New Beginnings

After a rousing and inspiring speech from the forty-fourth President of the United States, Barack Obama, many in the program went out last night to celebrate the change in our government and the hope of better days ahead in our country. This morning at nine o’clock sharp, we met at the portone possessing two bus tickets for our journey to the Catacombs of Priscilla. The bus ride took us outside the city walls to the entrance of the catacombs, about forty minutes away from the Rome Center.

Once we arrived at the cloister which leads down into the catacombs, we listened to a presentation from Jess about the history of the catacombs and amongst other things burial practices of early Christians. Jess’ presentation was well prepared and provided a good overview of what we would be seeing during our journey into the depths of the catacombs. As soon as Jess concluded her presentation, we were met by a gentleman who helped us navigate and provided additional information about the catacombs. During the tour, we were privileged to be accompanied by two nuns who were given the tour in Italian simultaneously as we heard it in English.