Study Trips
Jerusalem and Athens Forum participants, past and present, are sometimes given the opportunity to take fully or partially subsidized study trips. These ventures also serve to bring together JAF participants from the same and different cohorts.
August 2009 | San Antonio, Texas
A trip to explore the many-layered connections between Christianity and culture by exploring the eighteenth-century missions of "New Spain" established by Franciscan missionaries.
May 2009 | Washington D.C.
A trip for
those interested in a vocation in politics or for those desiring to
think more reflectively about the meaning of US citizenship today; and
focused opportunity to visit the various museums and national exhibits
in the capital.
October 2007 | Yale University & New York City
A trip to
visit a JAF alumnus studying at Yale and to learn more about the
pursuit of post-baccalaureate education; and a continuing trip to New
York City to sample many of the cultural offerings there.
A trip to Italy to explore the history, theology and art of Roman Catholicism in the early modern and modern era, and to learn about ecumenical relations between Catholics and Protestants. Participants also spent time at the Gordon-in-Orvieto program.