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Dr. Ray Sickinger '71 - 40+ Years in Friartown
Providence College Podcast
English - September 17, 2018 04:00 - 26 minutes - 23.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsEducation Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This week’s guest is Dr. Raymond Sickinger ’71, chair of PC’s Department of History and Classics.
Sickinger shares a personal story that inspires both his scholarship and his commitment to helping others as a 33-year member of the Society of St. Vincent De Paul. His new, award-winning book, Antoine Frederic Ozanam, tells the story of the 19th century Frenchman who founded the organization that became the Society of St. Vincent De Paul.
A first-generation college student from Cranston, this PC icon arrived as an undergraduate in 1967 and — except for his years in graduate school at Notre Dame — has been part of the community ever since. In this interview, he talks about those faculty members and others he admired as a student, the colleagues and students who inspire him today, and how a Dominican priest cemented his connection to PC — and to his faith — through music.