From NLM.
In May I will be with a prolife pilgrimage group in Italy. I would like to stay longer after it is concluded (since I’ll already be there). So, I have my tin cup out in the form of the wavy flag. Click! (Full disclosure: I may have to go again in October.)
SO FAR… thanks to: ME, DH, WH, KG, FC, TG, AH, HL, AB, DS, MB (MI), MB (CA), LD, IG, Fr. PV, GR, MP, PO’F, JL, AR (OH), AR (MA), DD, AN, PG, DD (NY), RW, PT, HB, MT, JL, JS, TS, JR, GG, RG, EG,TO’R, MM, MA, MDeW, MG, PS, JV, PMcD, JF,
You’ve hit the goal. Additional contributions will be helpful, of course. I am so grateful. Now that I think of it, additional contribution will be welcome because PayPal takes fees, so I am actually short. 30 ? 30. More like 35 = 30. Still, this is very good.
I’ve made a specific list of donor emails for this project, although I couldn’t dig up the last, JF, which came via Venmo. I am forming a plan perhaps to have some “premium content” for those who contributed. Also, I will say Mass for their intention frequently during my Roman sojourn. Moreover, now that the goal is attained, any additional that come in will go onto a “roll over” list for if and when I try to do this again in October.
If I may be so bold as to suggest some “premium content” Fr. Z, a few holy Roman recipes from your favorite haunts would be most edifying!
HFL: You may indeed be so bold. I just had a flash of myself at a favorite place asking if I could go into the kitchen to take photos of the prep of what I ordered. That could be fun.
In any event, I plan on having a short-term apartment so I can have a kitchen and save money on eating out. Rome is not cheap when it comes to eating out all the time. Frankly, I really enjoy being able to stop at all the different shops for my various groceries and talking to the shopkeepers, as I used to back in the day. There is always a visual cornucopia to revel in. Rome is photogenic.