Rome, the Eternal City.  Chris has wonderful memories of lying on her back and looking up at the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel during a private tour when she was a girl, traveling with her family on their way back home from Ethiopia.  And then, during college years, reconnecting with Father Martin Nolan once again during a 5-month college study tour.

Early Christian sites are high on the list here, signs of the pre-Constantinian church, and perhaps an opportunity to greet Pope Francis — if only from afar.  A side trip to Sorrento along the Amalfi Coast includes a day at Pompeii, and then a return to Rome for a final weekend before boarding the plane bound for Boston.  Sabbatical ends.

What a journey!  What a blessing!  Thank you for helping to make it happen; thank you for your prayers; and thank you for traveling with us along the way.  We can’t wait to hear about your own sabbatical adventures.