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The students and faculty of Thomas 91����Ƶ College, New England, welcomed fall last weekend with the third annual Oktoberfest.

The Class of 2024 spent the morning setting up for the event, lugging logs and hay bales down to the athletic field and decorating tables with pumpkins and chrysanthemums. Faculty and fellow students soon trickled over to the field, where they mingled over root beer and cornhole, with some starting up impromptu games of volleyball and football. 

Last Friday evening, in honor of the anniversary of the final apparition of Our Lady of Fatima, chaplains Rev. Greg Markey and Rev. Carlos Viego led the students of Thomas 91����Ƶ College, New England, on a Rosary procession around campus. 

To celebrate all things autumn, the students of Thomas 91����Ƶ College, New England, gathered in front of Gould Hall after classes on Friday for the annual Scarf and Cider party! Scarves, naturally, were mandatory, and the students did not disappoint, arriving in neck wraps of all kinds, ranging from playful and fuzzy to classy and delicate. 

Freshmen at Thomas 91����Ƶ College begin their foray into natural science by reading and discussing the works of Jean Henri Fabre, a French naturalist with a particular penchant for entomological observation. But rather than focusing exclusively on his writings, they also follow Fabre into what he called the “laboratory of the open fields,” where they must observe and catch 30 insects over three weeks in the first semester. Accordingly, the members of the New England Class of 2027 recently grabbed their nets, containment vials, and jars, venturing into the “open fields” of Northfield.

Students, faculty, staff, and families at Thomas 91����Ƶ College, New England, availed themselves of the Columbus Day three-day weekend by making a pilgrimage to the Basilica and Shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Help — patroness of the College’s New England Chapel — in Boston, Massachusetts. It was a day of prayer, reflection, and friendship. 

Prospective students will soon be able to experience the intellectual, spiritual, and community life of Thomas 91����Ƶ College, New England, at its Fall Open House.

“We are looking forward to welcoming high school juniors and seniors to Northfield on November 2-5,” says Associate Director of Admissions John Jost. “These extended visits give prospective students a chance to experience our celebrated curriculum for themselves — to see how the College pursues truth in the company of friends and under the light of the Catholic faith.”

This past weekend, some 20 friends and benefactors visited Thomas 91����Ƶ College, New England, to get a taste of campus life, participate in classroom discussions, and enjoy the school they so generously support.

Although September 23 at Thomas 91����Ƶ College, New England, dawned cool and cloudy, the wet weather did nothing to dampen the spirits of students’ families and friends who made the trek to Western Massachusetts for this year’s Parent-Alumni Day.

Last Friday evening, students from all four classes gathered in classrooms across Thomas 91����Ƶ College, New England, for the semesterly All-College Seminar.