In Lieu of the 2021 Rector’s Dinner MARK RANDALL, CFRE • EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT
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ur student editorial team has produced yet another outstanding issue of Roman Echoes. These articles and photos give an inside view of what life is like at the Seminary, or at least what life has been like these past few months. We have an exciting project about to be unveiled that will also give viewers an up-close and personal interaction with our students and the community in which they live…read on! Sadly, we have been forced to cancel the 2021 Rector’s Dinner due to the ongoing pandemic restrictions in Italy and elsewhere. If you have been to the Dinner before, or even toured the College and met students, you were able to witness the mission of the North American College firsthand.
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A secondary goal was to preserve student involvement, just like at the Rector’s Dinner which is largely their production. Over the past few months, dozens of our students have taken background video, recorded scripts and interviews, provided musical samples, Prior to COVID, we welcomed several and so on. Just as you’ve seen in this issue of the magazine, the video team hundred visitors to campus each year. worked very hard to produce a piece Since none of us can get to Rome right that is sure to inspire, entertain, and now, we decided to “bring Rome home” encourage all viewers. in the form of a brief video. (Don’t Watch your mailbox for more informaworry, this is not another Zoom call!) tion, and ways in which you can support the College through this project, in lieu One of the key goals of the Rector’s Dinner each year is to say thank you to of the Rector’s Dinner. Typically, the our many benefactors who support the Dinner provides a significant portion of College so faithfully. In brainstorming our annual fundraising revenue, and we sessions with our students, we decided are hoping this video will motivate you to call this video, “Gratitude From the to renew your financial support. n Gianicolo” (referencing the hill upon To learn more, go to: pnac.org/gratitude. which the College sits.)
2021 Roman and Mediterranean Pilgrimage In prayerful expectation that travel will be possible by this fall, registration is now open for our 2021 Roman and Mediterranean Pilgrimage. The trip, October 2-9, 2021, features a few days in Rome for our Diaconate Ordinations at St. Peter’s Basilica, followed by an extraordinary sea journey to ports of call in Italy, France, and Malta. Learn more at www.pnac.org/cruise.
