SAVE - THEDATE
The 29th Annual Rector’s Dinner: April 20, 2023!
Guests at the Rector’s Dinner Welcome Reception enjoy the pleasant April weather and each other’s company at the College’s Cortile degli Aranci.
Dinner is Finally Served
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REV. MR. ALEX LANCON ’22, DIOCESE OF LAFAYETTE
or the past year, one date on my calendar has been circled in red. That day was not Tax Day or even the first day of finals—it was the Rector’s Dinner. Ever since I was given my first house job in the refectory, I knew this great event would eventually be mine to organize. However, the advent of COVID-19 threw a wrench in this neat timeline. For the next two years, the dinner’s date would come and go without a single guest filling the halls of the College.
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The Pontifical North American College
This year, however, would be different. Growing confidence in travel brought a tempered hope that this could be the year we restarted the dinner. As such, the team of students, faculty, and staff quickly got to work and made up for lost time. We consulted past documents for guidance, sought students to lead various groups, reached out to our beloved benefactors, and much more, all with bated breath until the week of April 28th arrived. The coast at last seemed clear once again. The guest list was set, the menu fine-tuned, and the seminarians fresh from our Easter break. The dinner would indeed take place.
