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Easter Joy

For the last several years, St. Anthony’s has had the great joy of welcoming 15+ college students into full communion with the Catholic Church every Easter Vigil! These students go through our parish RCIA program throughout the school year.  Video highlights from the last two Easter Vigils can be viewed here (2024) and here (2023). Here is the story of one college student convert, Carly Moran, in 2023.

Media Mentions

Below are a handful of media mentions of the graces that have been flowing through Hillsdale’s campus:

Faith and reason at Hillsdale College,” Catholic World Report
Wheel of Fortune’s Pat Sajak a key leader at Hillsdale College, a hub for Catholic converts,” Catholic News Agency
Making My Faith My Own in College,” National Catholic Register
Converted in College: Hillsdale Students Find Truth of Faith on Campus,” National Catholic Register
Hardly a Space to Kneel in Prayer,” Hillsdale Collegian
The Most Important Decision in Life,” Bishop Robert Barron’s 2023 Hillsdale College Commencement Address

Alumni Religious

There are a number of fully professed priests and religious sisters who are alumni of Hillsdale College—and almost a dozen currently in formation. Below we provide links to some of their vocation stories (note that the videos and articles linked are from various times in their formation journeys, not necessarily current):
  • Fr. Joseph Woudenberg (’98) 
    • Monastery of the Holy Cross
  • Fr. Quinn Mann (’99)
    • Diocese of Green Bay
  • Fr. Andrew deFusco (’05)
    • Diocese of Baltimore
  • Fr. Stephen Hilgendorf (’10)
  • Fr. Nathanael Anderson (’10)
  • Fr. Mitch Roman (’11)
    • Diocese of Gaylord
  • Fr. Henry Hoffmann (’13)*
  • Fr. Michael DiPietro (’14)
  • Fr. Ryan Asher (’18)
  • Br. Martin Davis*
  • Sr. Maria Regina Immaculata (Karen Williams ’11)
  • Sr. Dominic Mary (Audrey Heath ’08) 
    • Monastery of Our Lady of the Rosary
  • Sr. Elena Marie (Marie Wathen ’16)
    • Sisters of Life
  • Sr. Lucia of the Word of God (Meghan Perks ’18)
  • Sr. Eliora Maria (Jessica McCaleb ’11)
 
Currently in formation:
  • Jim Musgrave (’09)
  • Peter Flynn (’18)
    • Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis
  • Michael Howard (’18)
    • Institute of Christ the King
  • Paul Keenan (’18)
  • Sam Potter (’18)
  • Theodore Birkofer (’20)
  • Br. Athanasius (Benjamin Becker ’21)
    • Dominican Friars
  • Bridget Breckler (’21)
    • Discalced Carmelites of Des Plaines
* Fully received into the Catholic Church at St. Anthony’s while a student at Hillsdale College.