On July 5th, the seminarians of the Class of 2016 arrived in Chicago after six-weeks in France, Italy and Spain. Thank you to everyone who offered their prayers and support […]
The Rome Experience is coming to a close. It’s an odd feeling. Yes, I’m eager to return to the relative conveniences and familiar locales of my home in the United […]
As we come to a close of our time here in Rome, the surprises the Holy Spirit gives us certainly amazes us every time. With that, here is my top […]
1. An exam Usually, students don’t get very excited for exams, but this is not a normal class. Our class just wrapped up on Saturday with our final exam, which […]
A great benefit of partaking in The Rome Experience has been the ability to stretch one’s perspective of the city beyond just the quick tourist traps. We saw many of […]
Seminarian Phillip Shifflet from the Diocese of Orange has been journaling about the Rome Experience 2016 in a series of videos, which he’s been sharing throughout the summer. Thank you, […]
There are many things that I could write about as being noteworthy on The Rome Experience, but I have limited myself to the list as follows. 1.) The Seven Church […]
This week we dove into our classes, which were so richly filled with content that we could write dozens of different reflections on all of that content. But one of […]
This past week we toured many churches and holy sites in Rome. One of the first churches that we visited was Santa Maria in Vallicella, or Chiesa Nuova. St. Philip […]
1.) Weekend in Assisi We just arrived back from an overnight trip in Assisi, which was amazing. I went with a group of three other seminarians, but there were other […]
Lest one get used to the slow pace and structured schedule of our time in Ars, this week (i.e., week 3 of The Rome Experience) was like being torn from […]
When I was in Sacramento last summer visiting some seminarian friends of mine, I was struck by how many homeless people there were around the city. Many homeless people—but in […]