IlTHE ALUMNI NEWSLETTERBollettino FOR THE JOHN FELICE CENTER FALL/WINTER 2016

Students discover Roman villa remains IN THIS ISSUE

BY ALEXANDRA JONKER (JFRC FALL ‘15) A LETTER FROM JOHN FELICE tudying at the Rome Center is already an immersive and eye-opening experience for students— pg. 4 so how can it be taken a step further? That’s the question that Jennifer Engel, executive director MEET THE RICCI SCHOLARS Sat the Office for International Programs, and Alexander Evers, associate dean for academic affairs pg. 7 and professor of classical studies and ancient history at the JFRC, sought the answer to last summer. “We were talking about different things that we could be doing during our summer session to update the ROME-ANCE IS IN THE AIR curriculum and invigorate it,” says Engel. “Then we came up with the idea of what we labeled the Fusion pgs. 8–11 Experience.” STUDENT INTERNSHIPS Continued on page 3 pg. 13 TRANSFORMING THE ROME CENTER Students discover

MESSAGE FROM THE INTERIM DIRECTOR NEW LOYOLA PRESIDENT Roman villa remains Michael J. Garanzini, S.J. Interim Director, John Felice Rome Center On August 1, 2016, Jo Ann Rooney, JD, LLM, EdD, Continued from cover Chancellor, Loyola University Chicago began her role as the 24th president and first lay leader of Loyola University Chicago. Dr. Rooney’s The Fusion Experience pairs two different, inauguration took place on Nov. 4. but complementary courses into a single well- This new appointment expands Dr. Rooney’s rounded study-abroad adventure. Students Dear Alumni, Family, leadership in higher education, as she has spend their first two weeks in Rome and their served as the president of both Spalding final two weeks traveling to a specific region University—a private, Catholic, doctoral-level in , doing different activities outside of and Friends, university in Louisville, Kentucky—and Mount Ida the typical classroom setting. By melding two College, a baccalaureate-level college offering distinctive areas, Engel says that learning is no undergraduate and graduate degrees in Newton, longer “siloed” into different subjects. It is a privilege to serve you and our keeping the momentum of renewal, Massachusetts. She has also spent more than 22 “Students are learning about the content Rome Center community as the renovation, and expansion of the years teaching at the graduate and undergraduate in an interrelated way, versus the traditional center’s interim director these past Rome Center. Your dedication is levels. way of learning about history in one class and few months. As you may have heard, impressive. And some of you, like During her learning about art in another,” she says. “This I accepted this role in place of Ted those who joined us here last May eight-year tenure at then makes learning all the more impactful Bohr, S.J., assistant professor of art at the All-Class Reunion, have had a Spalding, Dr. Rooney when you can actually learn about something history and theology here—who had more intimate opportunity to reflect led an impressive in the classroom and then go out and see it been previously identified as interim on what makes Rome, its people, and turnaround of an and get your hands dirty.” director—while we continue to search this program so unique and so vibrant. institution facing The Fusion Experience offered two for a permanent director. We hope to That has included the chance to see severe challenges. different course options last summer, each announce the hiring of that person in how our renovations of the Monte Then in July 2010, of which allowed students to fuse not only the next few months. Mario facility are helping make this an she was appointed complementary subject areas but also two even more attractive home for future president of Mount different regions of Italy. The first was a During the past six or seven years, students. Ida College. After comparative Italian cultures class focusing many of us have had the great only months in that on food, wine, and photography. Essentially, fortune to have a front-row seat for Those of us who knew John Felice position, she was the program fused a literature class on Italian the wonderful progress being made experienced the depth of his vision called by the Obama culture with a foundational photography at the JFRC. In a short time, we have and devotion to his students. His Administration to Jo Ann Rooney, JD, LLM, EdD course. seen the acquisition of the property, a legacy is talked about and felt here serve her country The students traveled to Abruzzo—a growth in enrollments, new academic each day. In this issue on pg. 4, we are Please visit LUC.edu/ as the nominee for region east of Rome along the coast of the programs that have expanded our pleased to share with you a letter John inauguration for event principal deputy Adriatic—and visited a range of different reach, and now the expansion of the wrote to his students shortly before photos and videos. under secretary of sites, learning about the history and culture campus onto the oliveto where we his passing, now framed in the JFRC defense for personnel and readiness in the U.S. of the region as well as its environment and will build another residence hall and lobby. All of us who came into contact Department of Defense. Dr. Rooney was confirmed sustainability. After participating in wine chapel. What has remained the same with John have been inspired by him, for the position by the U.S. Senate in May 2011. In tastings and going to an authentic cheese this spectacular structure,” says Evers. “The is the dedication and caliber of those especially his vision and his capacity 2012, former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta production facility, students then honed their walls were in perfect condition and show who educate the hearts and minds for becoming a significant figure in awarded Dr. Rooney the Department of Defense newfound photography skills, documenting a continuity of habitation from the second of our students. Our faculty never our lives. His personality and character Medal for Distinguished Public Service, the highest the connections they saw between food and century AD, a peak time of the Roman Empire, cease to amaze me. We are fortunate still fill the halls here at the JFRC. award given to a civilian by the secretary of wine, agriculture, the environment, and Italian well into the Middle Ages.” to have not only students passionate Thank you for attending our defense. culture. The Sicilian authorities were as thrilled about exploring their world but also wonderful alumni events and Dr. Rooney joined Loyola from Huron Consulting The second Fusion Experience began as the students to discover the remains faculty and staff who conduct classes donating to the Avanti! campaign Group in Chicago, where she was managing by pairing a classics course in archaeology and have given the Rome Center unlimited in ancient ruins, take students on to help us continue to build the final director with responsibility for developing techniques with a class on classical Roman permission for the next three years to fascinating cultural explorations, and vision of our center’s founder. strategies to advance Huron Healthcare’s Federal history. The group, led by Evers, then visited excavate in that location. The findings challenge the boundaries of our Government Healthcare Sector consulting practice. Ragusa, Sicily for a two-week archaeological provided an exciting conclusion to the students’ perceptions of the world. “My passion is, and has always been, education,” dig (pictured above). A team of five students summer, and Evers says that both Fusion Having met and spoken with many Ad majorem Dei gloriam, said Dr. Rooney. “During the search process, I and five local volunteers put their spades into Experiences went very well. (Top and bottom) JFRC students unearth of you who have generously shared was struck by the dedication and commitment the ground on an untouched archaeological “For the students, it’s been a tremendous an ancient Roman villa in Sicily. time and resources, I want to again exhibited by representatives of the faculty, site and uncovered a Roman villa. experience,” says Evers. “To not only learn emphasize how important you are to Michael J. Garanzini, S.J. students, staff, academic leadership, Jesuits, and “There were previous indications that the and study in the classroom but also be able board members. That commitment, and Loyola’s grounds were pregnant with remains from to actually see, feel, smell, taste, dig, find—it strong mission, drew me here.” the distant past, but no one expected to find makes it all real. It makes it all unforgettable.”

2 3 A letter from John Felice 2016 Felice Award recipient Philanthropist supports The following letter was written by John Felice to students a few months before he passed away. At the time, Felice was living in Chicago and unable to travel to Rome. JFRC students through scholarships

amed for the founder of the Rome Center, the Felice Award is conveyed N annually at the Loyola University Chicago Founders’ Dinner to an alumnus(a) for leadership in business and community along with support of the Rome Center. Meet the 2016 recipient.

KATIE VOGELHEIM (JFRC ’77–’78) Like many Americans who venture abroad, Katie Vogelheim arrived in Rome and didn’t want to leave. Within days of exploring the city (and minutes of sampling gelato), she knew she wanted to stay the year. However, her parents couldn’t afford it. Two weeks later, they mysteriously reversed course. She eventually learned their decision was made possible by John Felice. To this day, she thanks him for the year that changed her life. Vogelheim’s time at the Rome Center sparked a lifelong passion for the Eternal City. She returned for two years with her husband, Katie Vogelheim (JFRC ’77–’78) in her Califorina home John, and their children, Barrett and Whitney. During that time, she and John founded executive for Windham Hill Records, worked foundation that funds conservation- and Rome Luxury Suites, a collection of boutique for an internet start-up that almost made it, education-based projects internationally, and hotels steeped in the city’s history. Before and founded a consulting business that did. they also launched the Vogelheim Student moving into hospitality, Vogelheim cut her Vogelheim serves on advisory boards Scholarship Fund, which supports five teeth at General Electric Information Services, for several institutions and organizations, students attending the Rome Center each 10-18-07 where she spent 18 years managing global including the advisory board of the Rome year. She believes this opportunity will inspire My dear students, and domestic operations. She became an Center. She and John started a family these students to give back.

Even though I don’t know you, you are all in my heart. I pray for you constantly that the Good Lord will guide you in this experience you are

having at the JFRC. Do your very best to see and study the treasures that surround you. Don’t waste your time and money on the insignificant. You NEW DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT will be richer in mind and spirit when you return home and you will be Shannon McShane began working at Shannon was trained in advancement at able to share your experiences with your family, friends and others you Loyola this past September as the director of Stanford University, where she fundraised for meet in life. development and primary fundraiser in Chicago many years, including during their $6.2 billion for the Rome Center. She is a proud University campaign, The Stanford Challenge. She and her I wish that I am with you, but my failing health does not allow [me] to of Michigan alumna who is thrilled to be back husband cannot wait to take their three-year- come. Please say a prayer for me and remember you are all in my heart in the Midwest after several years away living old twin boys abroad for the first time soon! She and prayers. in New York City and San Francisco. She loved looks forward to meeting and working with the her time studying abroad through the London JFRC alumni community. Sincerely yours, Dramatic Academy and wishes all college You can reach Shannon at 312.915.7652 John Felice students could have such a transformative or [email protected]. experience as attending the JFRC.

4 5 RICCI SCHOLARS PROGRAM for international human rights Meet the 2016–17 scholars ABY ALEXANDRA JONKERPAS (JFRC FALL ‘15) SION he Ricci Scholars Program offers an unparalleled study- Inspired by the travel and research of the program’s namesake, hat do you get when you put a abroad, immersion, and global scholarship opportunity for Matteo Ricci, S.J., and other Jesuits, this distinctive program seeks to: dancer, a mathematician, and qualified students. The program awards selected students with a political scientist in the same T W scholarships for travel and research during their junior year. • Enhance a capacity for scholarship through the student’s yearlong, room? You would get Jacquelyn Pavilon (JFRC As students of Loyola University Chicago, Ricci Scholars spend the in-depth research project conducted with scholars and faculty in Spring ’10, BA ’12), who happens to be all fall semester at the Rome Center and the spring semester at the Beijing Chicago and abroad. three. Center for Chinese Studies in Beijing, China. While abroad, Ricci Scholars • Encourage students at U.S. Jesuit universities to understand multiple Despite recently graduating with a triple may learn Chinese and Italian, travel, study both cultures, and conduct world cultures and values and become involved in global issues. major in 2012, Pavilon has managed to meet academic research to develop their individual projects. A sophomore- • Build a team of future leaders who have lived, worked, and studied with the Pope, travel to five different countries year orientation prepares scholars for the program. abroad alongside foreign experts. (in addition to her previous 25), and also join Upon their return, scholars complete their research projects and an underground hip-hop troupe. All this she present their work to the University community and the next group of has experienced during her time at the Jesuit Ricci Scholars. Refugee Service (JRS), where she recently served as their international communications coordinator, the head of communication for the organization. THIS YEAR’S SCHOLARS For Pavilon, being able to work to further the rights of refugees is something that has Six Loyola juniors are currently in Rome fulfilling their first study-abroad requirement. Each of these scholars has performed at the highest levels been important to her since she was a student of their class academically, and each enjoys support from a faculty mentor. During their stays in Rome and Beijing, they are taking regular classes at the Rome Center. while researching their projects. “In Rome, I took a human rights course, and my service-learning placement was at the Marie Hofer hails from Brenna Michel, Karisma Wilson is an Joel Nafuma refugee center there,” explains Denver, Colorado, and a member of the international studies Pavilon. “My first day on the job, an Iraqi man is majoring in English Honors Program from major and anthropology came up to me, handed me his documents, and art history. She was Kansas City, Missouri, minor from Indianapolis, and said, ‘Please help me. I need asylum.’ It Jacquelyn Pavilon (JFRC Spring ’10, BA ’12) presents Pope Francis with a book of photos from her work awarded a scholarship to has a double major Indiana. Her project was the most moving experience.” with Syrian refugees. illuminate perceptions in international promises a comparative “I always wanted to work in international of cultural heritage studies and political exploration of the human rights, but I didn’t know particularly to provide 100,000 additional refugees with through an examination science, with a minor experience of ethnic what that would look like,” she said. “So when “My first day on the job, education. As a result of her involvement, she of the restoration and in Asian languages minorities in Rome and I studied at the Rome Center and did that an Iraqi man came up to me, was able to meet the Pope in 2015. conservation of public art in Rome and and literature. Inspired by immigration as Beijing. Inspired by her own experience as internship, I knew I wanted to work specifically “As a precursor to the launch [of the Beijing. Hofer is focusing on UNESCO world a topic of global conversation, her project a multiracial woman in the United States, with refugees.” But her path to attain this goal handed me his documents, campaign], we had a private audience with heritage sites that include religious entities, is exploring the attitudes, policies, and Wilson is using her year abroad to test how followed a somewhat unconventional route. and said, ‘Please help me. the Pope,” says Pavilon. “I had been working the former residences of wealthy patrons, practices in Italy and China toward legal race is defined and discussed outside the “I was graduating in a terrible economy, in Lebanon with the Syrian refugees just prior and burial areas and tombs in the two cities. immigrants and their impact on assimilation. American context. and there was a job at the Jesuit Refugee I need asylum.’” to that, so I presented the pope with a book Service. My best friend and I applied for it —JACQUELYN PAVILON of these photographs of Syrian children with Addison McTague, a Suraj “Neil” Sheth, Stephanie Wong, upon graduation, and we were the last two their drawings and asked if he would pray double major in English a Loyola Ignatian another member of the candidates that they were deciding between,” for Christians and Muslims together in a very and religious studies Scholar, Loyola Carbon Honors Program from Pavilon says. For Pavilon, despite being able to live in interfaith way.” with a minor in Arabic, Fellow, and Loyola Naperville, Illinois, is In the meantime, Pavilon had been Rome and travel the world, the best part of Once Pavilon had established herself is from Elmore, Ohio. Provost Fellow from majoring in classical recruited, upon recommendation by the her job there was being able to work with in Rome years after being a student at the Her research is looking Bolingbrook, Illinois, is studies and Spanish with math department at Loyola, by WMS refugees to further their cause. JFRC, despite it being “really hard at first,” at the perception and majoring in biology with a minor in Latin. She has Gaming Incorporated to work as a casino “The JRS works in 45 countries, and she became more familiar with the city and expression of modesty minors in neuroscience, been awarded a Ricci mathematician, something she had never its mission is to not only serve but also learned to love it even more. among Muslim women bioethics, and inter- Scholarship to provide desired but that was nonetheless a good job accompany and advocate for refugees But what about that underground hip-hop in Rome and Beijing. Blending her intellectual national studies. As a pre-med student and a comparative study of opera and operatic opportunity in a challenging economy. worldwide,” she says. “Their primary services troupe? interests and personal values, McTague’s aspiring physician, he was awarded a Ricci traditions in contemporary China and Italy. “I told myself I would work for the casinos are in education and psychosocial support, “Unfortunately, Rome does not have the timely project is using qualitative methods Scholarship to examine the cultural norms By interviewing key members of the opera two years maximum, and two years later although, because of the crisis in the Middle most dance opportunities, so I danced in a of observation and personal interviews to and societal expectations that shape tobacco scene in Rome and Beijing, Wong is exploring my best friend was finishing her contract at East, they are doing a lot of emergency work social and underground setting,” Pavilon says. determine the relative roles of forms of dress, smoking patterns in Italy and China, a serious how each opera house restyles and maintains the JRS and said they were looking for her as well providing food and non-food items.” “I trained with a lot of hip-hop, breakdancing, such as the hijab, and other behaviors to medical problem and global health issue. Western operatic traditions to appeal to a replacement,” Pavilon says. “I reapplied and She helped run a $35 million campaign and acrobatics at a studio two stories express modesty within largely non-Muslim modern audience while preserving classic was offered the job.” She worked at JRS for just called “Mercy in Motion” specifically underneath platform 24 of Termini train societies. stories, techniques, and music. over a year. commissioned and endorsed by Pope Francis station.”

6 7 ROME-ANCE IS IN THE AIR! ast spring, we asked JFRC lovebirds—students who L met at or because of the Betty (Beetley) and Tom Casey Mickey (Prenger) Martha (Gormican) Katrine (Kambanis; JFRC Fall Rome Center—to send us a few (JFRC ’65–’66) and Mark Dalton (JFRC ’70–’71) and Chris Harold (JFRC ’71–’72) ‘95, BS ‘98) and Todd Heintz lines and photos about their Mark’s and my first date was Martha and Chris met in August (JFRC Fall ‘95, BA ‘97) Roman romance. Meet the 27 a September evening in 1971 on a charter flight from We met at the Rome Center in couples below who answered Rome where we had dinner JFK to Fumicino. Eyes met, fall 1995. After our first trip to the call! Thanks to these alumni Susie O’Brien Cassidy with several other friends. smiles shared. They were travel Florence together in September, who shared their stories and (JFRC ’74–’75) and Kevin Cassidy Afterwards, we spotted the companions while studying at we knew that Italy would photos with us. Even though I didn’t meet my Basilica di Santa Maria, sat at the "Camp Via della Camilluccia." In become a special place for us. husband at the Rome Center, top, and talked all night. As the June 1973, they got married, and We traveled together to many I did meet his sister, Peggy year went on, our relationship their Roman holiday continues. other phenomenal places, Cassidy (JFRC ‘74–’75), there. She grew and strengthened. This though Paris, Munich, Cervinia, had an older brother, Kevin, who past March, we celebrated our Prague, and Vienna were had just moved back to Chicago. 43rd anniversary. Often we favorites. Our journeys abroad I developed a huge crush on celebrate in the North End, but and our time spent at the Rome him, and Kevin and I were when that’s not possible, a bowl Center helped shape who we married in 1981. My sister, Kathy of pasta and a bottle of Chianti are as a family. We married in O’Brien, was at the Rome Center suffices. 2003 and live outside of San in 1972–73 with her friend, Anne Francisco, California, with our Sacheli, who met my brother, wonderful 10-year-old twins, Mike O’Brien. They were married Terri (Reisinger) Michael and Audrey. in 1990. Laurie (Jackson; JFRC ’64–’65) and Jack McHale (JFRC Fall ’64, BS ‘65, MSIR ‘71) and Michael Fusco Susan (McGinty; JFRC ’65–’66) (JFRC ’71–’72) and Len Cwiklik We hung out with a group that included Jim Mikol, Mimi (Prep) Jane (Geldermann) Mikol, Dave Galli, and Jane and Bruce Haupt (JFRC ’77–’78) (Fromm) Galli (see any pattern It wasn’t love at first sight, but here?). We trace our falling in spending a year in Rome— love to an excursion we made, attending toga parties in the having volunteered to buy Joan Peroni Room, hanging out in Baez tickets. The 47 bus was Rinaldo’s, traveling by Eurail running slow, so we ducked pass through Europe, and into a little bar by the Vatican cruising through Rome together Museum. We were married 42 on a moped—can make two Andrea (Price) and David Terri Duarte-Berkowitz Jeanne (Aube) Rose (Skradski; JFRC ‘70–’71, years ago on August 10, 1974. people fall in love! Rome was Laurie (Douthit; JFRC ‘92–’93) Baker (JFRC ’74–’75, BA ‘76) (JFRC ‘76–’77, BA ‘77) and Gerry and Jim Brooksbank MUND ‘72) and Jack Calareso Susan (McGinty; JFRC ’65–’66) the greatest year of our lives, and Michael Ledonne (JFRC ’92–‘93, BA ‘94) My wife, Andrea, and I met at Berkowitz (JFRC ’76–’77, BA ‘98) (JFRC Spring ’91) (’70–’71) and Len Cwiklik so naturally we had to make freshman orientation. Within We met at the Rome Center “So where did you two meet?” My husband, Jack, and I met Len was stationed in Laon, Susan (Marzec; JFRC ’76–’77, it last a lifetime. People get Laurie and Michael met fall a few months, we were both in August 1976. Gerry was Jeanne and I always win for best during our time as students at France, with the U.S. Air Force. BA ‘77) and Jim Hannigan married for lots of different semester in 1992 during the planning to attend the Rome conversant with Rome and the story at cocktail parties when the Rome Center in 1970–71. He travelled to Rome to visit (JFRC Spring ’77, BS ‘77) reasons, but we got married introduction tour of Rome at Center. I cannot tell you Italian language, so he took a we answer, “We first met in a We returned to our respective my classmate, John Maher, I met Susan at the wine and because of the pictures! How Villa Borghese and continued how wonderful a bonding group of us newcomers to il church…in Rome!” We traveled colleges for senior year and though Len did not attend the cheese introduction for the could we possibly give up our their conversation later at the experience it was for us to centro di Roma for an evening extensively for four months. No graduation. He was a Boston JFRC. I returned to California second-semester students. memories and cut each other Trevi Fountain. Although Michael spend nine months in Rome and tour. Our friendship and travels cell phones. With wartime in the College student, and I was a and graduated from Santa Susan looked familiar, and it out of our yearbooks? We stayed and Laurie went home travel Europe together. We have continued throughout the best Persian Gulf, we had each other. student. Clara. Len continued his Air turned out that we had been couldn’t disappoint Mr. Felice to graduate, Laurie returned been married 40 years. year of our lives, and eventually Years later at our wedding, my We were married in July 1972, a Force service and returned to at a couple of the same Loyola when he worked so hard to keep for spring break so they could our relationship blossomed into father-in-law re-read aerograms month after graduation, and we Chicago. Our Rome connection parties though had never been our Rome-ance alive! We live go to Venice. This past June, marriage in 1999. And of course written by two adventurous just celebrated our 44th wedding remained strong, however, and formally introduced. Our first in Bakersfield, California, after Michael and Laurie brought their our three-week honeymoon took 20-year-olds. Rome is the greatest anniversary. We remain forever on December 20, 1969, Len and date was at Lago Bracciano. We raising four children and are children to see the place that us back to our beginning, Roma! city on earth, where life starts. thankful for our year as students at I married in Los Altos, California, have been married for 34 years enjoying our first grandchild. means so much to their family the Rome Center, the first chapter and later had two children, as of this past August and have in celebration of their 20-year of our own lifelong love story. Jeannie and Danny. been a couple for 38. wedding anniversary.

8 9 Catherine (Murphy; Laurie (Jackson; JFRC ’64–’65) Mary (JFRC ‘68–’69, BS ‘72, Alison Owens (JFRC Spring ‘11, Anne Marie (Tersigni; Maria (Lass; JFRC ‘69–’70, Marietta Nolan-Stevens Lynne (Toomey) and Dave JFRC ’64–’65) and Tom Lyons and Jack McHale (JFRC Fall ’64, MSW ‘93) and Peter Mudd BS ‘13, MSW ‘15) and Michael JFRC Fall ’80) and Thomas BA ‘71) and Gregory Riccio (JFRC (JFRC ’74–’75, BSN ‘77) Traci (JFRC Fall ’81) (JFRC Fall ’64) BS ‘65, MSIR ‘71) (JFRC ‘68–’69) Kuhn (JFRC Spring ‘11, BA ‘12) Reidy (JFRC ’80–’81) ’69–’70, BA ‘72, MEd ‘74, PhD ‘74) and Kevin Stevens (JFRC During our semester at the We arrived in Rome on August Jack and I met in fall 1964. Peter and Mary Mudd met I met Mike at Father Al’s pizza Our relationship began over The year that the lottery dates Spring ’73, BA ‘79) Rome Center, we often travelled 11, 1964, met on August 15, He was an “older” senior, and at the Rome Center 47 years ago. dinner the first weekend of the a game of backgammon. and numbers for the draft I met my spouse through the together with large groups of became engaged on February at John Felice’s invitation he “Our year in Rome remains Spring 2011 semester. As a way Anne Marie and I were sitting were posted on the bulletin Rome Center. I went first. Then students and were just friends 9, 1965, and got married on returned the following year as the most fateful of our lives,” of getting away from everyone in Rinaldo’s eating cookies, board, one of the many young two years later, she attended for at least half the semester. August 20, 1966. Our year in Dean of Men. Since I lived in they say. “Inseparable ‘friends’ and getting to know each other drinking cappuccinos, ruthlessly men who read his number with one of my best friends, Then we made the fateful Rome was obviously one of the Rome with my family, I stayed on for most of that year abroad outside of the JFRC world, we trying to destroy the other in was already smitten by a girl whom I had persuaded to go. decision to go to Interlaken high points of our lives, and we another year at CIVIS. Although imperceptibly grew into started skipping dinners at that silly board game. Before named Maria from Chicago. After she returned to Loyola, together with our groups, and return to the city whenever the we tried to keep our faculty/ romance as the end approached, Mensa and going for a walk to long, I had fallen in love, and I They had become inseparable one night I went to a Rome let’s just say that the beauty of opportunity presents itself. We student romance a secret from and we found ourselves at the get pizza at Pizza Magi. We have think she kind of dug me, too! best friends, and when he saw Center party in Chicago. I saw Interlaken, Lauterbrunen, and are making plans right now for the new crop of students, they altar less than a year later. (No, been together for over five years We ate meals together in the that he was number 16 in the Marietta, turned to my friend, fondue made us see each other a “tornare a Roma” to celebrate soon figured it out. We married Mary wasn’t pregnant!) For us, and returned to Rome this past cafeteria and often studied draft, his plans for attending law and said, “I’m going to marry in a different way. We married our 50th anniversary. We’ll sit in the chapel on the Camilluccia all roads undeniably lead to July. We will be getting married beside each other under the school would have to be put on that girl.” And nine years later, on May 10, 1985. in a sunny piazza, sipping that campus in June 1967. Rome!” on July 22, 2017. watchful gaze of librarian Martin hold. They have been married we were engaged. first cappuccino...ahhh, we are Mulnar. 44 years as of last July. home!

Kathleen (Collins; JFRC ’65–’66) and Bill Watts (JFRC Fall ’65, BS ‘68, MEd ‘70, PhD ‘77) My husband and I met on the After seeing one another a few first day of our Rome adventure. times over the next two years, We became friends over the we finally decided that we next few months and eventually belonged together. We were grew more serious. Bill left at married in December 1968. We the fall semester, however, and have four children and seven I stayed for the rest of the year. grandchildren. Mimi (Prepp) and Jim Mikol Sue (Welch) and John Murphy Anita (McKay; JFRC ‘68-’69, (JFRC ’71–’72) (JFRC ’64–’65) BA ‘70) and Carlo Pezzimenti Mary Lynn (Lucas; JFRC Spring Terri Reisinger, my first great We met in December 1964 at the (JFRC ’68–’69) ‘66) and Royal Martin (JFRC friend at the Rome Center, Rome Center CIVIS campus. We We met the first week in Rome. ’65–’66) introduced me to Jim in the each decided that the memories I found the first guy who spoke I arrived in Rome in August entrance of the villa in summer of that wonderful year would fluent Italian to help me get 1965. Mary Lynn Lucas arrived in 1971. I remember climbing the be best savored if we continued around. I really wasn’t looking PURCHASE A January 1966, and I knew I had circular marble stairs to my to share them with one another. for a husband, but I guess as the TILE ON THE NEW met the woman of my dreams. room, looking back at him, and Over a half-century later, we Italians say, he ’conquestato-ed’ ALUMNI WALL We began dating during the thinking he was pretty cute. know that we had that one right. me. We lived in Italy after that first week Lynn was in Rome and Little did I know my life and his We have been very fortunate for five years, during which time If you or a group of alumni continued dating throughout would be intertwined forever. to return to Rome several times I worked at the Rome Center. friends would like to purchase the spring semester. I attended That was 45 years ago, but it and to visit the new and We are now in Dallas, but since a tile on the brand new law school at the University of feels like yesterday. And all ever-improving Rome Center we’re both European citizens, Alumni Wall, please visit LUC. Washington from 1967 to 1970. these years later, we are still very along the way. we’ll probably move back to edu/tilesforrome. There you We married in Chicago, and then close friends with some friends Italy in a few years! will find information about Lynn moved to Seattle with me we made that year, including available sizes, pricing, as I finished my law degree. Michael Fusco, Dave Galli, Jane and other options. If you Fromm, Tommy Murray, and have questions, please many others. contact Shannon McShane at [email protected] or 312.915.7652.

10 11 AVANTI! ALUMNI ROME RECOMMENDATIONS CAMPAIGN UPDATE

In July 2014, we launched the Avanti! campaign to complete John Felice’s dream and secure Student internships help the permanent home of the Rome Center. The transformation of our campus is going very well, both renovating old spaces and paving the way for new construction. Through your support of build young professionals this campaign, the Rome Center will:

• Erect a new building on campus FRC Internships is a course that offers • Support student scholarships an exhilarating challenge of practical, STUDENT PROFILE • Provide real-world experiences for students J real-world experience combined • Grow our endowment through planned gifts with professional skill-building and cultural immersion. This program began more than 10 Our fundraising goal is $6 million. As of November years ago and continues to grow. 1, the campaign has raised $1,889,559 or 31% of our goal of $6,000,000. We appreciate everyone STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATE who has given a gift thus far and hope others will IN INTERNSHIPS: consider this important collaboration. Avanti! • Build their résumés Forward! • Earn academic credit • Develop global leadership skills There are many opportunities for scholarship • Grow their professional network gifts, capital support, program support, and • Prepare for the multicultural workplace planned gifts. Please contact us if you have questions. You can make a gift online or learn Prior to being placed in internships, students more at LUC.edu/Avanti. The Basilica di San Clemente (Basilica of St. Clement) is an early Christian basilica in Rome are coached by the JFRC faculty coordinator dedicated to Pope St. Clement (d. 99 AD) and composed of three churches layered on top on how to write résumés, interview, and adapt Aleksandra Wysocki • Junior at Loyola University Chicago of one another. The current ground-level church offers a beautiful interior and was erected to office life in another culture. A final paper is JFRC Student: 2015–16 academic year • Internship: Kino Produzioni AVANTI! GOAL = $6 MILLION on top of a well-preserved 4th-century church (with many frescoes). That was built on top required, bringing together the academic world Majors: Communication Studies and International Studies IN PHILANTHROPIC INVESTMENT of a 2nd-century pagan temple and 1st-century Roman house. The basilica is a short walk with knowledge acquired in the field. Minor: Italian Language from the Colosseum. The 2015–16 academic year marks the first time the internship program was offered in the “My internship at Kino Produzioni— projects to film festivals throughout the hen in Rome did you visit the “secret bakery” near the Vatican? Or did fall in addition to the spring semester. During a small, independent, Italian film world. $2 you choose from one of the hundred-plus types of pastas at l’Archetto? the 2015–16 year, 12 students participated “I never thought an internship MILLION production company—was eye-opening It’s said that every JFRC student should visit the Trevi Fountain after in internships in the fall and 15 in the spring. in many ways. A lot of my day-to-day would teach me so much about myself. W Students can intern at a variety of Italian and midnight to see the entire city: did you? work involved translating documents Working at Kino was a blessing. As a Share your favorite “must see” spots in Rome with your fellow alumni and today’s international nonprofits, businesses, and and screenplays, making press kits for communications major, I always have students. Let your classmates know what places they need to visit or revisit when cultural and educational institutions, including each of our projects, doing research been interested in storytelling, particularly going back to Rome. Give us your inside scoop on what hidden gems our current the following: the Jesuit Refugee Service, the about film festivals, and assisting my through the medium of film. However, students need to find, making it possible for them to create memories of their own International Law Development Network, mentor —the CEO and producer of I never knew how to find my niche in the $4 in the same places you did. Studio UAP (Urban Architecture Project), Baker the company—with the submission of world of film until my work at Kino.” MILLION Visit the Alumni Rome Recommendations webpage to submit your favorite & McKenzie Law Firm, Università Europea di places in Rome at LUC.edu/jfrcalumni/romerecommendations. There you can Roma, the Capitoline Museum, and more. also see a list of past suggestions. If you have questions, please e-mail Dana Almdale, JFRC Alumni Relations staff Outright Gifts Planned Gifts member, at [email protected]. TRIBUTE The JFRC congratulates long-time staff member Fausto Fecchio on his 50 years at the Rome Center and his recent retirement. Fecchio has been an integral member of HONOR ROLL OF DONORS 2016 the Rome Center community through the years, serving in a variety of positions, most recently The Rome Center would like to offer its sincere appreciation and thanks to all donors as facilities and project manager. He is one of for this past fiscal year, which includes alumni, friends, and other members of the extended many individuals who make the Rome Center JFRC community. We could not do all that we do without your regular support and experience unique for our students on a daily generosity. basis and who are remembered fondly by our For a list of Società di Donatori donors ($1,000 or more) from our last fiscal year, Above: Fausto Fecchio alumni. July 1, 2015–June 30, 2016, please visit LUC.edu/jfrcalumni/donors. Right: Michael J. Garanzini, Grazie, Fausto, for all you have done for the S.J., Fecchio, Emilio Iodice JFRC students and alumni over the last five decades!

12 13 1 ALUMNI RECONNECT Rome Recent alumni gatherings adventure:

then & now 2 Class of 1971 reunion reflections

BY MICHAEL PHELPS (JFRC ’70–’71) AND DOROTHEA BRENNAN (JFRC ’70–’71)

It was easy to tell that they were stu- dents—sitting together in groups, speak- 3 4 ing a bit louder than other airline passen- Attendees of the All-Class Reunion in Rome, May 22–26, 2016, including special guests Nella and Rinaldo I gers—and they were young, very young. They Fiorini (bottom right). were anxious and excited at the same time. And they were travelling out of their comfort zones, perhaps for the very first time. They had already met some fellow explor- ers at JFK, also awaiting their flight to Rome, only to find out later that they had made a April 13, 2016 friend for life. NEW YORK CITY SPRING APERITIVO This was not our Alitalia Flight in August 5 Alumni in NYC and the Tri-State Area 1970. It was on another airline in May 2016, gathered for a private reception at the also headed to Rome. We were traveling to 1. Class of ‘70–’71 at Oktoberfest in Munich 2. Camilluccia campus in winter ‘70–’71 3. JFRC Bartender Royalton New York, enjoying hors d’oeuvres, our 45th class reunion, and some fellow pas- Sebastiano 4. Current campus on Via Massimi 5. Some of the class of ‘70–’71 reunion attendees wine, and a spectacular view of the city. Not sengers were headed to the JFRC to start their only was this an opportunity to catch up with study-abroad term. We remember the thrill of our first inter- The current JFRC campus is complete unto fellow JFRC alumni but also a chance to hear The trip by van from Fiumicino Airport to national trip to Munich and Oktoberfest (and itself with classes, administration, cafeteria, from Kevin Stevens (JFRC Spring ’73, BA '79), the JFRC seemed much shorter than the one April 26, 2016 Rome Center’s Avanti! campaign. The final the headaches on the long train ride back). dorms, and leisure areas housed in one large, dean of Loyola’s Quinlan School of Business, we remembered 45 years earlier. The dry, gen- ST. LOUIS JESUIT LEADERSHIP SERIES evening included a celebratory reception We packed ourselves into the cars for the modern facility. The program now accommo- about his own unique experience as a student tle hills, green trees, and farm buildings were JFRC alumna Anne Bannister (JFRC Fall ’84) to honor Emilio Iodice, former Rome Center overnight trips, some sleeping on the luggage dates up to 200 students per semester. We had at the Rome Center. less prevalent, as both sides of the autostrada was a featured Jesuit alumna during a panel director and now director emeritus, and his racks, some on the train floor—ugh! almost 340! appeared fenced in by modern buildings. April 20, 2016 series at the inaugural Jesuit Leadership Series nine years of leadership. And what about the long wait near the There is a lovely, circular two-story library In many ways, Rome has changed dramati- CHICAGO GOLD ALUMNI APERITIVO in St. Louis. Hosted by Rockhurst University, porter's desk on Christmas Eve for that first call (Information Commons) now, which serves as JFRC Graduates of the Last Decade (GOLD) alumni from the 28 Jesuit universities came to August 28, 2016 cally. Not the places of interest or the city’s home since arriving in Rome? Or the eggnog a temporary chapel until the new one is built. LA DODGERS VS. CHICAGO CUBS GAME came out for their annual gathering to hear the panel’s local St. Louis leaders discuss romantic charm or even its terrific food made from scratch in the sink of one’s dorm The patio is multilevel and contains the Alum- AND RECEPTION see former JFRC classmates and welcome ethical leadership in today’s business culture. but rather the demands of the new cen- room? ni Wall with tiles that many of us donated. JFRC alumni from the LA area joined alumni the newest JFRC graduates. This year, the tury—more people, tourists, bicycles, horse Let’s not forget the academics. We really did Something different from our experience, May 22–26, 2016 from the Loyola LA Alumni Chapter at Dodger gathering was held at Pinstripes in Chicago’s carriages, refugees, Pope-watchers, vehicles, study—honest. Remember how Dr. Fink made unfortunately, is a permanent, uniformed ALL-CLASS REUNION Stadium this past summer for their annual River North neighborhood. Alumni spent the and parking chronically choking the already art history a wondrous, magical, and transcen- security presence—a certain sign of the times. About 200 alumni gathered in Rome to outing to watch the Dodgers play the Cubs. evening on three bocce courts, socializing and narrow streets and walkways. dental learning experience? One of the highlights of the visit was a reconnect with fellow alumni, explore the Prior to the game, alumni and friends enjoyed playing against one another while enjoying Pappagalli. Now when was the last time private tour of the Garbatella neighborhood, Eternal City, and see firsthand the extensive a private reception inside the stadium, Carol Murphy, RN, took care of us when we hors d’oeuvres and an open bar of beer and you heard that word? It literally means “par- renovation and enhancements being made alongside a selection of ballpark food, beer, were all students: a bandage applied to a bat- given by a classmate who moved back to wine. rot.” Some of us remember the over-the-top, to the Rome Center campus in recent years. wine, and soda. tered limb or cut above the eye after athletic Rome. It is famous for its street art, in one case almost aggressive nature of the local guys as combat, help with maladies brought back an entire apartment complex with murals April 21, 2016 Participants attended classes with several they pursued the American girls. Now Rome Rome Center professors to learn about the September 22, 2016 from our travels, and assistance after some of scattered among the buildings. D.C. ALUMNI APERITIVO is challenged by an invasion of the winged Washington, D.C., alumni gathered at wines of Italy, Michelangelo, Constantine, ST. LOUIS ALUMNI WINE TASTING us spent too many evenings with Bacchus and Though few from our class of 1970–71 The JFRC St. Louis Alumni Chapter and variety of parrots. Carmine’s and enjoyed dishes of Southern and other topics. Some participants attended company. made this journey, those who were not there Loyola’s St. Louis Alumni Chapter co-hosted a What are some of your first memories Italian cuisine, a selection of beer and wine, guided tours to Castel Gandolfo—summer The student union offered a full bar! were very much remembered and missed. We wine tasting at Robust Wine Bar in downtown of Rome? Making new friends; exploring a and the opportunity to reconnect. Special residence to many popes—the Borghese Welcome to Italy! We have fond memories of enjoyed hours of conversations about Roman St. Louis. Alumni enjoyed red and white foreign land; experiencing the grandeur of congratulations to our chapter representative, Galleria, and Vatican City. Attendees also Sebastiano, our bartender and barista. Most history, world events, cooking and good food, wine varieties alongside a wide the Sistine Chapel; the happy discovery of Benjamin Pietrzyk (JFRC Fall ’03), and his wife, witnessed the unveiling of the new Alumni selection of of us became hooked on cappuccino—and and of course our memories of a year that spaghetti carbonara, cannelloni, and monte Mary (JFRC ’04–‘05) on daughter Alice Marie, Wall on campus, where many alumni have hors d’oeuvres and learned the differences hooked all our family when they visited. shaped our lives. bianco; and watching The Duke, dubbed in born this past February 23. purchased an engraved tile in support of the between Old World and New World wines. The Rome Center experience in 2016 is dif- We look forward to seeing our classmates Italian, in the classic film Red River. ferent from ours in 1971, as it should be. again at the 50th reunion! 14 15 NON PROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE

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PLANNING A REUNION? JOHN FELICE ROME CENTER

JFRC Alumni Relations is here to support JFRC alumni, including planning class reunions to connect alumni from all class years. Our goal is to assist you in planning a successful class reunion. The following support is available:

• Guidance in event logistics, including venue and food/beverage inquiries • Event materials, including name tags and JFRC handouts and publications • Your class list (including fall, spring, full-year, and summer students) • Promotional opportunities via Il Bollettino, the JFRC alumni website, social media, and e-mail invitations

For more information, please contact JFRC Alumni Relations at [email protected] or visit LUC.edu/jfrcalumni/events.