06/05/2026
We were blessed to join Dr. Sinda Vanderpool on this year’s University of St. Thomas President’s Trip to 🇮🇹. With Archbishop +J. Michael Miller, CSB, leading our spiritual journey, we walked in the footsteps of St. Thomas Aquinas—visiting Roccasecca, his birthplace, the great monastery of Monte Cassino, where he lived, and the Cistercian Abbey of Fossanova, where he died. ✝️
We were also privileged to celebrate at the tomb of St. Peter beneath the main altar of St. Peter’s Basilica in City, and to conclude our pilgrimage with a papal audience with Pope Leo XIV in St. Peter’s Square. 🙏