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Kelsey Reinhardt Anchors Convocation as Keynote Speaker Benedictine College celebrated the start of the 2026-2027 academic year on Tuesday, September 1, with an All School Mass and traditional Opening Convocation. The event welcomed 618 new Ravens, one of the largest incoming freshman classes in the school’s history. Kelsey Reinhardt, president

ATCHISON, KAN. – Benedictine College will honor all U.S. military personnel during its “Stars and Stripes” Celebration on Saturday, Sept. 12, during the home football game against William Penn University, set to kick off at 1:00 p.m. in Wilcox Stadium. During halftime of the game, the college will present the

Update (Friday, September 25, 2026): The dedication ceremony has been moved inside, which does not allow a large audience. The ceremony will be simulcast onto the large screens in O’Malley-McAllister Auditorium and the Dining Hall. The new Independence Hall-inspired library at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas, is complete and will

There has been a lot of excitement surrounding the opening of the new Independence Hall-inspired library at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas. The news caught the attention of the State of Kansas Librarian, Ray Walling, who came from the state capital in Topeka to tour the Moritz Library in D’Aniello

Students and their families aren’t the only ones excited about the new Independence Hall library,

Benedictine College is preparing for its annual Symposium on Transforming Culture, which is transitioning from a spring event to a fall event for the first time. The first fall date is set for September 4-5, 2026, on the Benedictine campus in Atchison, Kansas. The event features top Catholic speakers as

Each summer, Benedictine College uses the break between semesters to make additions, renovations and improvements to campus while students are away. The summer of 2026 was no different, and a lot of work took place. A new library was completed, a passageway was carved through St. Benedict Hall, lighting was

During their national convention in Denver on Aug. 3, the Supreme Council of the Knights of Columbus featured Benedictine College’s Knights of Columbus in a video. The video featured Benedictine College’s Knights of Columbus Council — No. 4708 — which received the Knights of Columbus Fishers of Men Award for

Kelsey Reinhardt, President and CEO of CatholicVote and co-founder of Zeale, will give the keynote address during the 2026 Academic Convocation at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas. The event, set for September 1 in the Ralph Nolan Gymnasium, annually kicks off the academic year and officially welcomes the incoming freshman

Benedictine College to Host His Way At Work National Summit Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas, will welcome Catholic business leaders from across the nation October 8–9 as it hosts the His Way At Work National Summit. “Work as a Mission: Leading With Care, Value & Purpose,” is the theme of

Benedictine College is pleased to announce that Fr. Stefan Zarnay, DCJM, will be joining the Center for Family Life as its new director beginning on August 1, 2026. He is the second director for the center, following Tory Baucum, and will be the first Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann Endowed Chair.

The rain on July 4 didn’t dampen the Spirit of America in Atchison, Kansas, as Benedictine College previewed its new Independence Hall-inspired library! See the Highlights Video at the end of this article or click here. More than 1,500 people turned out to see the museum-quality reproduction of the Liberty