Providence College Common Reading Program

06/13/2020

Our Common Reading Program book selection has been postponed until the 2021-22 academic year.

Tara Westover’s celebrated book, Educated: A Memoir (Penguin Random House), has been chosen as the 2020-21 Providence College Common Reading selection. Published in 2018, Educated traces Westover’s journey from the poorly schooled daughter of survivalists in Idaho to Trinity College in England ....

03/09/2020

Tara Westover’s celebrated book, Educated: A Memoir (Penguin Random House), has been chosen as the 2020-21 Providence College Common Reading selection. Published in 2018, Educated traces Westover’s journey from the poorly schooled daughter of survivalists in Idaho to Trinity College in England – where she would earn a doctorate in history.

Tara Westover’s celebrated book, Educated: A Memoir (Penguin Random House), has been chosen as the 2020-21 Providence College Common Reading selection. Published in 2018, Educated traces Westover’s journey from the poorly schooled daughter of survivalists in Idaho to Trinity College in England ....

01/22/2020

Homeboy Industries founder Father Greg Boyle talks to Christiane Amanpour about his work rehabilitating gang members in Los Angeles and how tenderness can help treat "every social dilemma we face."

10/10/2019

Congratulations to the Essay Contest Winners! The winners were announced at the Providence College Welcome Breakfast over Homecoming Weekend.
1st place: Samantha Gabree
2nd place: Jonthan Montalvan
3rd place: Liam Casey-Minnik (not pictured)
Honorable Mention: Katherine Sklarosky

09/26/2019

The Common Reading Program sponsored a Community Walk led by half full, llc. During the walk, Providence College students learned about the efforts of the Smith Hill Community Development Corporation and other organizations to improve the quality of life in Smith Hill.

09/23/2019

Get to know the neighborhood you live in! Join us for a Community Walk on Wednesday, Sept. 25 at 4 p.m. at the Eaton St. Gates. Reception to follow at the Smith Hill Annex.

08/15/2019

Today's the day! Submit your essay by 11:59 p.m. today, Thursday, Aug. 15, for your chance to win $300! prov.ly/friarbookessay

08/14/2019

Pictures from the 6th Annual Global Homeboy Network Gathering.

08/11/2019

Submit your essay by Thursday at 11:59 p.m. on Aug. 15 — You MIGHT win $300. prov.ly/friarbookessay

08/06/2019

08/03/2019

Tamar Manasseh founded Peace of Pizza - "a chance meeting with
Father Gregory Boyle of Los Angeles’s Homeboy Industries
— a non-profit touted as the world’s-largest gang intervention, employment, and re-entry program — inspired her to bring job training into the equation"

Peace of Pizza offers pies, slices, wings, and more in Beverly