Arrival and Orientation

Orientation begins shortly after your arrival on the Loyola flight (Continental 40, in the fall arriving Friday, August 27 at 7.45am, in the spring arriving Friday, January 7 at 7.45am). We will meet you at the airport and take you in a private bus into Rome. We will unload your luggage at the CUA Rome campus. You will then take a small bag with what you need for the first two nights and walk with us over to the hotel (15 minute walk). After check in, we will depart the hotel for a short tour of the neighborhood.

You will be staying in a hotel near the school, before moving to your host family home on the Sunday after you arrive. Orientation will be held in the city of Rome and at the CUA campus.

Hotel Address
Domus Carmelitana
Via Alberico II, 44
00193 Roma
ITALIA
www.domuscarmelitana.com
tel. +39 06 684 0191

Orientation Schedule

• Friday

  • 10.30-13.00 Introduction to the neighborhood of Prati, opportunity to purchase cell phones

  • 13.00-15.00 Lunch break (lunch not provided)

  • 15.00-18.30 Introduction to Roman public transportation, with hands-on practice; instructional walk through the historic center

  • 18.30-21.00 Dinner at a local restaurant (included)




• Saturday

  • 8.00-9.00 Breakfast at the hotel (included)

  • 9.00-13.00 Making the most out of your semester; health and safety issues

  • 13.00-14.00 Lunch break (lunch not provided)

  • 14.00-16.00 Finding your way in Rome: the broader map, various neighborhoods

  • 16.00-19.00 Bus and metro practice

  • 19.00-19.30 Evening Prayer

  • 19.30-22.00 Dinner at a local pizzeria (not included)




• Sunday

  • 8.00-9.00 Breakfast at the hotel (included)

  • 10.30 or 11.30 Mass at on your own at St. Peter's Basilica

  • 12.15 Pray the Angelus with His Holiness Benedict XVI in Piazza San Pietro

  • 12.30-14.00 Lunch break (lunch not provided)

  • 14.00-15.00 Program policies

  • 15.00-18.00 Living with Italians, making the semester a success, tools for a great adventure

  • 18.00 Departure for host families (taxi not included)

Requirements for the First Week

• Legal requirements

  • Your passport, with student visa inside

  • Two photocopies of your complete passport, every page, including the one with your visa

  • The original letter from CUA attesting to your participation in the program and stamped by the Italian embassy

  • Two copies of the CUA letter

  • Your original insurance card with a letter of description of coverage

  • Two copies of the insurance information

  • 73.12 euro in cash (NOTE: The Italian government has approved an additional fee for the stay permit applications, which could vary from a minimum of 80 euro to a maximum of 200 euro. It is not clear when this will go into effect and how much you will have to pay.)

  • 5 identical passport photos

• Financial requirements

  • Money for lunch on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday

  • Money for dinner on Saturday

  • Money for a cell phone and/or SIM card (10 euro for the SIM and at least 40 euro for the phone)

  • Money for your Italian permit of stay (73.12 euro OR between 153.12 and 273.12 euro if the supplemental fee is passed before Jan 15), see above

  • Money for a cab to your host family (about 25 euro)

• Academic requirements

  • Required books for classes (see course list)

  • Notebook and pen