{"id":15063,"date":"2026-08-31T10:59:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T14:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/?p=15063"},"modified":"2026-08-31T10:59:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T14:59:02","slug":"dont-miss-the-best-weekend-of-freshmen-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/dont-miss-the-best-weekend-of-freshmen-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Miss the Best Weekend of Freshmen Year!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/prov.ly\/connections2026\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"prov.ly\/connections2026\">Register<\/a> today for our annual freshmen Connections Retreat September 11-13, 2026 at Toah Nipi Retreat Center in Rindge, NH. Registration closes on Friday! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Join over 75 of your classmates having fun, growing in faith, and learning about life at PC. Take a break from the busyness of starting college, form new friendships, and reflect on the role of God in your life. Make great connections with our 26 upperclassmen student leaders and your peers in the class of 2030! Enjoy a weekend of canoeing, s\u2019mores around a bonfire, games, time for prayer, a fresh outlook on college, and great food. Transportation and lodging are provided. Please email our Connections director Lauren Lynch &#8217;27 at llynch1@friars.providence.edu with any questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"464\" src=\"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/08\/Ministry-Wall-First-Week-2026-Postcard-US.jpg\" alt=\"large group of students standing and smiling; 4 people canoeing across a beautiful lake in 2 boats\" class=\"wp-image-15064\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/08\/Ministry-Wall-First-Week-2026-Postcard-US.jpg 600w, https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/08\/Ministry-Wall-First-Week-2026-Postcard-US-300x232.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sign-up today for our annual Connections Retreat for first-year students September 11-13, 2026 at Toah Nipi Retreat Center in Rindge, NH. Registration closes on Friday so sign-up and bring a friend!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-class-of-2030-news-information","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15063"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15065,"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15063\/revisions\/15065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}