karenrose | June 19, 2009
Becky Fitches was in her apartment watching General Conference last October when Thomas S. Monson, President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, announced that a temple would be built in Rome, Italy. “I yelled then cried for joy!” the former missionary who had served in one of 3 missions in Italy recalled. [...]
karen | October 23, 2008
The current Mission President in the Rome, Italy area is President Jeffrey Acerson, from Lindon Utah. He himself served as a missionary in the Italy Milan and Italy Padova Missions.
Prior to his calling to preside over Saints and friends of other faiths in the Rome area, President Acerson served as a counselor in the Lindon [...]
karen | October 20, 2008
Matt Durazzani served as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Rome Italy mission from January 1999 to January of 2001. During his two-year service as a Mormon missionary–whose time is committed to teaching about the restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ to the earth–Matt (Elder [...]
karen | October 13, 2008
Karen Acerson, wife of Mormon Mission President, Jeffrey Acerson, journaled her thoughts as they flowed during the historic announcement of the Rome, Italy temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints:
On Saturday morning in Utah (Saturday evening in Rome), our prophet, President Monson announced that five new temples would be built. As he [...]
karen | October 13, 2008
The Rome Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon temple) is the 12th European temple to be erected. Its coming was announced during the opening session of the 178th Semiannual General Conference of the Church by Thomas S. Monson, prophet and President. There was an audible wondrous reaction to the news [...]