09/01/2026
Before summer turns to fall, here is a glimpse of our graduate course offered in Rome in July.
For the second time, Catholic Studies offered a unique summer study abroad experience for our master's level students. For 10 days in July, MA candidates — along with Graduate Program Director Billy Junker and Fr. Austin Litke, ‘04, OP — walked ancient Roman roads, descended into catacombs, stood beneath Renaissance frescoes, and learned how Christians adopted, reinterpreted, and transformed their pagan cultural inheritance.
Yes, it was hot! But, more importantly, it was real, heavenly, intellectually serious, refreshing, beautiful, shared, profound, life giving, and breathtaking.
And another course WILL be offered again in the summer of 2028!
Thanks, Mackenzie Hunter for spending a day with our students and capturing this experience!
https://cas.stthomas.edu/degrees-programs/graduate/catholic-studies/masters/index.html