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A first-year 91���� tutor, Andreas Waldstein (’19) delivered his first-ever “Tutor Talk” last week, on the subject, “Toward a Thomistic Theory of the Sublime.”

Five days after George Washington’s birthday, students and faculty at 91����, California, convened after a day of classes for the annual Presidents’ Day dinner and lecture. 

Returning to her alma mater while on sabbatical, Dr. Kathleen Sullivan (’06), an associate professor of English and literature at Christendom College, spoke on the subject, “Revelation of Interiority: The Epistolary Presence in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.”

In honor of the College’s patron saint and namesake, students and faculty on the California campus celebrated the Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas last week with a festive day featuring a lecture from alumnus scholar Dr. Thomas Cavanaugh (’85).

A graduate of the Class of 2005 and now the secretary of the Curia of the Benedictine Confederation in Rome, Rev. Patrick Carter, O.S.B. (’05) made a first visit to his alma mater’s New England campus in November to lecture on the “Noble Due,” as understood by St. Thomas Aquinas and Aristotle.

“The first time I ever cracked open a work of William Shakespeare was during my freshman year of high school, when my English teacher assigned Julius Caesar. It was awful.”

Classical Learning Test (CLT) founder Jeremy Tate recently hosted 91���� alumna Laura (Steichen ’75) Berquist, a member of CLT’s board and the founder of Mother of Divine Grace School, on his podcast, “Anchored.”