album, The Holy Land Project, has lots of great music for Holy Week. Available as a download on iTunes or a CD. Images for…
Mountain Butorac
Apr 11
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The Holy Land, Oberammergau, and Lenten Rome
Join me in the Holy Land Because of so much interest during and after my March Holy Land Pilgrimage, I’ve organized another for May. If the dates do not…
Mountain Butorac
Mar 31
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A quick update from the Holy Land
As I write this I am traveling from the Sea of Galilee up to Jerusalem. Follow this trip on Instagram and Facebook for lots of video of the Holy Land as…
Mountain Butorac
Mar 19
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You know what tomorrow is, right?
It’s my birthday! As I try to do every year, I plan to visit one church for each of my years. For some reason this gets more and more difficult with…
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Mar 1
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Ready for the Holy Land?
I am so excited about this… Israel has announced that beginning March 1st, anyone (vaccinated or unvaccinated) can enter the country with just a…
Mountain Butorac
Feb 22
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Creepy (and Holy) Catholicism
We Catholics know how to do death and the afterlife, right? Keep reading for some of Rome's creepiest relics, crypts, incorruptible bodies, messages…
Mountain Butorac
Oct 31, 2021
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