{"id":302,"date":"2025-08-29T17:18:03","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T22:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trask.co\/wordpress\/?page_id=302"},"modified":"2025-10-31T11:53:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T16:53:54","slug":"heres-where-ill-be-living","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.trask.co\/wordpress\/2025-sabbatical-pics-vids\/schedule-curriculum-itinerary\/heres-where-ill-be-living\/","title":{"rendered":"Where I’ll be staying"},"content":{"rendered":"

Casa O’Toole (COT) is an former convent that was renovated so that those on sabbatical might reside and take classes in a single location.\u00a0 COT is located on the grounds of the Pontifical North American College (PNAC).<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The entire PNAC<\/em> campus is an extraterritorial property of the Holy See.\u00a0 Thus, while not part of Vatican City itself, it is an\u00a0extraterritorial<\/em> property owned by the Holy See \u2013 and equates to something along the lines of how ambassadorial residences are considered extensions of the country they represent.<\/p>\n

When I was on sabbatical in the fall of 2010, ours was the first class to occupy COT.\u00a0 In fact, if you look closely at the picture of the dining room, you’ll see me seated at one of the tables alongside my 2010 classmates!\u00a0 The pics below are taken from the current sabbatical website at https:\/\/www.pnac.org\/icte\/location<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0Each pic, if clicked, will open in a new tab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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The exterior of the Casa O\u2019Toole<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n
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The Casa O\u2019Toole as seen from the NAC campus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n
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Front view of the Casa O\u2019Toole<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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The main entrance to the Casa O\u2019Toole<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n
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Another view of the entrance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n
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The past grand entrance to the Casa O\u2019Toole<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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A beautiful view of Rome and the Vatican from the Gianicolo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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A view outside<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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The pine tree-lined road that leads to the Casa O\u2019Toole<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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The NAC\u2019s sports fields and the main seminary<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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The reception area of the Casa O\u2019Toole<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Stairs to the upper levels of the Casa O\u2019Toole<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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The secretarial office of the Casa O\u2019Toole<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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The Casa\u2019s sacristy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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The altar in Casa O\u2019Toole\u2019s chapel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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The Casa O\u2019Toole\u2019s newly renovated chapel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Classroom space for seminars in the Casa O\u2019Toole<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Lounge space for relaxation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Lounge space in the Casa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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The kitchen of the Casa O\u2019Toole<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Dining space with a beautiful view<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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A convivial meal in progress at the Casa O\u2019Toole<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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A typical room in the Casa O\u2019Toole<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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View from a residential corridor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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A typical room in the Casa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Interior view of the Casa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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The Casa\u2019s library<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Laundry facilities are available<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Casa O’Toole (COT) is an former convent that was renovated so that those on sabbatical might reside and take classes in a single location.\u00a0 COT is located on the grounds of the Pontifical North American College (PNAC). The entire PNAC campus is an extraterritorial property of the Holy See.\u00a0 Thus, while not part of Vatican […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":829,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-302","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trask.co\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trask.co\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trask.co\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trask.co\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trask.co\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/www.trask.co\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":842,"href":"https:\/\/www.trask.co\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/302\/revisions\/842"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trask.co\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trask.co\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}