Ancient History ( the beginning of writing and recorded human history and extending as far as late antiquity) 5,000 Years
3000 BCE – 500 CE
Stone Age, the Bronze Age, and the Iron Age (recorded history generally considered to begin with the Bronze Age)
Medieval Era (The Middle Ages or the Dark Ages)
began around 476 A.D. following a great loss of power throughout Europe by the Roman Emperor. The Middle Ages span roughly 1,000 years, ending between 1400 and 1450

Trajan (the best of ancient Rome’s ‘Five Good Emperors’ )
Marcus Auerilius

Rome’s Five Good Emperors (presided over the most majestic days of the Roman Empire)
Nerva (reigned 96–98 ce),
Trajan (98–117),
Hadrian (117–138),
Antoninus Pius (138–161), and
Marcus Aurelius (161–180)

listed according to Program
01. Rome the Eternal City
02. The Capitoline and the Colosseum
Talking Statutes
Santa Maria di Loreto (image of Madonna of Loreto)
The Most Holy Name of Mary by the Forum of Trajian

03. Imperial Palaces of Palatine Hill
05. The Roman Forum
06. Along the Via Sacra to the Capitoline
07. The Via del Corso and Princely Palaces
08. The Trevi Fountain and Baroque Rome
09 Above and Beyond the Spanish Steps
10. At the Bend of the Tiber
11. The Panteon t Campo dei Fiori
12. Piazza Farnese to the Ara Pacis
13. Piazza del Poplol to San Clemente
14. The Vatican and St. Peter’s Basilica

While walking the Camino de Santiago I stumbled upon a retired German Priest (Father Martin) and spent several hours of conversation with him
One of my take-aways from my Pilgrimage is that I considered a conversion to Catholicism, as a more demanding religion
As part of my research and investigation I came upon the First Friday Club of monthly lectures which are a forum for men and women to make connections between work, faith, values and issues that affect their daily lives
And there is a rich variety of religious notaries and theologians among these podcasts
Among them:
https://firstfridaychicago.libsyn.com/page/1/size/25
To See God in Every Person (St Francis Lecture)
FFCC-1704: Mark K. Shriver, “My Search for the Real Pope Francis”
https://content.libsyn.com/p/c/f/c/cfc22d1bbe89b79f/FFCC-1704_Shriver.mp3?c_id=15120203&cs_id=15120203&response-content-type=audio%2Fmpeg&Expires=1661936121&Signature=Xw7g8d4t9MxaQszG3s27cuaRgZJGCoQ94RvCWL6G-dbVcrObGHwHRXdgHOj1vWuxZXfhxhwH6aLIK7D1MMoDi2S4WwwEcuwe4erkrWu5pVQ~7rBt7BbDOR5C3t~EjEoKxuzeSsDf9cFDhtLbjVkv-anb~W~qAf-dbrouYzqLV1kAPLHKUNaQVTaXtPQdibNNMF16rmceArvMRdUFDsD2mmn2-S00qZTfAWih0q9TW4q5j9h-1atuzRHvsRUNNqTjHN-AnelnQ-SFD4gDY60Ksr2J49-NTMlqp1Vkp5rxiLAX0K-KY59LW-xO5u2GWueBfWW5ZvGZtK-vCtaoe2AUQw__&Key-Pair-Id=K1YS7LZGUP96OI

A Choice of Catholicism
The Biggest Church, The Pope (and Cardinals and Bishops)
The Art in the World’s Museums
The Disciples are entombed in Catholic Churches

Practicing vs Training
You practice every day
You train every day

Being a Practicing Catholic vs being a Registered Parishioner

Am I a registered parishioner? Am I a practicing Catholic?

1. Attendance at Mass on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation. (We encourage submitting tithing envelopes each week, even when empty. If someone asks if you are a practicing Catholic, this helps us denote regular Mass attendance.)
2. Confession of serious sin at least once a year.
3. Reception of Holy Communion at least once a year during the Easter season.
4. Observance of the days of fast and abstinence.
5. Providing for the needs of the Church.

700 W Adams St, Chicago

https://www.oldstpats.org/

Civita de Bagnoregio is an Italian hilltop village, which is often featured in Calendars and collections of beautiful geographic locations

The Map on it’s wikipedia site https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civita_di_Bagnoregio is a great reference for the towns along the Via Franchegena (it can be enlarged and reduced to reveal details of every town)
By the way, the “via” is over a 3 hour walk (15km) away from Bolsena

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=civta+de+bagnoregio+iltaly

Sunday Church Service Dress Up and Travel Year Round to Sunday Church Services
(why not, maybe you are the rain or shine attendee at early service)
Tithe https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-feb-25-me-beliefs25-story.html
Fasting and Abstinence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fasting_and_abstinence_in_the_Catholic_Church
To consider Living the Life of noted Saints (St. Francis of Assisi)
Confession
The Special Holidays and Mass
Could you be members of three churches (going to so many services that you attend three churches)

Landmarks and Ruins
https://romeandvaticanpass.com/en-us/things-to-do-in-rome/rome-famous-landmarks