Departure : Departure from Nazareth via campus vans mid-day
Day 1: Arrival in Rome around noon. Get settled, eat food, drink espresso, and have lots of gelato! Orientation. Angelus with Pope Francis (Noon). Night walk of Rome.
Day 2: St. Peters Basilica at 7:00 AM - John XXIII tomb, Scavi Tour to the Tomb of St. Peter's, etc.
Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy ("Sacrosanctum Concilium"), Dec. 4, 1963. It ordered an extensive revision of worship so that people would have a clearer sense of their own involvement in the Mass and other rites.
Day 3: Thomas Merton in Rome w/ Dr. Christine Bochen - visits to the Pantheon, St. Ignatius Sites, and the Trevi Fountain
Decree on the Instruments of Social Communication ("Inter Mirifica"), Dec. 4, 1963. It called on church members, especially the laity, to instill "a human and Christian spirit" into newspapers, magazines, books, films, radio, and television.
Day 4: Sistine Chapel and Vatican Museums - Papal Audience
Dogmatic Constitution on the Church ("Lumen Gentium"), Nov. 21, 1964. It presented the church as a mystery, as a communion of baptized believers, as the people of God, as the body of Christ and as a pilgrim moving toward fulfillment in heaven but marked on earth with "a sanctity that is real, although imperfect."
Day 5: Departure from Rome to Florence by train. Visit the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, Ponte Vecchio, the Uffizi Gallery, view Michelangelo's David, and stop at many other famous sites throughout the city. Overnight in Florence.
Day 6:: Continuation of full tour of Florence. Back to Rome via train in the late afternoon/early evening.
Day 7: Islam and Catholicism
Declaration on the Relationship of the Church to Non-Christian Religions ("Nostra Aetate"), Oct. 28, 1965. It said the Catholic Church rejects nothing that is true and holy in non-Christian religions, called for an end to anti-Semitism, and said any discrimination based on race, color, religion or condition of life is foreign to the mind of Christ.
Day 8: Catholic Mass in the morning. Pope's Angelus Address at noon. Visit to the Colosseum in the afternoon.
Declaration on Religious Freedom ("Dignitatis Humanae"), Dec. 7, 1965. It said that religious liberty is a right found in the dignity of each person and that no one should be forced to act in a way contrary to his or her own beliefs.
Day 9: Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation ("Dei Verbum"), Nov. 18, 1965. It said the church depends on Scripture and tradition as the one deposit of God's word and commended the use of modern scientific scholarship in studying Scripture. Visit Vatican Observatory at Castel Gandolfo via train to discuss faith and science.
Day 10: Judaism and Catholicism
Walking tour of Old Jewish Quarter in Rome and the Rome Ghetto. Visit the town of Pitigliano or "Little Jerusalem" via train. Discuss Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust in Italy.
Day 11: Departure from Rome to Assisi.
Visit Basilica di S. Maria degli Angeli on the way to Assisi. Visit Oratorio dei Pellegrini. Overnight in Istituto Beata Angelina Monastery.
Day 12: Full day spent exploring Assisi.
Nostra Aetate Part II & Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World ("Gaudium et Spes"), Dec. 7, 1965. It said the church must talk to atheists, a continual campaign must be waged for peace, nuclear war is unthinkable, and aid to underdeveloped nations is urgent. It said marriage was not just for procreation and urged science to find an acceptable means of birth regulation.
Visits to St. Francis Basilica, Oratorio dei Pellegrini, Basilica of St. Clare, San Damiano Convent, Eremo delle Carcer (Francis' hermitage), Sacro Speco di San Francesco - Narni
Day 13: Early morning departure from Assisi directly to Rome airport for departure flight back to Toronto at 12:15PM. Drive back to Nazareth campus using campus vans.