A Pilgrimage to Tuscany

for an Immersive Educational Encounter

Join acclaimed teacher Francis J. Ambrosio, co-founder of The Renaissance Company, Professor Emeritus of Georgetown University and Director of the MyDante Project, for a collective experience at the birthplace of the renaissance – Florence, Italy.  Participants will reside in an historic hotel in the city’s old town, the Orto Dei Medici, a four-star accommodation built on the site of the Medici family sculpture garden where Michelangelo was trained as a stone carver – steps from the Duomo Cathedral, the David and frescoes by Fra Angelico at St. Mark’s convent.  Daily lectures and tours will be augmented by group hospitality as we unpack Dante and his muse Beatrice Portinari in their hometown to discern the seeds of modern faith practices.

This tour is designed for readers of the Divine Comedy at all levels of awareness, from beginner to familiar.  The main activity each day will be to gather for review of the poem’s three canticles; Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso, with attention also to its origins in the Vita Nuova.  Time will be provided for preparatory readings and virtual meetings in advance of the trip.  Logistics for the program will be coordinated by Randall B. Robertson, Founding Director at Gladdening Light, a Florida spiritual arts nonprofit, where he has conducted symposia and pilgrimage retreats for constituencies across North America the past dozen years.

If you are living with an unfulfilled promise to read Dante or are already well acquainted, know that your participation is eagerly anticipated! We believe Dante in historic Florence may well be your best ever opportunity to embrace a seminal work that influences us to this day.

Click here for More Information, a Schedule and Terms & Conditions.  Participants will be limited to 25.