2016 Pilgrimage Presentation to Siena BOT

Presentation to Siena Board of Trustees

Experiencing the Siena College Mission through Pilgrimage

Br. Ed welcomes representatives of the May 2016 Pilgrims

Padre Marco provides an overview of the pilgrimage to Franciscan Italy

Meg shares the impact of walking in the footsteps of Francis and Clare on her FYS classes

Leon relates his work in Public Safety with Franciscan Values

Marie ended her presentation inviting the board to join the next pilgrimage.

Siena's Pilgrimage

to Franciscan Italy May 2016 Board of Trustees ~ Friday 10 March 2017

43 pilgrims depart Siena College to Siena Italy

With a Franciscan Blessing from Br. Ed

Yankee trails non-stop to Montreal's Trudeau Int'l Airport

Air Canada non-stop to Roma

Arriving Italia Sue Cary (Admissions Receptionist)

prepares to open one of the many doors to understanding Siena’s mission on our pilgrimage through Franciscan Italy May 18 – 30, 2016.

“An incredible life changing trip of a life time.”

Sue Carey

First Stop: Orvieto Ed Rogers (Math Professor) and Lynn Rogers (Dir. of Academic Affairs)

lead the pilgrims

to our first Italian Lunch (with local wine) at the Franciscan Refectory in Orvieto

Kathy, Bonnie (President's office)

& Sue discovering the Streets . . .

. . .and Duomo of Orvieto

Ciao Siena

Ruth Rogers (Dir of Stewardship/Donor Rel)

gathers fellow pilgrims in front of our hotel to explore our patron’s city

Our own

Festa Vino Food & Wine Festival

Front left Britt

Haas Front right Michelle Liptak

(First Year Seminar Professors)

On the steps of Siena's Duomo

Our friars meet up with friars from Mexico studying in Italy

On the Siena Piazza

Roberta (City Guide) receives Siena hat and mug from Fr. Mark (Mission Officer) as John McPhee (Asst. Dir Design & Construction) Fr. Larry (Chaplain) look on

Roberta introduces our patron’s hometown as Fr. Dan (History Professor)

listens intently

Pranzo on the Piazza

Diane M. Strock-Lynskey (Social Work Professor) Catherine Crohan (Librarian) Meg Woolbright (English Professor, Director of FYS) Lois Daly (Professor of Religious Studies, Director, Standish Honors Program)

Following prayer in the "Owl“ Contrada’s Chapel, and Museum Visit -An Authentic Il Palio Dinner

top front left

Fr. Dennis (Religious Studies and FYS Professor) top front right

Jeanne Obermayer (Student Affairs Compliance Officer

Exploring Siena . . . . wandering past the Panther Contrada

Sandy Serbalik (Director of Risk Analysis / Project Management) & Ruth Richards

Firenze -- The other Tuscan City

Meg Woolbright (English Professor & Director of First Year Seminar)

Chuck Rancourt (Lecturer in Management & Asst. Director of Stack Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship) With Richard

Derrenbacher (Pilgrimage Co-leader)

Mark Frost (AVP Facilities Management)

with wife Marie

One of Michelangelo’s Masterpieces we admired

Do you have a favorite perspective?

Basilica di Santa Croce: Principal Franciscan Church in Florence

Festa Vino Food & Wine Festival continues in Firenze . . .

Blessing Siena with Bernardine’s (original) icon of The Holy Name of Jesus

The Celebration of Bernardine's Feast in Siena

Archbishop Antonio Buoncristiani of Siena

Following the Feast Day Mass, Exploring Bernardine’s Friary and Archives

In purple

Marie V. Nocella (Asst. Director of Admissions)

Outside the Church and Friary of St. Bernardine overlooking Siena

"The beauty of Assisi made us feel a part of a timeless link to Francis and Clare . . . the Annual Feast Day Mass, blessing of the city of Siena by the Archbishop of Siena, tour of Bernardine’s Friary, deepened our understanding of St. Bernardine of Siena, our College Patron."

Joe Fitzgerald (Instructor in Marketing & Management )

“What has stuck with me is the way that Francis looked into the person and saw them for who they were not what they were or what they had done.�

Matthew Suchoski (Public Safety Supervisor)

above right

Jackie Rossetti (Board of Advisors)

Alex Falvey (Asst. Dir. of Financial Aid)

The Final Day in Siena Resting . . .

. . . Church of St. Francis of Assisi in Siena

. . . .in the Piazza

LaVerna: Francis turned into a visible and concrete image of Christ, not only in his heart, mind and soul, which already were, but even in his exterior body.

Laurie H. Fay far right (Assistant VPAA) With her sister Mary Jean and Kathy Robetor

Exploring Francis’ Prayer Cave

Prayer walk to the Site of the Stigmata

Buongiorno Assisi

Kathy and Paul Robetor celebrate their 30th anniversary in Italy

Through the streets of Assisi . . . .

The Basilica of St. Clare

"After walking in their footsteps, I was able to see how Francis and Clare were social entrepreneurs -organizing to do good for each person.

Siena can continue to build programs like Academic Community Engagement (ACE) and Stack Center to multiply their example, here and now."

Chuck Rancourt (Lecturer in Management & Asst. Director of Stack Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship)

Marco, Our Assisi City Guide Visiting St. Mary of the Angels The Portciuncula

A church stands strong in the hazy Italian plain where Francis and his “Jugglers of God� started the Franciscan order, bringing the word of God to people in terms all could embrace.

Hearing the same birdsong that inspired Francis, tasting the same simple bread, cheese, wine of Umbria that sustained him, we calm our 21st-century souls and ponder the message of a saint who made the spirit of God so accessible.

Eremo delle Carceri: a favorite prayer spot of Francis

The peacefully isolated chapel and friary on the densely wooded slopes retain the tranquil, contemplative air loved by St. Francis.

San Damiano "The Franciscan Spirit cannot be contained.“ Ruth Richards Dir of Stewardship/Donor Rel

Festa Vino Food & Wine Festival in Assisi . . .

Siena alums Bill ‘81 & Nancy ‘82 Knott The Pilgrimage’s Spiritual Leaders

An evening meal as dusk settles over Assisi

Basilica di San Francesco d'Assisi

Fr. Larry celebrates Mass at Francis’ Tomb

Greccio

Fr. Mark points out wood carving of Francis caring for lepers

Siena’s Baldwin Nursing Program takes inspiration from this wood carving in Greccio

Roma

Leon E. LaMoy (Public Safety Dispatcher)

and his wife Festa Vino Food & Wine Festival Roma

Dinner with Siena alum Ken Hackett H'00 US Ambassador to the Holy See

Elizabetta, one of our Rome City Guides The colosseum

The Vatican Celebrating Mass at St. Peter’s Tomb

Pope Francis waves to our pilgrims

Wardrobe from the Middle Ages

Meandering through the Vatican Museum

Selfie Photo Bomb!