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After the sophomores and juniors honored the Class of 2023, the faculty, likewise, took its turn wishing the soon-to-be-graduates well — with a little friendly competition! Wednesday witnessed their faceoff at the annual Senior-Tutor Softball game, which concluded with the traditional Senior Thesis Draft Burning Party.

With thesis defenses behind them, the Class of 2023 came together to host the last dance of the semester, the Chez Martin: a fundraiser for the senior gift, a final hurrah, and a fun night for all.

Every class of students at 91���� is divided into “sections,” groups of 17 to 18 students who take their weekday classes together. Actively working their way through the Great Books by way of the Discussion Method, section mates grow in together in wisdom and friendship. This past weekend, however, the five sections of California’s Junior Class met to grow in friendship in more rambunctious fashion: the “Section Games.”

While their counterparts in New England  were wandering a magical forest last Friday night, the students of 91����, California, were courting by the seaside in a remarkable production of Gilbert & Sullivan’s HMS Pinafore.

The 2023 High School Summer Great Books Programs are less than three months away, and 91���� is pleased to introduce the leaders who will spearhead this year’s team of prefects in California. (We will be announcing New England’s head prefects next week!)

To help raise money for their class gift to the College, California seniors hosted a charitable poker tournament last Saturday in St. Cecilia Hall.

Participating students gathered in the Fritz B. Burns Auditorium in the early evening, looking their best, with the gentlemen arriving in ties, vests, and suits, and the ladies donning fine dresses and jewelry. To general delight, even Dr. Travis Cooper, the campus’s assistant dean for student affairs, joined in the fun.

Below, see photos from this year’s Eucharistic procession in honor of Divine Mercy Sunday on the California campus. Jesus, we trust in You!