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“As a priest, the No. 1 question I get asked is, ‘How do I keep my kids Catholic, or how do I help them back if they left?’”

The College has learned the tragic news that alumnus Matt Wernet (’93) died on August 22, following acute respiratory distress stemming from COVID-19. 

91���� tutor Dr. Christopher Decaen (’93) offers the following update on his brother, Rev. Ramon Decaen (’96), who passed away on August 10.

91���� has learned the tragic news that a beloved alumnus priest, Rev. Ramon Decaen (’96), passed away Tuesday. 

“I’ve been a church choir director and singer for 40 years,” says Mark Donnelly (’89). “Through all those years conducting and performing, God was preparing me to become a composer.”

The Hillsdale Daily News reports that Hillsdale College’s Van Andel Graduate School of Statesmanship has awarded its prestigious Judith Finn Memorial Award to an alumna of 91����, Jeannette Richard (’17). 

Last fall, alumni educators Dr. Andrew Seeley (’87) and Michael Van Hecke (’86) collaborated on a book whose ambitious aim was made explicit in its very title, Renewing Catholic Education. Writing in the National Catholic Register, reviewer Erika J. Ahern has found the work worthy of its noble purpose.