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Monk's Christmas traditions offer invitation to step back and remember birth of Christ

Monk’s Christmas traditions offer invitation to step back and remember birth of Christ

November 28, 2022

As soon as the 12:15 p.m. Christmas Eve Mass concludes, the monks set into motion decorating the Abbey for the upcoming Christmas vigil liturgy. So begins the monks Christmas season, a season that looks...

The students hyping each other up at the pep rally. -Photo taken by Leila Almanza.

Raven pride shown at the Homecoming pep rally

November 4, 2022

Chants and cheers poured out of the doors of the JPII center as hundreds of students eagerly waited for the Ralph Nolan gymnasium doors to be opened for the Homecoming Week Pep Rally.   Every year,...

Combating the Stigma: Fight the New Drug presents to nearly 500 students about harmful of pornography  

November 2, 2022

  Ninety-one percent of men and sixty percent of women have viewed pornography. With that statistic in mind, members of the college counseling department brought  Fight the New Drug, a national...

The Benedictine Monk's cemetery by the Abbey. -Photo taken by Jack Figge

More than spooky stories and creepy creatures: As Halloween approaches, critical lessons are to be learned from the Church’s understanding of ghosts and demons

November 2, 2022

From the spirit of deceased monks lurking throughout the Abbey to spirits haunting the inhabitants of dorm rooms, Benedictine College hosts its share of ghost stories. Atchison Kan. and has been deemed...

Ravens Respect Life students praying outside of the Overland Park Kansas Planned Parenthood on Saturday, October 8. Picture by Jack Figge.

Prayer, education and community at heart of Raven Respect Life Week 2022

October 13, 2022

Forming a boundary between the street and the building, over twenty Benedictine students prayed together outside of the Overland Park, Kan. Planned Parenthood. Praying  for an end to abortion, to cap...

College celebrates contributions of students and alumni in overturning of Roe

College celebrates contributions of students and alumni in overturning of Roe

September 23, 2022

A light rain drizzled upon the marchers assembled outside of the Abbey. It was not the frigid Washington D.C. winter that they are used to, but the poor weather provided some sense of familiarity as students...

Lou Holtz, former Notre Dame football coach and sports commentator, served as the keynote speaker for Benedictine College opening school Convocation, August 2022.

15th Annual Convocation welcomes new Ravens

September 19, 2022

On August 28, the Raven Class of 2026 gathered around the ornate Benedictine “B” logo located in front of Haverty Center. The distinct red and black beanies stood out as they prepared to take a class...

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