2014 Itinerary
Study Tour to Italy: Itinerary
Tuesday, May 20
- Travel from New Haven to Italy
Wednesday, May 21 | Ravenna
- Visit Basilica di Sant’Appolinare in Classe
- Introduction to Ravenna: Gabriel Radle, Peter Hawkins, Bryan Spinks
- Community Dinner at Ca’ de Ven
Thursday, May 22 | Ravenna
- Tour of San Vitale Complex
- Walking tour of the city: Sant’Appolinare Nuovo, ancient bishop’s residence, Dante’s tomb, Arian and Orthodox baptistries
Friday, May 23 | Siena
- Visit Contrada della Giraffa
- Lecture on St. Catherine of Siena by Margot Fassler, Intro to Palio and Contrado by Pazit Barki
- Walking tour of Siena–Palazzo Pubblico to San Domenico
Saturday, May 24 | Siena
- Visit Siena Duomo, Baptistery & Duomo Museum
- Tour of Tuscan vineyard
Sunday, May 25 | Florence
- Introduction to Florence by Gabriel Radle, Florentine litarary tradition by Peter Hawkins
- Optional: Attend Sunday liturgy at Duomo
- Small group tours: Pitti Palace & Boboli Gardens; Uffizi Gallery; Accademia and Museum of San Marco
- Optional: Visit to San Miniato Monastery; Vespers at San Miniato Monastery
Monday, May 26 | Florence
- Visit Florence Baptistry and Duomo
- Visit Santa Maria Novella
- Visit Santa Croce and Dante House
- Lecture at Duomo Conference Center by Giordano Mastocola on the Florentine Camerata
Tuesday, May 27 | Orvieto
- Visit Cathedral of Orvieto
- Travel to Rome
- Walking tour of central Rome
Wednesday, May 28 |Rome
- Tour of Vatican: Pio Christian Museum; Pinacoteca; Sistine Chapel
- Tour St. Peter’s Basilica
- Optional: 90-minute walking tour with Yale professor Virginia Jewiss
Thursday, May 29 | Rome
- Visit to Caelian Hill, tours of San Clemente Basilica, Quattro Coronati, S. Stefano Rotundo, Santa Maria in Dominica
- Ancient Rome-small group excursions: Mosaics Yesterday and Today; Roman Forum & Colosseum
- Optional: Sleeping Beauty Ballet at Teatro costanzi
Friday, May 30 | Rome
- Tours of Late Antique/Medieval Rome: Catacombe di Priscilla; Basilica of Sant’Agnese Fuori le Mura; Mausoleum of Constantina
- Organ tour: Mascioni organ
- Visit to Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music
- Roundtable discussion on “Studying and Living Theology and the Sacred Arts in Rome” with professors and students from pontifical universities and institutes Participants
- Schola Gregorina choir rehearsal
- First Vespers for the Feast of the Institute
Saturday, May 31 | Rome
- Renaissance and Baroque Rome: guided small group excursions to Borghese Gallery; Church of the Gesu and Chiesa Nuova; Caravaggio Walk
- Organ tour: Chiesa Nuova
- Guided tour of Lateran Complex and Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
- Tour of Trastevere area (Tiber Island, Santa Cecilia, San Crisogono, Santa Maria in Trastevere)
- Visit with leaders of the Sant’Egidio Community, followed by mass at Santa Maria in Trastevere
Sunday, June 1 | Rome
- Optional Visit to St. Peter’s Basilica for multiple simultaneous masses
- Optional solemn mass sung by Schola at SS. Trinita’ Dei Pellegrini
- Free time OR small group excursions: Borghese Gallery; Anglican Rome tour; organ tour of Santa Maria Trastevere
- Optional: Meet at Caravita Oratorio for ecumenical Evensong
- Optional visit to Jewish Ghetto
- Community dinner at Il Pompiere
Monday, June 2
- Travel from Rome to New Haven