Community: Perspectives
Student Stories in Print
Student Vignettes on Video
Read and see what Rome Center students say about living, studying and traveling in Europe!
"I did service learning through the Human Rights class, and volunteered at St. Andrew's Presbyterian church every Thursday. I made about 500 lunches and served them out to refugees, often staying for lunch to talk with the people from the church. It was by far the biggest learning experience I had in Rome, forcing me to be extremely independent and navigate the city/bus route/relationships with people outside of the JFRC on my own."
—Jillian Naylor, Fordham University, Spring 2007
"The best experience at the Rome Center was without a doubt, the community. Being able to live in a community is something that sets the Loyola program apart from other study abroad programs. —Sidney Garmon, Spring Hill College, Spring 2007
"Being a full-year student, I was able to go on many of the study trips. I went to Cusano Mutri, Tuscany, and Poland in the fall and Sicily, Tunisia, Pompeii and Abruzzo in the spring. I absolutely loved all of the study trips!"
—Danielle Decina, Fordham Univesity, Academic Year 207-2008
"I became good friends with priests from the North American Seminary in Rome(the JFRC was their apostolate), and through that I participated in attending all of the Station Churches around Rome for daily mass during Lent. The ritual of getting up at 5:30AM to go down to the Vatican, meet up with the seminarians, and walk all around Rome in the early hours was incredible. I felt like I really got to know the city in a way most don't even if they live there."
—Sofija Degesys, Duke University, Spring 2007
"I did calcio(Italian soccer) and loved it! It was such a great way to meet people and I think it gave everyone a break in the middle of the week, which was much needed. It also forced people to be social and interact with those you might not meet otherwise."
—Molly Nartonis, St. Louis University, Spring 2007
"I loved my on-site courses: Art & Rome, Baroque Art, Christian Art & Architecture, and Topography of Rome. We met in the city and were taught by expert professors, with 20 or 30 years of experience. Seeing the Vatican as a tourist can be overwhelming, but in our class, we dissected it, learning about the various historical periods."
—Mieka Sywak, Santa Clara University
