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A Closer Look

By Julia Andretta, ’15

hree years ago and 4,300 miles away, Dr.
“He talked to us mostly about our acting and gave us
Michael Chiariello saw something he believed
some tips on how we can improve our acting, and he
the St. Bona-venture University community
was just so upbeat and positive; his smile was contawould cherish as much as he did.
gious and he was really helpful,” she said.
So the longtime philosophy professor decided
Pirovano was pleased with the hospitality he received
it couldn’t hurt to ask. He invited Italian stage actor
at the university.
Mario Pirovano to St. Bonaventure to perform his highly
“I think he was grateful for all the generosity that the
acclaimed one-man interpretation of “Francis, The Holy
community offered. He was very happy to have the opJester,” written by Nobel Prize winner Dario Fo.
portunity to stay with the friars while he was here – it
Chiariello never imagined what the invitation would
was his first experience of a Franciscan community in
launch: a two-month tour of the U.S. and Canada that
America. He also enjoyed his visit to Mt. Irenaeus fo ȁ