Day Nine ROMA 2013
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
We left Santa Maria alle Fornaci by train for Ostiense where we took the metro for the Colosseum. This is the fastest way to reach San Clemente, a church of unbelievable historical richness that is located only a couple blocks from the Flavian Amphitheater.
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Jim Towey Appears on Jeff Lytle Show
Wednesday, June 05, 2013
Ave Maria University President Jim Towey discussed the school’s year in review, tackled the comments about Catholics from Ohio State University’s president, and chatted about the name change at the The Phil on Sunday’s edition of “Naples Daily NewsMakers with Jeff Lytle.”
Join President Towey talked about the successes and challenges at AMU, the jabs about Catholics from the now-retiring Gordon Gee of Ohio State, and the controversy surrounding the changing of the name of Naples’ largest performing arts venue.
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Day Eight ROMA 2013
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
We have found many wonderful places to read while in Rome. Our hope each day is to read something in Latin that pertains to a monument or a place that we can visit. Sometimes we can even read these passages in the presence of the monument itself.
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Day Seven ROMA 2013
Monday, June 10, 2013
This morning saw our group at various places in the city: some sought the ancient edifice of the Pantheon where the Novus Ordo of Paul VI was said; others sought Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini where a solemn high Mass was offered according to the extraordinary form.
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Day Four ROMA 2013
Friday, June 07, 2013
Dazzling displays of the Latin language, visits at two churches and dinner outside the Colosseum marked Day 4 of ROMA 2013. A band of Ave Maria University students and their professors made their way to the Universita Pontifica Salesiana, the Sant’Agnese fuori le mura, where they also found the mausoleum of Constantia, the daughter of the Constantine the Great. Read more here: classics.avemaria.edu/
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