FaithWorks is a service-immersion program in Providence, R.I. for first-year students that takes place over several days in August before Fall Orientation. Organized by Campus Ministry, FaithWorks helps new students build community with their peers, serve vulnerable populations in Providence, and reflect on the significance of this work for their lives. The program is facilitated by a campus minister and student coordinators in collaboration with many faith-based organizations in the greater Providence area. For more information, contact Eileen Dignan, Campus Minister and Director of Service Immersion and Social Justice.

Join the Thomistic Institute for an Intellectual Retreat on the Trinity at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC. Students will attend talks from renowned scholars, participate in Mass, Eucharistic Adoration, and the Divine Office with the Dominican community, and attend socials with students and friars throughout the weekend. Room and board will be provided to all accepted applicants. Limited travel scholarships are available upon request. For more information, contact JP Manning, Director of Campus Ministry Retreats.

Organized by Campus Ministry, the annual NOLA Immersion experience cultivates, through active service in the light of faith, solidarity with people living on the margins in New Orleans, LA. Participants live simply and in community together, participating in prayer, daily Mass, and reflection, while sharing the community’s culture, music, food, faith, and stories. The NOLA Immersion includes a critical analysis of the structures which impact communities still recovering from Hurricane Katrina with a focus on the Catholic Social Teaching principles of solidarity and subsidiarity. For more information, contact Eileen Dignan, Campus Minister and Director of Service Immersion and Social Justice.

Join Fr. Dominic Verner and accompanying faculty members for an in depth consideration of the life, writings, friends, and communal life of C. S. Lewis, one of the greatest Christian apologists of our time. Explore Oxford, the home of Oxford University, J. R. R. Tolkien, St. John Henry Newman, and the Inklings. Read some of Lewis’s and Tolkien’s greatest stories and essays together at Blackfriars Hall, the home of the English Dominicans of Oxford. Limited fellowships for students are available. Part of the the C. S. Lewis Fellowship at Providence College. For more information contact Fr. Isaac Morales, Associate Professor of Theology. Applications are due in the fall of 2024 and are submitted through the PC study abroad website.

Participants in the Guatemala Immersion experience serve as volunteers for Friends of San Lucas, a nonprofit organization that collaborates with San Lucas Mission in San Lucas Tolimán, Guatemala. The long-term goal of San Lucas Mission is to improve and develop the full person—spiritually, intellectually, and physically—by treating the root causes of poverty and its immediate impacts. Participants will share in daily Mass, group reflection, and a visit (with Mass) to the room where Bl. Stanley Rother was martyred. The Guatemalan Immersion experience is organized by Campus Ministry. For more information, contact Eileen Dignan, Campus Minister and Director of Service Immersion and Social Justice.

Led by Fr. Brendan Baran, Dr. Gary Culpepper, Dr. Patrick Macfarlane, and Fr. Gabriel Torretta, Christ in the Desert emphasizes leadership development within the spiritual and intellectual context of the Catholic and Dominican tradition. Participants will travel to the Moab Desert in Utah where they will learn outdoor skills, including kayaking and canyoneering, within the context of Lenten spiritual and intellectual reflection and professional leadership development exercises. Hosted by COR Expeditions. Open by invitation only. For more information, contact Dr. Raymond Hain, Associate Director of the Humanities Program.

Organized by Campus Ministry, Dignity of Life brings students to New York City and nearby communities to participate in ministries to the poor and vulnerable. Participants support unborn children in the womb and expectant mothers, people suffering on the streets, and people facing death from cancer. Participants will learn from religious and lay volunteers who work with members of these communities and share in the work of their ministries. For more information contact Associate Chaplain Fr. Clement Dickie.

Join Dominican friars, faculty, and students as we trace the footsteps of Dominicans saints through the ages and through Italy. We will visit St. Dominic’s tomb, Fra Angelico’s art, St. Peter Martyr’s skull, and the home of Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati. Join us for this adventure through gorgeous churches, plentiful Italian food, and good companionship as we “seek the ancient paths” of holiness and form friendships with the saints. Participants will experience daily Mass and prayer, talks on the lives of the saints, and reflection on holiness in our times. For more information, contact Assistant Chaplain Fr. Damian Day.

Participants travel to Mexico to serve the poor, including homeless families, children battling addiction, and individuals living at the city dump. Our mission is to bring hope to the rejected and unloved by providing food, shelter, and work opportunities. Inspired by Mother Teresa’s belief that the greatest poverty is being unloved, we aim to show radical love and transform lives. The Mexico Immersion experience is organized by Campus Ministry. For more information, contact Eileen Dignan, Campus Minister and Director of Service Immersion and Social Justice.

Led by Fr. Justin Bolger and Dr. Raymond Hain, Verso l’Alto (“To the Heights”) is for rising seniors and emphasizes leadership development within the spiritual and intellectual context of the Catholic and Dominican tradition. Participants will travel to the Wind River Mountains in Wyoming where they will learn outdoor skills, including unsupported backpacking, within the context of spiritual and intellectual reflection and professional leadership development exercises. Part of the Humanities Program’s Duc in Altum initiative. Hosted by COR Expeditions. Open by invitation only. For more information, contact Dr. Raymond Hain, Associate Director of the Humanities Program.