Priesthood / Religious Life

Two alumni who regularly promote and defend the faith in the public square have new offerings:

We have received the following letter from Rev. John Higgins (’90), pastor of the Church of the Assumption in Peekskill, N.Y. Fr. Higgins will be walking 58 miles in support of his parish school later this month. Please support him his efforts!

A native of Connecticut, Fr. Hildebrand came to the College as a student in 1974. After graduating in 1978, he spent one year teaching before joining the religious community of the Canons Regular of the Immaculate Conception. He attended Mt. Angel Seminary in Oregon and was ordained to the priesthood in 1984 by Timothy Cardinal Manning, then the Archbishop of Los Angeles. After two decades with the Canons, however, Fr. Hildebrand discerned a calling to a more monastic vocation, and in 2003 received permission to transfer to the religious order of the Norbertine Fathers at St.

The Anchoress has posted the following, delightful video, featuring the Norbertine Canonesses of the Bethlehem Priory of St. Joseph in Tehachapi, Calif.