Friday, December 24, 2010

the concept

Over the next several months I will be travelling to places associated with St. Ambrose of Milan, who is the patron saint of the university where I teach.  My goal is to tell stories about Ambrose at each of those places so that we can all learn a bit about this extraordinary man.  Of the great Church Fathers he is the least known, especially in the English world.  He deserves better.

The journey will not be chronological, according to his biography, so here's the general layout:
the destination                          the chronological sequence of the stories:
Rome:                                                                2
Florence:                                                            9
Milan:                                                                4
Thessaloniki:                                                      10
Turkey:                                                              7
various cities in Italy:                                          11
Seljuk:                                                               3
Aqualiea:                                                           8
Trier:                                                                 1 & 6
Milan:                                                               12
North Africa                                                     5

6 comments:

  1. I'm looking forward to seeing if you can spark my interest about St. Ambrose in this blog the same way you do with any number of subjects in your homilies.

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  2. We are looking forward to following your travels. I am fascinated by your talk of Rome. I hope one day to have opportunity to experience it first hand. What an excellent tour guide you would be!

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  3. Good luck, safe travelling, and have an enlightening journey. Shirley

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  4. Can't wait to learn more about St. Ambrose and to hear about your experiences in all of these places. Safe travels (and wishes for plenty of pizza).

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  5. Bud, when are you going to start posting?

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  6. Hi, I have been researching the two (yes two :) )lives of Magnus Maximus and would like to contact you to swap notes and possibly borrow a photo or two for a talk I am to give at Bristol University.

    Best wishes, Gordon
    celtic_boatman@hotmail.com

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