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Rome, Italy, Mar 25, 2013 \/ 04:41 pm (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- Two American seminarians living and studying in Rome have found that their experience of Lent this year has been both challenging and rewarding.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cI\u2019ve given up eating burgers and eating out, but I\u2019ve also added things to my prayer regiment,\u201d said Kyle Sahd, originally from the Diocese of Harrisburg in Pennsylvania.
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\n\tFor Sahd that means organizing Mass at the Station Churches, which the Pontifical North American College sponsors every other Lent.<\/p>\n

\tIt also means getting up before 6:00 a.m. to make it in time for Mass at 7:00 a.m. in a different Roman church each day. His duties also involve finding a priest to celebrate Mass, making sure the various churches are available, and taking care of liturgical vestments.<\/p>\n

\tSahd hopes that in the end this Lenten effort will increase his knowledge of Jesus\u2019 Passion.<\/p>\n

\tSeminarian Alex Kreidler from the Kansas City-St. Joseph diocese is charged with helping Sahd make sure the Station Masses happen.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cIt is my house job to be the assistant to Kyle in the Station Churches so I\u2019ve made that a real part of the Lenten practice this year,\u201d said Kreidler.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cIt\u2019s become a practice and a penance in itself because last year it was optional for me, but this year it isn\u2019t,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\tOrganizing the Station Masses also means that the two seminarians are staying in Rome while their classmates head to all corners of Europe for Holy Week, a chance that only comes up every other year.<\/p>\n

\tKreidler said he hopes to attend some of the Pope\u2019s Masses during the last three days of Holy Week.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cFor a Catholic, Holy Week is the holiest week of the year because we concentrate on the Lord\u2019s most important events of his life,\u201d said Kreidler.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cIt\u2019s this time of year that forms our identity as Christians and gives substance to the Creed,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

\tFor Sahd, the transition between Popes has also been a big part of Lent.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThis has been just a wonderful and blessed week and even month to be here during the transition of Benedict to His Holiness, Francis,\u201d Sahd reflected.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cIt\u2019s been such a blessed time to witness the faith here in Rome and to see how it is alive in Italy,\u201d said the seminarian, who has been at the college for nearly three years.<\/p>\n

\tHe noted that while \u201ccelebrating the Pope is part of Italian culture,\u201d it is also \u201csuch a joy to see the universality of the Church.\u201d<\/p>\n

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