A VISIT WITH PAPA

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TERESA BENEDETTA
00domenica 23 agosto 2009 20:30
BEATRICE WITH PAPINO!



She didn't make it to Les Combes but made it up beautifully in Castel Gandolfo on Assumption Day!



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She has a full report and loads of off-the-beaten-track pictures taken that day and at the Angelus the next day on
benoit-et-moi.fr/2009-II/0455009c6d0806901.html
including some of Mons. Georg R. whom I didn't see at all in any of the news agency photos.


Here's her report....


FERRAGOSTO WITH BENEDICT XVI





Once a year, the Holy Father makes a gift of his physical presence to the residents of Castel Gandolfo: he walks the 100 meters
that separate the Apostolic Palace from the parish church of St. Thomas of Villanova to say the Mass of the Assumption, and
walks back home afterwards.



Today, the Mass is scheduled to start at 8 a.m. At 6:15, when I arrive on the Piazza, there are already about 50 persons, and
I am able to place myself just outside the entrance to the Church, behind the wooden police barriers. The carabinieri are around
but they don't perform any security checks. Everything seems to be simple and unceremonious today.

The waiting goes by quite pleasantly, in the morning cool, and I am flanked by two rather excited religious sisters and two
German tourists whom I already came across last year in Bressanone. They were in Aosta in July and they showed the beautiful
photos they were able to take. Also near me was a Mom who held a tiny baby in her arms, whom the Pope would bless later.


And here come the town choir members, the parish priest, the mayor of Castel Gandolfo wearing his tricolor sash of office, and then
some familiar figures - the security men (lots of them but rather far more self-effacing than usual, so one expects the Holy Father
will be quite accessible); then the discreet Memores Domini (who would be among the first to leave, hurrying away, right after
the Mass, and one suspects they have to start preparing Sunday lunch like any conscientious housekeeper on a day like this);
Mons. Guido Marini and an assistant (whose name I still do not know*), both fully robed in violet, over which they would later
put on their lace rochets; Mons, Harvey, the American prefect of the Pontifical Household; the now quite familiar and amiable
Domenico Giani, head of the Pope's security; then Mons. Georg, the Pope's brother wearing a violet sash with his black soutane,
quite touching and adorable, with his white cane, accompanied by a black-clad nurse....




Then finally, Benedict XVI himself, accompanied by Cardinal Bertone. He is preceded by a roar of enthusiasm.... He passes about
two meters away from me, and he seems much more delicate and fragile than he does in photographs.




After the Mass, around 9:15, as he leaves the Church, he walks straight towards the crowd that has gathered, and I had the
unforgettable privilege of kissing his left hand on which today he was wearing the Fisherman's Ring.


A collage prepared for Beatrice by her friend Gloria who regularly provides her site with postcard collages of the Holy Father's acitvities.



The Memores and Mons. Georg leaving after Mass:




Beatrice's reportage also includes the Angelus of the following day. Will add it on later.


maryjos
00domenica 23 agosto 2009 22:41
Tres bien, Beatrice!!!!!
Well done, Beatrice, for being at Castel Gandolfo and getting your photo taken with Papa!!!!! And special thanks for the photos of Monsignor Georg Ratzinger, because, indeed, there do not appear to have been any taken officially!!!!!
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GABRIELLA.JOSEPHINE
00lunedì 24 agosto 2009 11:23
Re:
benefan, 22/08/2009 5.54:


Thanks, Gabriella,


for the video. It is always delightful to see Papa in action. He always looks so sweet and joyful. It warms the heart.





Thank you very much, dear Janet: you are always so kind.
J was here with my friend Benedicta from Palmanova this day
at the "Angelus" prayer,
but we are not well visible in this video.
As soon a possible we will post our photos and reports.

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benefan
00lunedì 24 agosto 2009 17:45

Gabriella,

We would love to see anything you can show us about your visit to Papa. That is so great that you were able to see him again. Lucky girl. [SM=g27811]







TERESA BENEDETTA
00martedì 25 agosto 2009 10:21
I have now completed my post on Beatrice's Ferragosto reportage (sse above).

benefan
00martedì 25 agosto 2009 17:52

Congratulations, Beatrice!

Great photos and great success at seeing Papa up close and personal! St. Thomas Church at Assumption seems like the best place to be for a close encounter with Papa. Wasn't that where the Bavarian woman and friend also managed to shake his hand? In fact, I wonder if that was who Beatrice was referring to in her commentary when she mentioned two German tourists who had also been in Bressanone and Val d'Aosta.

Thanks, Teresa, for translating Beatrice's account.







Wulfrune
00giovedì 27 agosto 2009 20:27
Thanks for all the photos and accounts.... So lovely to see our favourite man in Rome looking so radiant despite his poorly wrist.

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maryjos
00giovedì 27 agosto 2009 23:47
Ah.......
"Wishing will make it so!" - a Bing Crosby song from "Going My Way"


and a magic carpet would help. Will the next magic carpet that passes this way please stop at my house and pick me up!



Ab fab new signature, Wulfrune! It's much holier than mine!!!!
GABRIELLA.JOSEPHINE
00giovedì 10 settembre 2009 13:49
REPORTAGE BRESSANONE 2008

Bressanone, 9-11 August 2008


Since the moment I heard the news of the vacancy of the Holy Father, I was immediately very happy for the choice of location: first of all because this was exactly what I wanted for him and also because, well for me, the mountains of 'Alto Adige have long been the goal of many unforgettable summer vacation, where I would be happy to return.
So immediately I started to get interested to find accommodation in the same place, although, in reality, I was not too convinced to go there (because too many conflicts and too many discussions before this project and the same, unfortunately, I will follow) not too sure we can go.
Until I hear that this time we would come well brother.


Previously, Michelle, my dearest friend from Stuttgart who had booked for some time, had invited me to come and possibly stay in his hotel.
Beatrice would come from France with her husband Vincent.
But for my chances their elegant hotel is too expensive and so they try another.
After at least a demoralizing round of phone calls, thanks to the suggestion of one of the latest hotels contacted, that provides me with an address not specified in the tourist brochures, I finally, instead of yet another discouraging "sold out", a place that, almost unbelievably, it has still several spare rooms at a fair price and acceptable.
Really hoping there anymore!
In March, therefore, I do reserve a single room without any problem and without having to advance any deposit. A fortune!
Train tickets, however, I would have bought much later. I'll find them at Promotional Terms
spending much much less than expected.
This time, then leave alone.
There are no specific programs, but we will meet there.


Part of the trip: we leave Trieste with over twenty minutes late to allow the transfer of passengers on a train to Rome ended in the morning, probably after
technical problems due to heavy storm last night.
Venice will remain at least until they all alike standing in a convoy overloaded beyond capacity limit and, moreover, very hot because the air conditioning system for a change, does not work.
Among them a distinguished but troubled lady Trieste is to sit on my left, while a young mammoth trolley provided with English, however, settled in front, next to the window locked.
Second part of the trip: After more than an hour and a half parking nell'afosa boring and crowded station in Mestre, finally move into Bressanone.
I find my reserved seat in a compartment pleasantly cool: I have in front of a silent young Bavarian direct Monaco terminus of the train, next to which is to sit down later a funny young nun, and direct ascent to Padua for a few days in Trentino vacation, which, at some point, being now time for lunch, starts cheerfully eat a forkful of pasta "sauce", which extracts from the bottom of a small, resigned his pocket and then s' drowsy, smiling with a crown Rosary in hand.
Punctual arrival in Bressanone few minutes after five o'clock on a Saturday nine of August, just as the local seminary is being held the ceremony of conferment of honorary citizenship to the Holy Father.
After leaving the small and somewhat neglected railway station, I walk slowly walk toward the nearby Tourist Agency, where, at last report it was possible to pick up your ticket in advance to attend to the 'Angelus' the next day.
Apparently conflicting information, because instead we must withdraw it early tomorrow morning to 'Info Point "via Mercatovecchio, as planned from the beginning.
First setback no small matter, since at that time not moving the bus and my hotel is located in the hills.
A little 'disappointed, however I continue to Piazza Duomo.
From Avenue Station, the route is much shorter than I imagined.
Arrived in the square, I look around a little and decide to grant a brief stop
sat down on one of the metal bleachers arranged for tomorrow, just in front of the large facade of the Duomo, yet intensely illuminated by the sun slanting.
My next concern, of course, to those who inform me of my arrival home, will be to contact both friends, that some days are already in place.
Extract the phone up the number of Beatrice, as between the two is one that understands the Italian, but his phone is always switched off or unreachable.
Alternatively decide to send a message, but I have no answer.
Even more worried, ask them news of which are guests of the hotel, where they give me confirmation of their presence and assure me that when they return, they reported.
M still with luggage on their backs, then I decide, soon, to make a first quick reconnaissance in the center of the charming Tyrolean town that maybe during my past visits
I had not yet visited.


Crossing the quiet and picturesque garden of the cloister, I pause a moment to admire the church's rich baroque interior.
Turning the corner I find myself, unexpectedly, just a short walk from the gate of the Major Seminary, arrived in front of which the individual almost immediately, with equal surprise, just three German girls of our Forum: Eva, Marianne and Lilli, leaning against the bars.
Surprise even their part.
In basic English tried to tell them who I am and who I'm looking for, but just then coming here finally and to my great relief, even Michelle and her husband Siegfried.
Presentations, greetings and shot a couple of nice photographs of the group.
Very politely Siegfried immediately offers to bring the luggage and will do so along the route.
It 'now time for dinner and in the company of my two friends, very kind and loving as ever,
in the relaxed atmosphere of the inner room of a cool and quiet hotel typical guster huge omelet stuffed with delicious blueberries, dusted off in the heat of conversation, my poor, but evidently not enough, German vocabulary.
After dinner, Michelle and Siegfried are offered to accompany me to the hotel and therefore we begin to set out towards the bridge on the Inn River, beyond which lies the hotel
"Grüner Baum" from the lower face painted green, where several times in the past, had housed his three brothers Ratzinger, as witnessed by the clipping of a newspaper at the time hung proudly on the wall of the elegant lobby, where we get to inquire about the shortest path to reach the "Garni Mayrhof" where I have the room.
We are told that the place is situated about a forty minute walk uphill, and now it is already dark, so I decide to let me call a taxi with which to continue (10 euros), who books already for the next day (another 10 euro) with which I am practically forced to move to and from the center during all three days of my stay.


I was given a single room with bath on the top floor of the low white building, which is accessed via a feature, but equally uncomfortable narrow stone staircase.
The old lady and bony typical and familiar tone that accompanies me there will probably be the mother of the owner with whom, a few months ago, I was given by phone.
Once inside the room and looking better, I find it more enjoyable than I had imagined in relation to the asking price.
From the narrow window placed under the sloping part of the ceiling I see a big apple tree. On the right, in the courtyard below, a pile of firewood.
Only the cascade of red geraniums hanging from the balcony of the first floor enlivens this set definitely a bit 'off.
Po'desolato a landscape of the northern part of the town is interrupted by a bend of the road leading up to Rasa, from which it came, occasionally, the muffled noise of the few cars in transit.
Having defeated my bag and arranged with grace my few things, I lie down at last under the fluffy duvet, but I can not fall asleep right away.
Some touches are deaf and some brief laughter coming from one of the rooms next door, and that I will not be the only guest..
Sunday morning, svegliatami lot sooner than expected, I have breakfast at seven in the hall dark and damp ground, still in the desert, with a few slices
black bread, butter, jam and bacon, accompanied by a fragrant cup of tea forest fruit, under the dim yellow light of a small chandelier in parchment.
The large window overlooks the front garden of a small, but rich in plants of different species.
At exactly eight are on time get the same kind taxi driver who had brought me here
yesterday.
The convenient car glides almost never stop along the winding descent to let more or less after a quarter of an hour, the exact same spot where yesterday I was climbing.
After you have a short stretch on foot, quickly withdraw my ticket at the place fixed, no problems, no queues: I was given a standing passenger in "T", which is accessed through the side entrance called Porta gold, where do I have control of the annoying metal-detector searches that persistently nell''interno of my capacious bag.
Soon after, near the entrance, an early girlfriend of staff, stops in front of a huge pile of small bottles of mineral water, fresh, thoughtfully hands me one,
which immediately took advantage with great taste.


And although early, I find my own area for the most part, already occupied by a group of tourists from the Veneto, I can not say exactly what province from, well organized and provided, in particular, of some very practical built-in backpack camp chair, the which are rather rough refreshed with bologna sandwiches and drinks, as if instead of laying in the churchyard of a church, they were participating in a gay picnic.
I can still carve out and introduced me, in the little space left, a front row seat in front of the fence.
Lack almost two hours waiting for the beginning of Holy Mass and I can do better than to sit, somewhat uncomfortably, on the edge of a bed, however, full of red dirt still soaked with moisture, such as cavity using the copy of the newspaper "The Corriere delle Alpi "I retired just before the entrance and that obviously would have preferred to read.
Squatting on land in this way, and at this hour of the morning, I feel almost cold, despite wearing the jacket of waterproof plastic, but I console myself thinking that, when the sun is high, I can enjoy, if nothing else, the shadow of this large plane tree.
Only later, looking still sleepy towards the facade of the cathedral, which, moreover, I can only see in perspective, I realize that a great and powerful speaker has been settled, firmly attached to the tree trunk, just above my head ...
I would like to move away, but very few places that may still be available in the immediate vicinity did not seem to offer better systems.
Long before you start putting some of the deafening sound engineers are running tests and soon after its busy choir, which now has its own location, in front of me, began to try some sacred songs in a stentorian voice.
Time passes slowly and rather dull.
Now an elegant blonde lady, wearing a pretty Tyrolean costume in shades of pink, presents us with grace the beautiful bilingual booklets containing the texts to follow function.
Meanwhile passes again and again the funny pair of children haul, pulling them by part of a large, rickety plastic crate full of bottles of water.
I also know that many of the seats reserved for those who wished to sell are still empty and that someone takes advantage slyly.
Corner that is on my right to continue, meanwhile, the almost uninterrupted bustle: groups of musicians come in droves in costume gala with their bulky instruments,
flag-wavers and the various representations, while the two or three volunteers of the "Weiße Kreutz," which stand out among the crowd for their coveralls phosphorescent searches us from time to time carefully.


At this point it happens that accidentally turned his gaze to the related sector, which is located on my left hand near the fountain, first person in the crowd suddenly just Béatrice and a moment later, under a wide-brimmed straw hat and the camera ready to shoot close in one hand, her husband Vincent, a few steps away from her.
On impulse I might call on his cell phone, but then I remember that just before the Bishop Egger he had politely asked to turn them off.
So I try to attract their gaze through a long wave.
But, again, to no avail.
In other sectors, meanwhile, the sun begins to beat.
Now many people are looking out the windows.
The atmosphere is festive, but quiet.
The sky is clear and suggestively through the dense gaseous wakes left by some jet plane, which meet, create a particular setting.
A couple of helicopters flying over twice the area.
At the time of the recitation of the 'Angelus', from this location can only to glimpse from time to time, a fragment of the scene, rising up on tiptoe to peer over the fence backs, already for quite a while 'I have parades in front, while, conversely, the audio portion is udibilissima, even deafening.
Beyond these annoying drawbacks, comforts me and I am surprised at the same time, the feeling of familiarity that I feel and that now we have all gained by participating
several times to events like this.
A final prayer, I hasten to quit trying to fight my way among the tangle of people exhilarated to head to the point where, until a moment ago the two were friends and also groped to recover the others. But in vain. They all seem to disappear. Possible that they are already gone? I wander a po'disorientata until, driven by the flow of people that are pushing from all sides, I find myself before the altar, almost completely stripped of floral ornaments, taken by storm as a souvenir .. Come almost by force of inertia at the entrance of the sacristy, the burly Cardinal Scola carelessly bump, just out and I can only see from a distance that goes away quickly to Eva not know where.
The suspicion that someone is trying to avoid me, is unfortunately becoming un'amareggiante certainty.
Also the message in German that I try to send to Michelle, as a last attempt fails.
Even the elaborate sundae-consuming solitary lunch will not be sweet enough, as no results were the long hours spent parked at the gate of the seminary, unfortunately in vain hope that something unexpected might happen.


It 'Monday morning and, finally left the hotel are nicely sitting at a table in half shadow in the garden of the "Café am Grab", next to the seminary, in which to enjoy in complete relaxation, a cup of excellent coffee, while browsing with anxious curiosity, the handsome picture book entitled "Mein geliebtes Suedtirol" I have just purchased the shop in front, stopping to observe the beautiful photographs of Cardinal Ratzinger on holiday with his brother and sister. Even today, the day is sunny and bright and the sky almost completely smooth, although some clouds are white addensino peaks. Beyond the boxwood hedge that separates me from the road, which only now begins to animate nicely, twice passing glimpse a typical carriage pulled by a horse while he was taking a walk for tourists.
Unfortunately I can not even attend the farewell ceremony this afternoon because my return train will leave more than two hours before. Passing the seminar will meet once the cute Lilli and an amateur photographer that I will sell some of his shots, even though you buy.
Already around one o'clock, hanging back my luggage on my back, puzzled me run you to the station.





Trieste, December 1, 2008


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REPORTAGE BRIXEN 2008

Brixen, 9-11 August 2008

Seit dem Augenblick hörte ich die Nachricht von der Vakanz des Heiligen Vaters, war ich sofort sehr glücklich für die Wahl des Standortes: Erstens, weil das war genau das, was ich wollte für ihn und auch, weil gut für mich, die Berge von "Alto Adige seit langem das Ziel vieler unvergesslichen Sommerurlaub, wo ich gerne zurückkehren würde.
Also begann ich sofort dafür interessieren, eine Wohnung in der gleichen Stelle zu finden, obwohl in Wirklichkeit war ich nicht allzu überzeugt, dorthin zu fahren (weil zu viele Konflikte und zu vielen Diskussionen, bevor dieses Projekt und die gleichen, leider, ich folge) nicht ganz sicher, wir gehen können.
Bis ich höre, dass wir dieses Mal auch kommen Bruder.


Zuvor hatte Michelle, mein liebster Freund aus Stuttgart, die seit einiger Zeit gebucht hatte, lud mich zu kommen und möglicherweise in seinem Hotel zu bleiben.
Beatrice würde aus Frankreich mit ihrem Ehemann Vincent.
Aber für meine Chancen, ihre elegante Hotel ist zu teuer und so versuchen sie eine andere.
Nach mindestens einen demoralisierenden Runde der Anrufe, dank der Anregung eines der neuesten Hotels kontaktiert, die mich mit einer Adresse nicht in der touristischen Prospekten angegebene sieht, ich endlich, anstatt eines weiteren entmutigend "ausverkauft", ein Ort, der fast unglaublich, hat es noch mehrere freie Zimmer zu einem fairen Preis und akzeptabel.
Wirklich Hoffnung mehr da!
Im März, also reserviere ich ein Einzelzimmer ohne Probleme und ohne jede Hinterlegung voraus. Ein Vermögen!
Zug-Tickets, aber ich hätte viel später gekauft. Ich werde sie finden Sie unter Werbebedingungen
Ausgaben viel, viel weniger als erwartet.
Dieses Mal, dann in Ruhe lassen.
Es gibt keine speziellen Programme, aber wir sehen uns dort.


Teil der Reise: Wir verlassen Triest mit mehr als zwanzig Minuten zu spät, um den Transfer von Passagieren in einem Zug nach Rom ermöglichen endete am Morgen, wahrscheinlich nach
technische Probleme wegen schwerer Sturm letzte Nacht.
Venedig bleibt zumindest bis sie alle gleich stehen in einem Konvoi über die Kapazitätsgrenze überlastet und zudem sehr heiß, weil die Klimaanlage für eine Veränderung, funktioniert nicht.
Unter ihnen ein angesehener, aber unruhigen Dame Triest ist es, zu meiner Linken sitzen, während ein junger Mammut-Wagen mit Englisch vorgesehen, aber in ständiger vor, neben dem Fenster verschlossen.
Zweiter Teil der Reise: Nach mehr als einer Stunde und einem halben Parkplatz nell'afosa langweilig und überfüllten Bahnhof in Mestre, endlich Einzug in Brixen.
Ich finde meine reservierten Sitzplatz in einem Abteil angenehm kühl: Ich habe vor einem stillen jungen bayerischen direkten Monaco Endstation des Zuges, neben denen zu sitzen später eine lustige junge Nonne und den direkten Aufstieg in Padua für ein paar Tage im Trentino Urlaub, der an einem bestimmten Punkt, wird nun an der Zeit für das Mittagessen, beginnt fröhlich essen eine Gabel voll Nudeln "Soße", die Auszüge aus dem Boden eines kleinen, legte seine Tasche und dann s 'schläfrig, lächelnd mit einer Krone Rosenkranz in der Hand.
Pünktliche Ankunft in Brixen wenige Minuten nach fünf Uhr am Samstag neun August, wie das hiesige Priesterseminar wird statt der Zeremonie der Verleihung der Ehrenbürgerwürde an den Heiligen Vater.
Nach dem Verlassen der kleinen und etwas vernachlässigt Bahnhof, Ich gehe langsam in Richtung der nahe gelegenen Tourist Agency, zu Fuß, wo auf dem letzten Bericht war es möglich, nehmen Sie die Tickets im Voraus zu den "Angelus" am nächsten Tag zu besuchen.
Scheinbar widersprüchliche Informationen, weil wir es stattdessen morgen früh zurückziehen muss "Info Point" über Mercatovecchio, wie von Anfang an geplant.
Ersten Rückschlag keine Kleinigkeit, da zu diesem Zeitpunkt nicht in Fahrt mit dem Bus und mein Hotel liegt in den Hügeln.
Ein wenig "enttäuscht, aber ich weiter zur Piazza Duomo.
From Avenue Station, ist der Weg viel kürzer als ich dachte.
Auf dem Platz angekommen, freue ich mich ein wenig um und beschließen, einen kurzen Halt zu gewähren
setzte sich auf eines der Metall-Tribüne für morgen angeordnet, direkt vor der großen Fassade des Doms, aber intensiv von der Sonne schräg beleuchtet.
Meine nächste Sorge, der natürlich auch für diejenigen, die mir mitteilen, von meiner Ankunft zu Hause, werden die beiden Freunde kontaktieren, dass einige Tage bereits in Kraft sind.
Entpacken Sie das Telefon die Anzahl der Beatrice, da zwischen beiden ein, dass die italienischen versteht, aber sein Handy ist immer ausgeschaltet oder nicht erreichbar.
Alternativ dazu entscheiden, eine Nachricht zu senden, aber ich habe keine Antwort.
Noch mehr Sorgen machen, fragen Sie sie, die Nachricht von den Gästen des Hotels, wo sie geben mir die Bestätigung ihrer Präsenz und mir versichern, dass, wenn sie zurückkommen, berichteten sie.
M noch mit Gepäck auf dem Rücken, dann entscheide ich mich, bald zu einem ersten schnellen Aufklärung machen, in der Mitte der bezaubernden Tiroler Stadt, die vielleicht während meiner letzten Besuche
Ich hatte noch nicht besucht.


Crossing the ruhigen und malerischen Garten des Klosters, Pause ich einen Augenblick in die Kirche reiche barocke Innenausstattung bewundern.
Um die Ecke bog ich mich unerwartet, nur einen kurzen Spaziergang von der Pforte des Priesterseminars, vor denen die einzelnen fast sofort gekommen, mit der gleichen Überraschung, nur drei deutsche Mädchen unseres Forums: Eva, Marianne und Lilli, lehnte sich gegen die Gitterstäbe.
Überraschen Sie auch ihren Teil beitragen.
Im Grundkurs in Englisch versuchte sie, wer ich bin und wer ich interessiere mich für zu erzählen, aber nur dann hierher zu kommen und schließlich zu meiner großen Erleichterung, auch Michelle und ihr Mann Siegfried.
Präsentationen, Grüße und schoss ein paar schöne Fotos von der Gruppe.
Sehr höflich Siegfried bietet ab sofort um das Gepäck zu bringen, und so wird entlang der Route zu machen.
Es ist jetzt an der Zeit für das Abendessen und in der Gesellschaft von meinen beiden Freunden, sehr freundlich und liebevoll wie eh und je,
in der entspannten Atmosphäre des Innenraums von einem kühlen und ruhigen Hotel typischen guster großen Omelett mit leckeren Heidelbeeren gefüllt, abgestaubt in der Hitze des Gesprächs, meine armen, aber offenbar nicht genug, deutschen Wortschatz.
Nach dem Abendessen sind Michelle und Siegfried angeboten, mich zum Hotel zu begleiten und damit fangen wir an, dargelegt in Richtung der Brücke über den Inn, über die hinaus liegt das Hotel
"Grüner Baum" von der Unterseite grün gestrichen, wo sich mehrere Male in der Vergangenheit, beherbergt hatte seine drei Brüder Ratzinger, wie der Ausschnitt einer Zeitung zu der Zeit erlebt hing stolz an der Wand der eleganten Lobby, wo wir es schaffen, erkundigen Sie sich den kürzesten Weg zu erreichen "Garni Mayrhof, wo" Ich habe den Raum.
Uns wird gesagt, dass der Ort über vierzig Minuten zu Fuß befindet bergauf, und jetzt ist es schon dunkel, so dass ich entscheiden, lassen Sie mich ein Taxi rufen, mit denen weiter (10 Euro), die Bücher bereits für den nächsten Tag (weitere 10 Euro) mit denen ich mich praktisch gezwungen, sich von der Mitte und an allen drei Tagen meines Aufenthaltes zu bewegen.


Ich bekam ein Einzelzimmer mit Bad in der obersten Etage des niedrigen weißen Gebäude, die über eine Funktion aufgerufen wird, aber ebenso unbequem schmale Steintreppe.
Die alte Dame und knöchernen typischen und vertrauten Ton, der mich begleitet, wird es wahrscheinlich die Mutter des Besitzers, mit denen vor ein paar Monaten wurde ich per Telefon gegeben.
Einmal im Zimmer und sieht besser aus, finde ich es mehr Spaß, als ich in Bezug auf den geforderten Preis vorgestellt hatte.
Von dem schmalen Fenster unter dem abfallenden Teil der Decke sehe ich einen großen Apfelbaum gesetzt. Auf der rechten Seite, unten im Hof, ein Haufen von Brennholz.
Nur der Kaskade von roten Geranien hängen vom Balkon im ersten Stock belebt dieser Reihe auf jeden Fall ein wenig "aus.
Po'desolato eine Landschaft im nördlichen Teil der Stadt wird durch eine von der Straße bis zu Rasa, von dem es stammt, gelegentlich, das dumpfe Geräusch der wenigen Autos auf der Durchreise Kurve unterbrochen.
Nachdem ich meine Tasche geschlagen und arrangiert mit meinen paar Dinge Gnade, lege ich mich endlich unter der flauschigen Decke, aber ich kann nicht einschlafen sofort.
Einige berührt, sind taub und einige kurze Gelächter aus einem der Zimmer nebenan, und dass ich nicht der einzige Gast.
Sonntagmorgen, svegliatami viel früher als erwartet, ich habe Frühstück um sieben Uhr in der Halle dunklen und feuchten Boden, noch in der Wüste, mit ein paar Scheiben
Schwarzbrot, Butter, Marmelade und Speck, begleitet von einer duftenden Tasse Tee Waldfrüchten, unter dem trüben gelben Licht einer kleinen Kronleuchter aus Pergament.
Das große Fenster mit Blick auf den Vorgarten eines kleinen, aber reich an Pflanzen verschiedener Arten.
Pünktlich um acht auf Zeit erhalten die gleiche Art Taxifahrer, der mich hierher geführt hatte
gestern.
Die günstige Auto gleitet fast nie auf den kurvenreichen Abstieg enden zu lassen, mehr oder weniger nach einer Viertelstunde, der exakt gleichen Stelle, wo gestern war ich klettern.
Nachdem Sie eine kurze Strecke zu Fuß, schnell zurückzutreten mein Ticket an der Stelle fixiert, keine Probleme, keine Warteschlangen: Ich bekam einen stehenden Fahrgast in "T", die durch den Seiteneingang zugegriffen wird Porta Gold, wo finde ich die Kontrolle über die lästigen Metalldetektor Suchergebnisse, die anhaltend nell''interno meiner geräumige Tasche.
Bald darauf, am Eingang, eine frühe Freundin von Personal, hält vor einem großen Haufen von kleinen Flaschen Mineralwasser Wasser, frisch, nachdenklich reicht mir ein,
hat den Vorteil, die sofort mit viel Geschmack.


Und obwohl früh, finde ich meine eigenen Bereich für die teilweise bereits durch eine Gruppe von Touristen aus dem Veneto beschäftigt, kann ich nicht genau sagen, was aus der Provinz, gut organisiert und erbracht werden, insbesondere, der einige sehr praktische integrierte Rucksack Klappstuhl, der die eher rauh aktualisiert bologna mit Sandwiches und Getränke, wie wenn man statt auf dem Friedhof mit einer Kirche, waren sie an einem Homosexuell Picknick.
Ich kann mich noch "Carve Out" und stellte mich in dem kleinen Raum links, ein Sitz in der ersten Reihe vor dem Zaun.
Lack fast zwei Stunden warten auf den Beginn der Heiligen Messe und das kann ich besser als zu sitzen, etwas ungemütlich, am Rande eines Bett, aber immer noch voller roter Erde mit Feuchtigkeit getränkt, wie Kavität mit der Kopie der Zeitung "The Corriere delle Alpi "Ich zog kurz vor dem Eingang und das wäre natürlich am liebsten lesen.
Hockte auf dem Land in dieser Weise, und zu dieser Stunde des Morgens fühle ich mich fast kalt, obwohl das Tragen der Jacke aus wasserfestem Kunststoff, aber ich tröste mich denken, dass, wenn die Sonne hoch ist, kann ich genießen, wenn nichts anderes, im Schatten dieser großen Platane.
Erst später, sucht noch schläfrig auf die Fassade der Kathedrale, die übrigens,, kann ich nur in der Perspektive sehen, wird mir klar, dass eine große und mächtige Redner geklärt worden, fest an den Baumstamm befestigt, nur über meinem Kopf ...
Ich möchte weg, aber nur sehr wenige Orte, die möglicherweise noch in unmittelbarer Nähe zur Verfügung schien nicht besser zu bieten.
Lange bevor Sie damit beginnen, einige der ohrenbetäubende Lärm Ingenieure sind die Ausführung von Tests und bald nach seiner beschäftigt Chor, der hat jetzt seine eigene Lage, vor mir, fing an, einige geistliche Lieder mit Stentorstimme versuchen.
Die Zeit vergeht langsam und ziemlich langweilig.
Jetzt eine elegante blonde Dame, trägt einen hübschen Tiroler Tracht in Schattierungen von rosa, stellt uns mit der Gnade der schönen zweisprachige Broschüren mit den Texten zu der Funktion folgen.
Inzwischen geht wieder und wieder die lustigen zwei Kinder schleppen, ziehen sie durch einen Teil eines großen, klapprigen Kunststoff Kiste voller Flaschen Wasser.
Ich weiß auch, dass viele der Plätze für diejenigen, die sie verkaufen wollte vorbehalten noch leer sind, und dass jemand nutzt verschmitzt.
Corner, das auf mein Recht auf Fortsetzung der Zwischenzeit die fast ununterbrochen Treiben: Gruppen von Musikern in Scharen in Kostüm-Gala mit ihrer sperrigen Instrumente kommen,
Fahnenschwinger und die verschiedenen Darstellungen, während die zwei oder drei Freiwilligen der "Weiße Kreutz," die aus stehen unter der Menge für ihre Schutzanzüge phosphoreszierende uns sucht von Zeit zu Zeit vorsichtig.


An diesem Punkt kommt es, dass versehentlich wandte den Blick auf die benachbarten Sektoren, die sich auf meine linke Hand in der Nähe der Brunnen befindet, der ersten Person in der Menge plötzlich nur Béatrice und einen Augenblick später, unter einem breitkrempigen Strohhut und die Kamera bereit, in der Nähe in einer Hand zu schießen, ihr Mann Vincent, ein paar Schritte von ihr entfernt.
Aus einem Impuls könnte ich auf seinem Handy anrufen, aber dann habe ich daran erinnern, dass kurz vor dem Bischof Egger er höflich gefragt hatte, um sie auszuschalten.
Also versuche ich zu gewinnen ihren Blick durch eine lange Welle.
Aber noch einmal, ohne Erfolg.
In anderen Sektoren, inzwischen beginnt die Sonne zu schlagen.
Nun ist für viele Menschen auf der Suche sind aus den Fenstern.
Die Atmosphäre ist festlich, aber ruhig.
Der Himmel ist klar und suggestiv durch die dichten Gas weckt einige Düsenflugzeug, die links zu erfüllen, erstellen Sie eine bestimmte Einstellung.
Ein paar Hubschrauber fliegen über die doppelte Fläche.
Zum Zeitpunkt der Rezitation des "Angelus", aus dieser Lage kann nur zu ahnen von Zeit zu Zeit, ein Fragment der Szene, erhebt sich auf die Zehenspitzen, um über den Zaun Rücken Peer schon eine ganze Weile "Ich habe Paraden vor, während umgekehrt, ist der Audio-Teil udibilissima, auch ohrenbetäubend.
Abgesehen von diesen lästigen Nachteile, tröstet mich, und ich bin zur gleichen Zeit überrascht, das Gefühl der Vertrautheit, die ich fühle und dass wir jetzt alle durch die Teilnahme gewonnen
mehrmals, um Veranstaltungen wie diese.
Ein letztes Gebet, beeile ich mich zu beenden versuchte, meinen Weg durch das Gewirr der Menschen beschwingt auf den Punkt Kopf zu kämpfen, wo bis vor einem Augenblick waren die beiden Freunde und griff auch auf die anderen zu erholen. Aber vergebens. Sie alle scheinen zu verschwinden. Möglich, dass sie schon weg sind? Ich wandere ein po'disorientata, bis durch den Fluss von Menschen, die Druck von allen Seiten getrieben werden, finde ich mich vor dem Altar, fast vollständig aus floralen Ornamenten beraubt, im Sturm als Souvenir genommen. Fast mit Gewalt von Trägheit am Eingang der Sakristei Komm, der stämmige Kardinal Scola nachlässig bump, gerade aus und ich kann nur aus der Ferne, dass sich sich schnell an Eva weiß nicht, wo.
Der Verdacht, dass jemand versucht, mich zu vermeiden, ist leider immer un'amareggiante Sicherheit.
Auch die Nachricht in Deutsch, das ich versuche, an Michelle zu senden, als letzten Versuch fehlschlägt.
Auch die aufwändige Eisbecher aufwendige einsamen Mittagessen wird nicht süß genug, da keine Ergebnisse waren die langen Stunden damit verbracht, an der Pforte des Seminars geparkt, leider vergeblich hoffen, dass etwas Unerwartetes geschehen könnte.


Es ist Montagmorgen, und schließlich verließ das Hotel sind sehr schön sitzen an einem Tisch in der Mitte Schatten im Garten des "Café am Grab", neben dem Seminar, in dem die in absoluter Entspannung, eine Tasse guten Kaffee genießen, während des Surfens mit ängstlicher Neugier, das schöne Bild Buch mit dem Titel "Mein geliebtes Südtirol" Ich habe gerade gekauft Shop vor, Halt, um die schönen Fotos von Kardinal Ratzinger in den Urlaub mit seinem Bruder und Schwester zu beobachten. Auch heute ist der Tag sonnig und hell, und der Himmel fast völlig glatt, obwohl einige Wolken weiß addensino Gipfel sind. Beyond the Buchsbaumhecke, die mich von der Straße, die erst jetzt beginnt, die sehr schön animiert, zweimal vorbei Einblick in eine typische Wagen von einem Pferd gezogen, während er einen Spaziergang für Touristen nahm trennt.
Leider kann ich nicht einmal an der Abschiedsfeier am Nachmittag, weil mein Zug zurück mehr als zwei Stunden vor dem werden zu lassen. Vorbei am Seminar treffen sich einmal die niedlichen Lilli und ein Hobby-Fotograf, dass ich einige seiner Aufnahmen verkaufen, obwohl Sie kaufen.
Bereits um ein Uhr, hängend wieder mein Gepäck auf dem Rücken, mir ein Rätsel laufen Sie bis zum Bahnhof.





Trieste, December 1, 2008



benefan
00giovedì 10 settembre 2009 20:06

Gabriella,

Thanks for trying to share your visit to Bressanone last year with us. I thought it was really great that so many of you girls were able to meet there. I am sure that was a lot of fun and added to the joy of seeing Papa.

It seems to me that Bressanone was a great place for Papa to visit but I guess he can't have the privacy and space there that he can in Val d'Aosta. At least in Bressanone, his brother could be with him during the vacation instead of having to wait till Papa got back to Rome. Maybe they will return there next year and our crowd of Benaddicts will be even bigger. [SM=g27823]



maryjos
00giovedì 10 settembre 2009 23:20
Herzlichen Dank, Gabriella, fuer Deine liebe Geschichte von Brixen 2008. Du hattest dabei viel Glueck!!!!!!
Mary
GABRIELLA.JOSEPHINE
00venerdì 11 settembre 2009 11:54
GRAZIE!!!

Dear friends,
far too late J finally managed to post the translation in both English and German of the report that J wrote over a year ago, after my brief holiday in Bressanone.
This time I could not count on the collaboration of those who have refused to help me and so J had to fend for themselves, using the automatic translator. J apologize, then, the poor quality of translation, trusting in the comprehension of those of you still following me with sympathy and affection.

Last week J returned to South Tyrol to spend a holiday and J had the opportunity to visit Mühlbach, the charming birthplace of the mother of Pope!
Other can hope to report more extensively than before, along with the story about my recent visit to Castel Gandolfo, where J was in Mid-August with our friend Benedicta, who is preparing his report and the photos.

I am very glad that J could still share my experience once again with you and I thank you for having liked my writing.

Soon! [SM=x40800]

GABRIELLA
GABRIELLA.JOSEPHINE
00venerdì 11 settembre 2009 13:23
Re:
benefan, 10/09/2009 20.06:


Gabriella,

Thanks for trying to share your visit to Bressanone last year with us. I thought it was really great that so many of you girls were able to meet there. I am sure that was a lot of fun and added to the joy of seeing Papa.

It seems to me that Bressanone was a great place for Papa to visit but I guess he can't have the privacy and space there that he can in Val d'Aosta. At least in Bressanone, his brother could be with him during the vacation instead of having to wait till Papa got back to Rome. Maybe they will return there next year and our crowd of Benaddicts will be even bigger. [SM=g27823]







J share your comments, dear Janet, but nevertheless J hope that both the brothers can to return next summer in Tyrol because is a place very dear to their hearts.
GABRIELLA.JOSEPHINE
00domenica 13 settembre 2009 20:14
MIDDLE - AUGUST IN ROME: BENEDICTA'S REPORT


Rome, 14/17 August 2009

This trip to Rome was not planned. It 'was a blow head, the kind that are made in the summer.
It all started in the spring. In an SMS Gabriella.Josephine, J was expressing his desire to go to listen to the "Angelus" of the Holy Father, in August or at the most in November, when she had to leave.
At first J was a bit interdicted. During the summer J had to work and frankly did not know if J would be free for August. Much less in November.
So for a while we let the matter drop.
Gabry but did not give up in mid-July, and so we decided that we go to Castel Gandolfo for "Angelus" the solemnity of "Holy Mary of the Assumption".
The idea to visit the town that hosts the Pope during the summer appeared to me just wonderful because it's had never visited and also did not go to Rome for nine years, and that was my dream to go back a very long time. Rome is my favorite city and if J could J'd live there.
First we decided how long to stay. At first Gabry could afford only one or two days of vacation, but to me it seemed too little. In fact, only to arrive in the "Eternal City" it takes six hours by train from Friuli, where we live by fly seemed quite expensive and complicated, given the distance from home's departure airport (Ronchi dei Legionari, near Gorizia)) is the distance from Rome to arrival.
Fortunately within a few days Gabry was able to lend him two days off and so that first issue has been resolved.
Now J had to find a hotel that costs too much and that was close to Castel Gandolfo.
I frankly do not know if we would have found and suggested immediately Gabry reside at the B&B in Rome when J was dropped for the first time J visited the city.
Maybe it was not inexpensive, but had the advantage of being located in the center and close to "Termini" station.
She retorted that being in Rome when the Pope was at Castel Gandolfo was not exactly easy, given the distance between the two locations.
J repeat that J had never been to one "Angelus"nor in St. Peter, neither at "Castello", J trusted her and J let's burden of choice's hotel.
A few hours after these discussions, I received an email from my friend with the address of a "B & B" in the "Castelli Romani" area, which proposed a special offer just at the time of Assumption.
Only after payment of the deposit, I discovered, through the Internet, that the town is not only very far from Rome but also from the summer residence.
But the damage was done and my friend told me that we shot with the taxi.
J console ourselves that at least the hotel seemed very nice.
He arrived as the moment of departure. On August 14 J found Gabry on the "Eurostar" train in Monfalcone, where J climb... She had left Trieste.
The trip could seem very long, but J'm not bored. Now J began to talk about the journey and the Pope with Gabriella and then J started reading the book J had brought with me.
After lunch, you do not tore my eyes a moment from the window because at last we had arrived in Rome and J was very excited at the thought that Jwould see my favorite city after so long.
My excitement did not diminish when we arrived at "Termini Station", but increased.
Since it was still quite early, Gabriella, suggested we go immediately to St. Peter to deliver our gifts (a few souvenirs of the Sanctuaries of our region and a short letter) to someone who would have delivered to the Holy Father.
I tell you once that doing this is by no means simple, especially under the August's beating sun in Rome.
At first we were going to leave the package at the "Prefecture of the Papal Household", but once arrived there, and after a rather long tail but fluid to pass under the metal detector, a kind Swissguard told us to direct us from the other part of S.Peter Square to deliver all of a worker.
Thus, despite the stifling heat but not as annoying to us, we went to a state little Vatican endorsed by tourists, at least at that moment, near the "Aula Paolo VI". We stopped two Swissguards so friendly that we pinpoint the place where to make the delivery.
So after a rather lengthy series of questions by an officer of the "Vatican Gendarmerie", the gift finally arrived at their destination.
After leaving the Vatican area, we stopped for several minutes under Bernini's colonnade, where I snapped some photos of the facade of the Basilica.
Since it was already past five, we thought we'd walked slowly to stop the bus that would take us to the "Termini Station". In a stand just off the San Peter Square bought, my first souvenir: a nice pink parasols, like those J had seen many times on TV hearing the "Angelus". From that moment and throughout the rest of the trip that umbrella would have been my faithful companion.
Arrive at "Termini Station", we soon found a train to the bus-stop closest to Rocca Priora by Frascati.
But the problems were only beginning, because just arrived in town, the capital of the "Castelli Romani", we realized that finding a taxi was simple for nothing!
After trying for several minutes to call one,we thought to contact our hotel to send one of them.
The boys of the reception solved the problem immediately and finally we arrived fairly quickly to the "B & B".
For dinner that night and all subsequent ones, the receptionist advised us to a restaurant near, by where you eat very well and the owner is very kind.
The next day, the "Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven", was the most anticipated moment, that of the "Angelus" prayer at Castel Gandolfo.
We got up early, because we found that the summer home, however, was not very close.
The trip, still in the taxi, J liked a lot and provides for the crossing of some localities of Castelli Romani and culture.
Arrived after about twenty minutes at a town on Albano Lake, we were once controlled by Italian policemen with metal detectors but they made us go faster.
The residence was there a few steps, and although it was not yet a half past ten (the "Angelus" is recited at 12 o'clock, not even a minute late or' advance and the timeliness of His Holiness is proverbial!!!) Gabriella suggested putting in a row immediately because in the inner courtyard would enter only a few hundred people, against the huge crowd that was already forming.
The waiting was exhausting, but luckily we found a lovely lady of the brands under which fooled a little time talking about WYD in which she had participated.
We did get a bit in advance of schedule, perhaps softened by the heat that was and that there was barely stand.
Even inside the courtyard, we found people like us this time of Friuli, in which joking and talking a little while J take some photos of the place very beautiful, but smaller than J expected. We had to be standing still for quite a long time, but at least it was less hot in there because over the courtyard, usually open, were you pulled the curtains and almost merciless rays could not penetrate.
The emotions increased significantly with the approach of the moment when J saw the Pope and my heart was beating very strong.
When he appeared on the balcony, J knew immediately that was closer than J thought, J could almost touch him! J made a lot of photos, some J have managed quite well also.
The "Angelus" was interesting and understandable, as indeed are all the speeches of Pope Benedict.
Only one thing J wished that day that meeting was so short. Fact, that only lasted about twenty minutes and J was surprised how many people had come to listen to a Pontiff who many call "cold" and "insensitive" compared to its predecessor.
This gave me an immense pleasure.
Curiously, but not so much J thought later that day to offer his glasses and foils to the Pope's was Don Alfred Xuereb, the second secretary. Monsignor Georg Gaenswein, the first secretary usually assigned to this service, was on vacation from her family in Baden Württemberg.
J would like to take a picture of him with the Pope Patience!
After the "Angelus", Gabry and J went to Mass in the beautiful seventeenth century church of Castel Gandolfo, dedicated to St. Thomas from Villanova, celebrated by a priest, a foreigner, possibly Polish.
This too was a very pleasant.

Lunch at a good restaurant there in town, where J discovered that the Romans eat the "zucchini flowers" with cheese and cooked them with an anchovy, making it much tastier.
After lunch we took a walk along the avenue and entered in the many souvenir-shops of the town where J bought most of the souvenirs J brought home (a diptych with Karol and B16, a Rosary and a blue desk calendar with the photos of cats in Rome, my other great passion).
This trip did not last long, given that Castel Gandolfo, which is not a township but J liked a lot, especially the view of Albano Lake.
It is indeed fortunate the Pope to lived a part of the year in a place so beautiful and quie.. It really is the ideal to rest.
We sat in a Coffee to get something cool, because we had really hot and exhausted as he was still very early (the taxi would not come and get us that in a couple of hours) Gabriella and J conversed quietly.
After a few minutes, J asked permission to let go at some time in the church, which is located opposite the bar where we sat, to recite the Rosary alone, as is my habit.
When J returned from my friend, there was still a time when we had an appointment with the taxi driver and took the opportunity to ask Gabry some pictures of me with the summer palace in the background and to do even a quick walk around.
We went to where we were meeting with the taxi a few minutes early, but the car was in advance so we did not expect.
The day ended with a delicious dinner as the meal to a restaurant in Rocca Priora, and a walk in the fresh garden of the hotel, where you can see the lights on the outskirts of the capital.

The third and last day of our trip was spent visiting the Basilica and the "Vatican Grottoes".
We arrived in Rome not without problems (from Frascati train on Sunday 's summer there are very little, plus we had to change at Ciampino), but quite inappropriate.
In S. Peter's Square in line for the metal detector was just as fast as two days before and soon managed to enter the caves. This was a moment eagerly awaited by me, because J longed to pray at the tomb of GPII to thank him for helping me out of Paradise for my last years of university studies (the first was still alive, even if already very illness), as well as on that of other pontiffs from me who are highly revered there (Paul VI, John Paul I, Pope Pius XII). The first two I found them immediately and J stopped for a few minutes in front of their tomb, kissing her hand to Pope Luciani, where he also placed a lighted candle and a small artificial flowers. Instead we not found Pope Pacelli, perhaps there is a else. Another small regret.
I am not disappointed but the visit to the tomb of Karol, where J stopped for much longer, though one look a little cranky, crying disturb me to put a little back.
A curiosity on the floor near the tomb of the great Pontiff had thrown a few notes, perhaps with prayers or thanks.
J am very sorry having to unplug from the grave, but we intended to visit the Basilica before lunch and so we went.
The Basilica was impressive as always and its beauty always surprises me.
But what gave me most pleasure was the visit we made to the body of Blessed Pope John XXIII, who after his beatification, is in a glass case in the upper Basilica. It was another very moving moment, where J remained for several minutes in prayer, because J want very well to this great Pope of the Council.
In San Pietro J found many other famous tombs of Popes who made me great pleasure to observe.
The next time J return to Rome, J thought in those moments, will also visit the tomb of Blessed Pius IX, which is located in the Basilica of "San Lorenzo Fuori le Mura".
After lunch, we walked around the Vatican for one and my friend showed me the house in "Borgo Pio" where the Pope lived when he was Cardinal.
We ended up doing the last shopping of souvenirs and then went to rest in the beautiful park of "Castel Sant'Angelo".
The closer he came the time to get out more J could not tear myself away from my favorite city, because J did not know when we'd come back again.
J gained strength and got up and out of the park, J stopped doing the last photo, with the background of the former prison pontificates and the "Basilica of St. Peter".
It seemed that Rome with these beautiful sights greeted me with affection and I could not take my eyes off this picture
With some drinks in honor of the Pope at the usual restaurant in Rocca Priora, ended also the 'last day in the "Eternal City".

The next morning we started very early with the intention of returning as soon as possible, maybe this time for an " Papal Audience of Wednesday".
When does the train pulled away not for a moment his eyes from the window until we were leaving the territory of the city of Rome, to give her a last goodbye, so J went back to reading the book J brought with me.
Thus ended my brief and unexpected (but much desired) holiday, which will always carry in my heart and J again thank all the people that had made it possible.


Palmanova, September 2009

Benedicta1983XVI
benefan
00lunedì 14 settembre 2009 07:19

Gabriella,

Thanks for posting Benedicta's account of the visit you two made to Castel Gandolfo. It is always a joy to read about another benaddict fulfilling her dream of seeing Papa up close. The side trip to St. Peter's and the Vatican sounds wonderful too. If you have any photos from this trip or any of your trips, please post them. You know how crazy we are about photos.

Hopefully, you girls will get back to Rome again soon and see a General Audience. [SM=g27811]


GABRIELLA.JOSEPHINE
00lunedì 14 settembre 2009 12:01

Dearest Janet,
J am very glad you liked the story of Benedicta.
As soon as possibile we will post also the photos.

You're right: it is really a blessing to realize the dream of seeing the Pope up close and it is also very nice to share this always exceptional experience with someone!!!
Thank you!
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benefan
00giovedì 17 settembre 2009 18:49

Emma Watson Meets Her Pope



POSTED BY TIM DRAKE
National Catholic Register
Thursday, September 17, 2009 5:24 AM

Last Wednesday, seven-year-old Emma Watson of Craigmont, Idaho finally got her wish to meet Pope Benedict XVI.

Nearly aborted, Emma was born with mosaic Turner syndrome and hypoplastic left heart syndrome and has undergone five open heart surgeries for palliation of her congenital heart condition. She’s wanted to meet the Pope since age three.

Originally scheduled to meet the Pope in February, that trip had to be cancelled because Emma had to be hospitalized for intestinal bleeding. The trip was made possible through the Make-A-Wish Foundation, which granted 13,425 wishes to children last year.

This time around, she almost missed seeing the Pope for two different reasons. First, only three weeks before the trip she was hospitalized with pancreatitis. Then, on the morning of the general audience, the Watson family couldn’t find the Make-A-Wish volunteers in the plaza.

Eventually, they found one another, and the Watsons were rushed in and seated for the general audience just minutes before it began. Emma and her mother, Patti, were given front-row seats.

“Mom was looking the other way when the Pope came out,” said Emma. “I was in awe and I started crying.”

“She kept saying, ‘It’s the Pope. That’s the Pope,’” said Emma’s mother, Patti.

After the audience, Emma and her mother were brought to greet the Pope.

The Holy Father blessed Emma in the Name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit and then put his hands on Emma’s shoulders.

“He asked us where we were from,” said Patti. “I said the U.S. and then we were ushered aside.”

Normally quite talkative, Patti said that Emma was “speechless for the first time in her life.”

Emma said that when she looked into the Pope’s eyes she saw “happiness.”

GABRIELLA.JOSEPHINE
00giovedì 24 settembre 2009 10:37
PHOTOS FROM CASTEL GANDOLFO

Girls!!!

J invite you to take a look in the Italian thread "I nostri incontri col Papa/ Emozioni da raccontare" (in "Il ratzingeriano") why Benedicta has posted the photos of our trip to Rome!
benefan
00venerdì 25 settembre 2009 06:09

Thanks, Gabriella.

It looks like you girls had a great time. Visiting Papa with a friend makes the visit twice as joyful.

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GABRIELLA.JOSEPHINE
00venerdì 25 settembre 2009 12:16

It's absolutely true, Janet!!!
And we are very happy that also our photos were made for you.
Thank you again for the affectionate participation.
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benedetto.fan
00martedì 29 settembre 2009 20:24

hej girls, here are some photos from pentecoste mass 2009. and, as so often in the past, unfortunately in poor quality!!! papa was soooo close the autofocus was not up to the task....! or was it me who was not able to keep the camera quiet in a fever of excitement [SM=g27833] [SM=g27828]



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is he looking straight into my eyes [SM=g27833]? no, he's scanning [SM=g27836] my soul with all their white and black points [SM=g27826] [SM=g27825][SM=g27818][SM=x40795]



after mass.....


Original Video - More videos at TinyPic


.....and a partially similar clip, made by professionals, the bavarian TV [SM=g27811] [SM=g27811] [SM=g27811], for me one of the best musicparts in this mass!



Original Video - More videos at TinyPic


maryjos
00mercoledì 30 settembre 2009 01:21
Thanks, benedetto.fan!!!!!!! I forgot you were there for Pentecost. Have you thought of moving to Rome? [SM=g27823] [SM=g27823] You could rent out your apartment to any of us and we could all have a great time. Make sure you buy a bijou residence very, very close to Vatican City!!!!!!
_benevolens_
00giovedì 1 ottobre 2009 08:12
Hey benedetto.fan, how many more treasures do you have hidden in your secret archives!? Out in the open with them!!! Thanks for these lovely pictures and vides. I know only too well what you mean when you say you felt Papa scanned your soul with his eyes. Surely in your soul there are no dark spots though, are there???? [SM=g27828] [SM=g27828] [SM=g27828]

Oh by the way I love Mary's idea of you renting a flat in Rome, preferably in the Apostolic Palace! There would be occupants all year round I can assure you! [SM=g27822]



benedetto.fan
00giovedì 1 ottobre 2009 16:42
treasures in my secret archives? ha ha, benevolens! i know someone who has a benedetto shrine full of uncountable unpublished treasures [SM=g27828] [SM=g27828] [SM=g27828] !

you know for me counts quality not quantity and i think, nobody is interested in fotos like this. but okay, especially for you here comes the proof ..... [SM=g27828] [SM=g27828]


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moving to rome: unfortunately i didn't won the lotto jackpot some weeks ago. so i've to go on for watching for cheep ticktes with low cost carriers and stay at more or less good b&b's [SM=g27824].
and the answer for my request for a kind of "homesharing" with georg ratzinger's apartment was NO [SM=g27825]


_benevolens_
00giovedì 1 ottobre 2009 21:51
OK benedetto.fan, 1:0 für Dich, these are NOT your best photos! [SM=g27828] Still, as long as they show one tiny lock of that glorious white mane they're worth seeing! [SM=g27823]

As for the appartment in the Apostolic Palace: Have you tried Msgr Gäns(h)wein?!? [SM=g27816]

PapaBear82
00sabato 3 ottobre 2009 06:33
Pilgrims in the clouds to Belgium and Rome


If you'd like to join in the "at the moment" emotions and happenings of Hawaii pilgrims now in the air to Belgium and Rome, our Diocesan newspaper, the Hawaii Catholic Herald is blogging, with Bishop Larry Silva as one of the bloggers.

Check out:   http://hawaiicatholicherald.wordpress.com/
 and share the emotions ...  [SM=g27828] [SM=g27828] [SM=g27828]

Since the pilgrims are going to see Papa, I chose to post here rather than the Saints thread, but
feel free to most the post to a more appropriate thread.
benefan
00domenica 4 ottobre 2009 05:50

PapaBear,

Thanks for sharing that link to your diocesan blog. I posted an article on the Saints thread about the Hawaiian group and others heading to Rome for the canonization ceremony. It is such an exciting pilgrimage and everyone going sounds thrilled by it all. It should be a very colorful TV event.

Fr. Damien is one of my favorite saints. His self sacrifice is a wonderful example.



Benedetto.fan,

Thanks for the photos and videos you have posted lately. I always enjoy seeing your pics. I thought the ones you posted above were very cute--a little bit of Papa here, a little bit of Papa there....



PapaBear82
00lunedì 5 ottobre 2009 08:23
More on Fr. Damien



The newest issue of the Hawaii Catholic Herald has been posted online and is filled with more Fr Damien stories and canonization articles, see below.  The link to get to the issue is:  http://www.hawaiicatholicherald.org/ ... paste it in your browser.


Timeline to a Canonization
Friday, October 02, 2009 (18 reads)


July 7, 1827: The first Catholic missionaries arrive in Hawaii. Jan. 3, 1840: Damien is born Joseph de Veuster in Tremelo, Belgium. 1840: The first cases of leprosy in Hawaii were thought to be documented around this time. The disease was likely introduced to the islands by Chinese immigrants...

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Famous photo of new saint taken a month before he died
Friday, October 02, 2009 (38 reads)


So if you all liked the last issue, keep looking in this one as the excitement builds during the week.

Have fun!

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IT IS THE MOST FAMOUS photograph of Father Damien — a picture of a very ill man at the end of his life. He died a month after it was taken....

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Reverencing relics: pointing to something that we cannot see
Friday, October 02, 2009 (26 reads)


Broken pieces of bone. Those are the physical remains coming back to Hawaii on Oct. 17 as a first class relic of St. Damien de Veuster after his canonization....

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Life's changed for woman whose cure led to canonization
Friday, October 02, 2009 (18 reads)


In her 44 years as a teacher, Audrey Toguchi, now retired, doled out a lot of advice to her students. Since she was publicly identified in April 2008 as the woman whose ...

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From Damiaan to Kamiano: The transformation of a missionary
Friday, October 02, 2009 (12 reads)


To say that the young Damiaan de Veuster held some of the narrow views of his time is to be honest. To say that Kamiano was that same Damiaan, transformed by grace ...

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KALAUPAPA ANGELS
Friday, October 02, 2009 (14 reads)


Many in Kalaupapa had waiting anxiously for the day Father Damien would be canonized. An alarming number of them, many who were prominent, died in the ...

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Villapando team produces new Father Damien video
Friday, October 02, 2009 (17 reads)


Venny and Jessica Villapando, 20-year veterans in Hawaii’s television broadcast industry, have produced a new 60-minute video documentary on Father Damien on ...

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Saint of Molokai
Friday, October 02, 2009 (37 reads)


ASSISI, LISIEUX, PADUA, MOLOKAI. Hawaii’s poorest island is about to join a most extraordinary group of “nowheres.” When Pope Benedict XVI elevates Blessed Damien de Veuster to sainthood on Oct. 11 ...

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Hansen’s disease
Friday, October 02, 2009 (10 reads)


Hansen’s disease is the proper name for leprosy, the affliction that quarantined thousands at Kalaupapa and eventually took Father Damien’s life....

PapaBear82
00mercoledì 7 ottobre 2009 02:27
A Painting for Papa
A painting by Hawaiian artist Peggy Chun, who died from Lou Gehrig's disease is on its way to Rome for the oct 14 General Audience, to be presented to Papa.  Of course, it's of Fr Damien.  The reporter, Anna Weaver is not only a reporter for our Hawaii Catholic Herald but also the daughter of the principal of ......  Damien Memorial High School, a Catholic all-boys school in Honolulu.

Hawaiians hope to give pope painting of Damien by paralyzed artist


Kimi Chun, daughter-in-law of artist Peggy Chun, stands in the Peggy Chun Gallery in Honolulu with one of the late artist's last works, "Father Damien of Molokai," created in collaboration with Catholic school students. (CNS/Anna Weaver, Hawaii Catholic Herald)


By Anna Weaver
Catholic News Service

HONOLULU (CNS) -- A large and colorful painting, made by a paralyzed artist working with Catholic school students and depicting Blessed Damien de Veuster, is headed to Rome where students and teachers hope to present it to the pope at his Oct. 14 general audience.

On Oct. 11 Pope Benedict XVI is canonizing the Belgian-born missionary priest along with four others.

The 8-foot-by-4-foot "Father Damien of Molokai" was one of the final artistic efforts of Hawaiian painter Peggy Chun, who died last November of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Chun had wanted to do a large painting of Blessed Damien since 2002. But when ALS slowly paralyzed her body, it didn't seem possible.

To see her vision realized, Chun got the help of students at Holy Trinity School in Kuliouou in 2007. "They just got it," said Kimi Chun, Chun's daughter-in-law, of the students. "You could tell this project helped them feel so connected to her."

After her total paralysis, Peggy Chun could only move her eyes and used them to point at different letters and numbers on a "spell board" to form words and sentences. In that way she dictated color formulas to the Holy Trinity youngsters who painted 50,000 half-inch paper squares, mosaic pieces for the portrait.

When most of the pieces were painted, a Polish artist and friend of Chun, Magdalena Hawajska, stepped in, following Chun's carefully detailed instructions.

The piece incorporates Hawajska's restoration of Chun's watercolor painting "Molokai" blended with an interpretation of Vincent van Gogh's "Starry Night" that lightens into a blazing sunrise. Father Damien is depicted holding an outstretched hand, an imprint of Peggy Chun's own hand, and he is surrounded by dozens of other handprints. The entire sky and parts of the Molokai coastline are formed from the students' mosaic pieces.

"It was almost like Peggy went into Madga's body and took it over," Kimi Chun told the Hawaii Catholic Herald, newspaper of the Honolulu Diocese.

"Father Damien of Molokai" was unveiled at the Hawaii state capitol March 14, 2008.

Before she died, Peggy Chun asked that the completed artwork be given to Pope Benedict XVI during Blessed Damien's canonization events in Rome. Kimi Chun said her mother-in-law was known for her generosity and would give away everything from a painting to her own scarf if someone told her they liked it.

"She was such a giver," she said. "It just feels so right for the painting to be given as a gift."

But until recently, it didn't seem that there would be the money or the means to get the large painting to Europe.

Then, at the Hawaii Writer's Conference in September, Holy Trinity School teacher Shelly Mecum, who spearheaded the Damien painting collaboration, was introduced to Karlene Petitt.

Petitt knew the president of Delta Air Lines, Ed Bastian, who agreed to pay for the transportation of the painting, Holy Trinity students Lorrin Baptista and Mark Giron, Mecum and another teacher to Rome.

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benedetto.fan
00mercoledì 7 ottobre 2009 23:31
GA 7.10.2009

congratulations benevolens [SM=g27811]! i see, you can count on your friends [SM=g27836] [SM=x40794].....!
but - where is max? hope he didn't get a black out shortly before papas arrival? i wonder what you and the 3 men on your right hand site are looking for [SM=g27833]
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