2024 Heritage Month Celebrations

1-3:30 p.m.

Baer Mall

Happy Birthday Month SNC!

SNC students, faculty and staff were invited to celebrate the college’s 126th birthday by having a piece of birthday cake and ice cream and participating in casual conversations as we celebrate our community and the founding of our college. 

6:30-7:30 p.m.

Fort Howard Theater

What Does the Eucharist Have to Do With a Liberal Arts College?: St. Norbert and the Vocation of Catholic Higher Education Today

Tim O'Malley, Ph.D., theologian of the McGrath Institute for Church Life and acclaimed author of nine books on topics related to liturgy and sacramental theology lectured on the Eucharist's connection to the liberal arts college.

Free copies of O'Malley's book, "Becoming Eucharistic People: The Hope and Promise of Parish Life" were given to those who attended the lecture.

Listen to the recording.

7:45 a.m. Prelude
8–9 a.m. Breakfast and Award presentation

Michels Commons Ballroom

Heritage Month Prayer Breakfast and Award Presentation

The Founder’s Award at St. Norbert College is given to employees and students of the college in recognition of their contributions to the Norbertine spirit and tradition on campus.

Awards were given as part of a Heritage Week Prayer Breakfast for Founder's Award recipients and their guests, along with SNC faculty and staff.

2-2:30 pm or 2:30-3 p.m.

Fort Howard Theater Lobby

Norbertine Timeline Tunnel Tour (FYS qualifying event)

How do you fit into the grand scheme of a 900 year-old medieval institution? Join us for this immersive discussion, as we traverse the visually-stunning intersection of Norbertine space and time (the Bemis-Cofrin hallway). Witness the rise of the Norbertine Order from a swampy forest to a European powerhouse, experience the pains they suffered through the Black Death, the Protestant Reformation, and the French Revolution, gaze upon the global rebirth of an order on the brink of extinction, and discover the part you play at St. Norbert College in the unfolding history of Norbertines.

There are two back to back offerings available - one starting at 2 p.m. and the other starting at 2:30 p.m.

3-3:45 p.m.

Fort Howard Theater Lobby

Norbertine Timeline Tunnel Tour (reprise)

4-5 p.m.

Fort Howard Theater

The Catholic Intellectual Tradition: Living Gift or Museum Curiosity?

John O'Callaghan, Ph.D., associate professor of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, permanent member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas, and a graduate of St. Norbert College gave a lecture on the Catholic Intellectual Tradition.

Listen to the recording.

Mass of Thanksgiving

10:30 a.m.

St. Norbert Abbey

Ceremony

2:30-3:30 p.m.

Walter Theatre

Reception

Immediately following ceremony

Baer Mall

St. Norbert College Presidential Inauguration

The St. Norbert College Board of Trustees is proud to announce and celebrate the inauguration of the college's ninth president – Laurie M. Joyner, Ph.D.

Mass of Thanksgiving
10:30 a.m.
St. Norbert Abbey

Inauguration Ceremony
2:30 p.m.
Walter Theatre, St. Norbert College

Inaugural Reception
Immediately following ceremony
Baer Mall, St. Norbert College 

For more information please visit the SNC Presidential Inauguration webpage. 

Various times and locations

SNC Homecoming Week

See mySNC for all events details.  

10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

11 a.m. Q&A

Mulva Library, Center for Norbertine Studies

Center for Norbertine Studies Open House and Spanish Norbertines Exhibition Q & A

You have questions - Michael Holstead, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Norbertine Studies, has the answers!

12 p.m.

Mulva Library, Center for Norbertine Studies

Pizza with the Premonstratensians

12 p.m. Mass at Old St. Joe's

12:30 p.m. Lunch and Learn at Michels Commons - Sensenbrenner

Lunch with the Saints & Blesseds: Bl. Ricvera of Clastres, O. Praem.

Celebrate the feast of Bl. Ricvera with noon Mass at Old St. Joe’s followed by lunch and a talk at 12:30, Sensenbrenner Room.

Come for part or all of the celebration as you are able.

 Online all month

SNC Trivia Contest 

SNC students, faculty and staff were invited to participate in a trivia contest to learn more about the college and its history. All entries were entered into a drawing to win SNC swag from the bookstore and mission-related items.

Mon-Frid 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. or with swipe access

Mulva Library

Selfies with SNC's Founder

SNC students, faculty and staff were invited to stop by the Mulva Library during the month of October to take a selfie with the Abbot Pennings statue. 

Mon-Fri. 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Center for Norbertine Studies