Welcome to the Church of Santa Susanna in Rome Italy!
We are many things: a vibrant American parish, a center for pilgrims, an ancient Roman church, and a home away from home, whether you are a visitor, a pilgrim or a resident of Rome!
Our Location:
- The Church of Santa Susanna
Via XX (Venti) Settembre 15
00187, Roma, Italia
- Tel: 06,4201.4554 Fax: 06.474.0236
(from the USA: 011-3906-4201-4554)
Location, Directions and Mass times
We are delighted that you came to visit us today! The buttons (on the upper left column) will provide a great deal of interesting information. So feel free to explore our website!! We have recently moved our Quick Links above, so that it will make finding things much easier. You can now go directly to our Papal Audience Section, Convent Accomodations (or Click on Coming to Rome on the left) and our new Parish Photos (click on Our Church).
For Information regarding our Family Based Religious Education Program, click here. Or go to New Residents, then Religious Education.
The newest edition of As Romans Do 2010-2012 has just been published. This 144 page guide to Rome and Santa Susanna is a real treasure. It is dedicated to the Alumni of Santa Susanna Church and is filled with historical photos from our archives, as well as current photos from the past three years. Not only is it a parish handbook, it is also an excellent guide to visitors, pilgrims and new residents coming to Rome. It makes all kinds of recommendations for what to see and do, and provides opening times and costs for various museums and other places of interest. It also includes 8 pages of Tips on getting around the city while you are here. We would be happy to mail you a copy of this book. Please send Fr. Greg (frgreg@santasusanna.org) your name and address and we will mail you a copy. All we ask is that you consider sending us a donation to help us continue our ministry here at Santa Susanna.
To make donations to Santa Susanna Church, please send it to The Paulist Fathers, Via Antonio Salandra 6, Rome, Italy 00187. Thank you very much!
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WEEKLY PARISH NEWSLETTER:
Dear Parishioners, Friends and Alumni of Santa Susanna Church (for January 29),
Jesus is a very busy man. One minute he is teaching, the next minute he is taking on an unclean spirit and healing the man whom the demon had possessed. He seems able to balance a life of word and action, and, in the Gospel on Sunday, we see how he does it. He takes time for himself, time for God, time for praying in a quiet deserted place. Our own lives are full of anxieties. Rising costs in a world of financial crisis, family problems, issues at work, in our community life, in our city, in politics, in world affairs, in the day to day things that need to be done. Anxiety makes some people sick, others nervous, so much so that they cannot sleep at night. St. Paul says that he wants us to be free of anxieties. Easier said than done.
Sometimes anxiety can be lessened in the simplest ways, such as a walk in the park, a quiet moment of meditation, or just a simple act of kindness that someone does for you. Often it is another person who is able to reach inside to touch the most vulnerable part of us, so that we can listen to God speaking to us. That is what the prophet in Deuteronomy does. And that is what Jesus did all the time. Like Paul, Jesus does not want us to be full of anxiety. He does not want us to be consumed by feelings of inadequacy. He says, I want you to be happy. I want you to be free. I want you to be the best possible you that you can be. I want you to grow in wisdom and age and grace, like I did. I want you to be the loving person God made you to be, and I want you to feel the love of God.
On Wednesday, January 25, we celebrate the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul the Apostle, with Mass at 6 PM. We will also celebrate this Feast of the Paulist Fathers on Saturday morning, January 28, at 9 AM in the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls. Meet us in one of the Chapel near the Apse. We still need more volunteers to help serve lunch to the homeless at Caritas that same day, 11 AM to 2 PM, and gain on Feb. 11. Let me know. The Youth Group Goes Ice Skating on Saturday, February 4, instead of January 28. We will meet at 7 PM at Santa Susanna right after the 6 PM Mass. Email Lisa at lisamguido at hotmail.com if you can go.
We are about to mail Volume 7 of our Alumni Newsletter and hopefully will send them out as soon as the new stamps arrive. Any alumni who have not been receiving this newsletter, please send me your home address and I will add you to the list. I am the celebrant for the 11 AM Mass at Marymount next Sunday, January 29, and will have another Altar Server lesson at 10.30 there. We need lectors, ministers of communion and altar servers to sign up for the next three Sundays at Marymount. The Groth and Seagraves Families will provide the hospitality after the 11 AM Mass. This weekend, Fr. Clyde Phillips presides at the Saturday 6 PM Mass, Fr. Tim Costello celebrates the Sunday 9 and Fr. John the 10.30, though we might have a surprise celebrant. We will have a practice for new altar servers who serve at Santa Susanna on Saturday night at 5:30 PM.
Spiritual Walking Tours begin on Thursday, March 1, for four Thursdays in March, with the first being our visit at the Exarchic Monastery of San Nilo in Grottaferrata. We will have our special Field Trip to Arezzo on Wednesday, March 28, from 8.30 AM to 8.30 PM. Our next Family Based Religious Education day is Saturday, February 11, with a special guest speaker for the parents. Have a very good week and I look forward to seeing all of you very soon. Ciao for now, Father Greg
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