The slide show below contains images from the Capstone Seminar Pilgrimage to Chicago (Feb., 2014). Captions describing each image can be viewed by clicking on the text icon in the lower left corner of every image.
The purpose of this annual Pilgrimage to Chicago is to engage in an integrated, Catholic experience in the big city – an amalgamation of culture, faith, politics, art, food, architecture, history etc.!
The students’ experiences include:
- traversing the Windy City during rush-hour;
- participating in an orchestral High Mass at St. John Cantius (Saint Agnes' "sister" parish in Chicago);
- hearing a lecture from Dr. Joseph Mordente entitled "Life in the Real World" - a talk on the competing philosophies of reality and the epidemic of relativism;
- eating deep-dish pizza at Pizzeria Uno where it was invented;
- chanting Vespers with Benedictine monks downtown;
- viewing the city from atop the John Hancock skyscraper;
- meeting with a priest who is a Judge at the Tribunal for the Archdiocese of Chicago;
- attending a lecture by renowned Jesuit, Fr. Kilgallen;
- visiting the famous Art Institute of Chicago;
- enjoying authentic Greek food in Chicago's Greektown;
- Riding the "L" subway of the Chicago Transit Authority.
