Insieme per il futuro T O G E T H E R F O R T H E F U T U R E
A new era for the Rome Center
At the recent JFRC reunion in Rome, Loyola
announced Insieme per il futuro, or “Together for the future.” This $12 million campaign marks the start of a bright new era at the JFRC, which, with the purchase of the Via Massimi Campus and adjoining olive grove, has become one of the largest and preeminent Ameri- can study-abroad programs in Europe. Insieme will support scholarships, study trips and
service opportunities, the establishment of a perma- nent endowment for the JFRC, and critical and innova- tive renovations to the campus. Plans include an ultra-modern information com-
mons, enhanced community and recreation spaces, and new classrooms, fine arts studios, athletic facili- ties, and chapel. Friends of the JFRC are already stepping up to con-
tribute, but the very first gift to Insieme was particular- ly significant. Four months before his passing, in Sep- tember 2007, and long before the JFRC had secured property, John Felice and his wife, Kate, arranged for a substantial donation to the Rome Center’s future and permanent home. This act of faith and foresight is a supreme example of how the JFRC not only transforms individuals, but is transformed by them.
What’s on the tour?
Excerpts from A Loyola Rome Student’s Guide to World War II in Rome & Italy by Phil O’Connor.
1 PALAZZO VENEZIA Mussolini’s balcony
It was from the balcony of Palazzo Venezia facing the piazza that Mus- solini would give fiery speeches to cheering crowds. Much of what he said often made little sense, wrapped as it was in slogans and obscure notions of inchoate Fascist ideology. Yet, millions of Italians— and many non-Italians—were spell- bound by the pure theater of it all.
2 PORTA SAN PAOLO (ST. PAUL’S GATE)
Modern Rome’s Alamo
The Porta San Paolo today remains to many Romans something akin to what the hallowed ground of the Al- amo is to Texans. At Porta San Paolo, an estimated 10,000 Roman civilians turned out armed with pistols, hunt- ing rifles, weapons abandoned by Italian military units, and knives and clubs in a failed attempt to defend Rome from occupying German units.
3 THE VATICAN The Scarlet Pimpernel
One of the most compelling and exciting stories of individual courage in Rome during the occupation is that of Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty, an Irish national and an official in the Holy Office at the Vatican. At enormous personal risk, but with savoir faire, O’Flaherty operated a vast network of safe houses for on- the-run Allied military personnel and for many Jews, Italian and otherwise. The steps to the left as one faces
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the doors of St. Peter’s were Hugh O’Flaherty’s lookout point. The Mon- signor would stand there waiting for Allied escapers to make their way to the Arco delle Campane entrance to St. Peter’s Basilica. Swiss Guards and others would spirit the fugitives to
Vatican City
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O’Flaherty, who would then either take them into a safe house in or near the Vatican, or would give them money and assistance getting to a safe house elsewhere in the city.
4 MONTECASSINO
The controversy continues The destruction of the ancient
Benedictine monastery of Monte- cassino by Allied bombers on Febru- ary 15, 1944, remains the single most controversial decision of the Italian campaign. This may be so because the Battle of Montecassino seems to sum up the entire Italian campaign— bullheadedness, bravery, civilian trag- edy, both the saving and destruction of Italy’s artistic heritage, the role of the Church, and the politics of war. Visit Montecassino on a Sunday in
order to attend the High Mass sung in Gregorian chant. In the intimacy of the Abbey chapel, you will be transported back many centuries to the time when the Abbey, founded by St. Benedict himself in the early 6th century, had evolved into the insulated repository and protector of Europe’s art, letters, and music. It is an experience that will stay with you all of your days.
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