ST. PETER IN CHAINS

12/15/1999

Dr. Timothy O’ Donnell visits St. Peter in Chains, the ancient church which was believed to have been the site where St. Peter was arraigned before his death.

SAINT JOHN LATERAN

12/15/1999

Dr. Timothy O’ Donnell explores the church of St. John Lateran, which is associated with both John the Baptist and John the Evangelist and holds many sacred relics, including fragments of the skulls of St. Peter and St. Paul.

TWELVE APOSTLES

12/15/1999

Dr. Timothy O'Donnell explores the great stational churches of Rome on a Lenten Pilgrimage. He visits the church popularly known as I Dodici-the 12 Apostles.

ST.'S JOHN AND PAUL

12/15/1999

Dr. O'Donnell's series continues with a look at the Church of Sts. John and Paul, who were martyred for refusing to worship pagan gods.

ST. MARY MAJOR

12/15/1999

Dr. Timothy O'Donnell visits the Basilica of St. Mary Major, the largest of all the Marian churches in Rome.

SANTA SABINA

12/15/1999

Dr. Timothy O'Donnell guides us through the Church of St. Sabina, now the mother church of the Dominican Order.

FOUR CROWNED MARTYRS

3/9/1999

Dr. Timothy O'Donnell visits the Church of the Four Crowned Saints, which was named after four unnamed soldiers who were martyred for their faith.

STS. MARTIN AND SYLVESTER

3/9/1999

Come explore the great stational churches of Rome on a Lenten Pilgrimage with Dr. Timothy O'Donnell. Today he explores the church of St. Martin and St. Sylvester on the Mountain.

SAINT VITALIS

3/9/1999

Dr. Timothy O'Donnell explores the church of San Vitalis. San Vitalis was a father who suffered martyrdom along with his sons.

ST. MARY IN DOMINICA

3/9/1999

Dr. Timothy O'Donnell journeys up the Caelian Hill to the Church of Santa Maria in Dominica, which is designated as the station for the Second Sunday in Lent.

SAINT JOHN LATERAN

3/9/1999

The last stop on Dr. O'Donnell's Lenten pilgrimage, on Holy Saturday, is St. John Lateran. This is a day in which we think of Our Lord lying lifeless in the tomb and await the great glory of the Resurrection.

SAINT MARY MAJOR

3/9/1999

The Wednesday after Palm Sunday, Dr. O'Donnell revisits St. Mary Major. There, he describes some of the architecture and art in this beautiful basilica dedicated to Our Lady.

SAINT MARCELLUS

3/9/1999

Dr. O'Donnell explores the Church of San Marcello, or St. Marcellus, a pope, who for his witness to Jesus Christ, was condemned to martyrdom working in the stables of the imperial household. He was put at hard labor, difficult, menial tasks.

ST. EUSEBIUS

3/9/1999

A visit to the Church of Sant’Eusebio with Dr. Timothy O'Donnell. Saint Eusebius was a devout Roman Catholic priest who refused to embrace the Arian heresy, which denied Christ's divinity.

HOLY CROSS IN JERUSALEM

3/9/1999

Dr. Timothy O'Donnell visits Santa Croce en Jerusaleme-the church of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem, where lies the relic of the true cross and dirt from Calvary and Jerusalem brought to Rome by the Empress Helena, the mother of Constantine.

SAINT MARK

3/9/1999

Explore the church of Saint Mark with Dr. Timothy O'Donnell which according to tradition, St. Mark's request to the early Roman Christians composed his Gospel upon St. Peter's preaching.

SAINT CECILIA

3/9/1999

Dr. Timothy O'Donnell visits St. Cecilia, a church dedicated to the patroness of music, virgin and martyr, which was built right over her home.

HOLY CROSS IN JERUSALEM

3/9/1999

Dr. Timothy O'Donnell visits the Church of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, where a relic of the actual cross is held.

SANTA PRASSEDE

3/9/1999

Dr. Timothy O'Donnell visits the church of St. Praxedis. She was a daughter of a Roman Senator who greeted St. Peter upon his arrival to Rome and received the faith at his hands. She was martyred by Nero.

SAINT CHRYSOGONOUS

3/9/1999

Dr. Timothy O’ Donnell explores the church of St. Chrysogonus. The church is named after a martyr who refused to deny the faith and was beheaded at the command of Emperor Diocletian

ST. PAUL OUTSIDE THE WALLS

3/9/1999

Dr. O’Donnell gives a rather graphic description of the death of St. Paul at the hands of the Romans. He also describes the area what the significance of "Outside the Wall" was to Rome and is today.

ST. LAWRENCE IN LUCINA

3/9/1999

Come explore the great stational churches of Rome on a Lenten Pilgrimage with Dr. Timothy O'Donnell. Today he visits St. Lawrence in Lucina. Preserved in this church is the actual grill upon which St. Lawrence was roasted.

ST. LAWRENCE

3/9/1999

Dr. Timothy O'Donnell visits the Basilica of St. Lawrence Outside the Walls, where St. Lawrence himself, along with St. Stephen, the First Martyr are buried.

SAINT CLEMENT

3/9/1999

Dr. Timothy O'Donnell visits the church of St. Clement, who was the third papal successor to St. Peter.

SAINT MARY MAJOR

3/9/1999

In the Eastern Church, there's a tradition that the first person Christ appeared to after His resurrection was His Mother. On Easter Sunday, Dr. O'Donnell visits St. Mary Major, the great basilica built in Her honor

SAINT JOHN LATERAN

3/9/1999

On Holy Thursday, Dr. O'Donnell goes back to St. John Lateran. There he recalls how at the Last Supper, St. John, the Beloved Disciple, rested his head on Our Lord's bosom.

SAINT JOHN LATERAN

3/9/1999

Dr. Timothy O'Donnell continues his Lenten tour of the great stational churches of Rome with a visit to St. John Lateran's.

SAINT PETER'S IN THE VATICAN

3/9/1999

Dr. Timothy O'Donnell visits the actual burial place of St. Peter, the Mother Church of all Christendom. The actual Papal altar with its baldachino was designed by Bernini and lies directly over the tomb of the Prince of the Apostles.