April 16, 2017

Friar Explorations journeying to Italy in October

Thirty alumni and friends took part in the Friar Explorations trip to Portugal last October. Here the group stands outside the Church of Saint Mary in Belem in Lisbon. The next alumni trip is to Italy this October.

To celebrate100 years of Providence College and 800 years of the Dominican Order, alumni and friends of Providence College are invited to join the Friar Explorations alumni travel program on a nine-night visit to Florence and Rome from Oct. 7-16, 2017.

Rev. R. Gabriel Pivarnik, O.P., vice president for mission and ministry, will lead the pilgrimage, which will include a visit to Santa Sabina, a basilica and world headquarters for the Order of Preachers in Rome, and to Santa Maria Novella in Florence, where a pharmacy established in the early 13th century by Dominican friars is still in operation.

For the itinerary and more information, contact prov.ahitravel.com or Sarah Firetto ’03, associate director for alumni relations, sfiretto@providence.edu or 401.865.1909.