October 15, 2016
Black & White Buzz, Fall 2016
WE’RE ONLY 100 YEARS OLD ONCE.
Whether or not you will be able to join us at any of the yearlong, special events on campus, PC wants to help you commemorate 100 years of Friartown as you typically gather to celebrate the friendships you made during your time here. Maybe you will catch up with your Friar family at a golf outing, a weekend getaway, a monthly brunch, a wedding, or a retirement party. Perhaps you’ll want to throw your own PC 100 party.
Here’s the plan. First, tell us about your gathering. We’ll send you a customized party kit based on your event type and number of attendees. Then, it’s up to you to party with fellow Friars to extend PC’s 100th birthday far and wide. Don’t forget to send us photos or video of your celebration at alumni@providence.edu or through social media using the hashtag #PC100.
THE PHOTO OF PC’S first entering class in 1919 that ran on the back cover of the Spring 2015 issue of Providence College Magazine stirred a lot of nostalgia for the family of Jane F. (Farrell) McCarthy of Narragansett, R.I., including her grand-niece, Lauren E. Sepe ’09. The student pictured on the far right in the third row is Jane’s father and Lauren’s grandfather, Thomas Patrick Farrell. Mr. Farrell attended PC for two years before meeting his future wife and getting married in 1922. A retired nurse who took classes at PC while attending St. Joseph’s School of Nursing, Jane is the sister of Thomas P. Farrell Jr. ’53.
“JUST CHILLIN’ with Fr. Nicanor Austriaco!” reported Katie Couric on her Instagram post when the two met in Rome for the Vatican’s Third International Regenerative Medicine Conference in April. Couric, the veteran journalist and television show host, moderated a panel that included “Father Nic,” or Rev. Nicanor Austriaco, O.P., professor of biology and of theology, who is a highly regarded bioethicist.
THE FRIAR EXPLORATIONS alumni travel program and the Office of Mission and Ministry are teaming up to offer a deeper exploration of the life of dear St. Dominic next year. Dominican Destination: Italy will run from Oct. 7-16, 2017, and include four nights in Florence and four nights in Rome. Join fellow alumni, Dominicans, and friends for a memorable, fulfilling, and fun travel experience. For more, contact the Office of Alumni Relations at alumni@providence.edu.
