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It is August in Atchison, Kansas. Students are back on campus at Benedictine College and all is right with the world. Here are some scenes from the first week.
College Minister Ryan Richardson greeting students.
Move-in helpers greet students.
Brother Leven lends a hand.
Students gather around Mary in the quad for the opening day rosary.
Even the turtles join in the Benedictine College freshman beanie tradition.
Tom Hoopes, author of The Rosary of Saint John Paul II and The Fatima Family Handbook, is writer in residence at Benedictine College in Kansas and hosts The Extraordinary Story podcast about the life of Christ. A former reporter in the Washington, D.C., area, he served as press secretary of the U.S. House Ways & Means Committee Chairman and spent 10 years as executive editor of the National Catholic Register newspaper and Faith & Family magazine. His work frequently appears in Catholic publications such as Aleteia.org and the Register. He and his wife, April, have nine children and live in Atchison, Kansas.
