With Europe at their very fingertips, the Franciscan University Study Abroad students travel to all corners of the continent. But, many go not just to see but to experience. They go as pilgrims, searching for meaning; they search the Lord with restless hearts. They search for signs of God's love and presence in the world.
In particular, many go and visit patron saints, shrines of the Madonna or to sites of Eucharistic Miracles.
Regarding Eucharistic Miracles, students often travel to Orvieto, Lanciano, Seefeld, Santarem, Siena, or Walldürn to see the miracles and contemplate their meaning.
While the history is vast and spectacular, I want to point out an interesting YouTube video which my mother-in-law passed on about a recent scientific study on a Eucharistic Miracle in Buenos Aires and its relationship with the miracle in Lanciano -- or Oriveto (I forget which one it was!)
Check in out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbg_dhI4XCs
It's in Spanish, but the English subtitles do just fine.
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