Meet the Team - ProRome Tours

Who We Are

The Team

Founded in 2014, ProRome is a byproduct of the Catholic educational renaissance that is occurring throughout our nation. Managed and operated by a group of lay Catholics with degrees from Christendom College, Franciscan University of Steubenville, the University of Dallas, Hillsdale College, the Pontifical Gregorian University and the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, ProRome is set on offering deeply Catholic pilgrimages that seek to introduce the beauty of the Catholic Faith in order to then spread it far and wide.

Fr. Timothy Tarnacki

Director of the Office for Ministry with Young Adults

Mrs. Andrea Hall

Associate Director Office for Ministry with Young Adults

Rev. Stephen P. DeLacey

Vicar, Faith Formation for Youth and Young Adults

Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez

Archbishop of Philadelphia

Alessandro Campinoti

Tour Coordinator - Rome, Italy

Pegeen Fernandez

Client Relations Coordinator

Josh Petersen

Human Resources Director

Finn McCarthy

Financial Coordinator

Mary Tifford

Administrative Assistant

Helena Akers

Administrative Assistant

Sheryl Oligny

Office Director

Ernesto Bonnici

Director of Tour Operations - Rome, Italy

Joe Long

Founder and CEO

Carol Long

Tour Coordinator

Bernardo Gonzalez

Director of Pilgrimages

Giovanna Delapaz

Wonderful experience and outstanding guide who was very informative and helpful. I am trying to remember the church we visited that had chapels within the church that were paid for by France, Spain and other countries. Can you help me? I had a vision there and need to know the name of the church. Tour Guide, Gabriel would know.

Terri LaFever

ProRome Tours, LLC provided the most wonderful experience for my husband and I. We were truly blessed to have had Gabe Salibi as our tour manager. He is absolutely amazing. The passion and spirit in which he provided us so much information made the whole trip that much richer. We had a few challenges as a group and he was the most compassionate and accommodating to those in need. As with other groups we also had a few changes to our Itinerary due to the Papal conclave, however, the change Gabe made put us in St. Peter's Square on 5/8/2025 (our last night) for us to witness Pope Leo XIV elected as the first American Pope. We will be forever grateful for this opportunity! Thank You so much ProRome Tours, LLC. A fabulous and most memorable trip!!!

Jennifer Grimmer

Phenomenal pilgrimage experience with the most knowledgeable, professional and passionate tour guides, most especially Bernardo Gonzalez who is very dedicated to leading his Pilgrims closer to Christ in every moment of their pilgrimage! MUST enroll today for a life altering and uplifting experience 🙏🏻💕 "Quo Vadis?" As Bernardo would ask... Where are you going?

Maria Sawick

OUTSTANDING TOUR COMPANY. Tour guides are masters in history, theology and apologetics. They far surpassed by my expectations and I will whole heartely d endorse them to all considering a pilgrimage company of excellence.

Anne Shannon

My tour of Rome with ProRome was excellent! The tour guides were totally fluent in Italian, incredibly knowledgeable about both historical and religious sites. They were extremely organized and confident leaders of a large group. I will NEVER forget this amazing trip with ProRome.

Theresa Evans

I truly can't say enough about ProRome Tours! They planned and executed the pilgrimage of a lifetime—perfectly. Due to the passing of Pope Francis and the postponement of Blessed Carlo Acutis’s canonization, the team had to completely replan our itinerary—months of preparation redone in just three days. I didn’t know what to expect, but the trip turned out to be absolutely incredible. They really pulled through. Our tour guides, Bernardo and Brendan, were phenomenal—deep wells of knowledge in architecture, Ancient Rome, Church history, and more. Both are faithful and reverent Catholics, which was a gift to witness and made the experience even richer. They made me feel safe, informed, and confident throughout our travels in Rome and Assisi. I also want to highlight the excellent communication from Michele and Emma in the months leading up to the trip. They were attentive, helpful, and kind. It’s clear that ProRome isn’t just a tour company—it’s a ministry. I hope to travel with them again. This experience was truly a blessing.

Clara Murphy

Was a great experience! I know our group was a little difficult because of having some elderly people who had a hard time keeping up, but our tour guide Lucy was very patient and helpful and did a great job of getting us everywhere in good timing (especially with the hectic reschedules due to Pope Francis’ death) and explaining the history.

Jim Mearns

ProRome provided an amazing pilgrimage for us. I was part of a pilgrimage to Rome and Assisi for the canonization of Blessed Carlo Acutis. ProRome went above and beyond all expectations when one week before our trip Pope Francis died and the canonization was postponed indefinitely. But, in an amazing, behind the scenes hard work effort ProRome created a magnificent alternative pilgrimage for us. We would attend the viewing and then the funeral for the Holy Father. This was a very spiritually defining moment for so many of us on this trip. We also had the opportunity to attend Mass at St. Mary Major in Rome in the side altar next to the burial place of Pope Francis. Our tour guides were experts in the history of Rome, the Vatican and Assisi. They had many stories, as well as information about the unique architecture of each place we visited. ProRome is more than a tour company, it is a pilgrimage planning company that provides as much spiritually edifying experiences as it provides historical experiences. If I could give ProRome a 10 out of 5 I would!

Ross Warlock

The pilgrimage that ProRome took our group on was awesome. As someone that despises traveling, they made the chaos that was the death of Pope Francis, on our first day, bearable and exciting. Loved the experience and will definitely go again.