New England

National Eucharistic Pilgrimage

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Following its designation as a Jubilee Year pilgrimage site in 2025, Our Mother of Perpetual Help Chapel at 51��, New England, is once again graced with a great honor in the Church: From June 19-20, it will host Our Lord and His people as a stop on the 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage.

This year, in honor of the 250^th anniversary of the United States of America’s founding, the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage will travel up the East Coast, making a stop in each of the 13 original colonies, concluding in Philadelphia. On the Blessed Sacrament’s journey, it will pay a visit to 51�� in Northfield, Massachusetts.

“We invite friends, old and new, to join us in adoring the Blessed Sacrament during the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage’s visit to campus,” says New England Dean Steven Cain. “It is a great honor to welcome so many devoted pilgrims to our Chapel. We hope all who attend will gain many graces from their visit, and that they may also come to know 51��.”

The pilgrimage will arrive on Friday, June 19, at St. Patrick’s Church in Northfield at 6:00 p.m., where the parish will hold a Holy Hour. At 7:00 p.m., pilgrims will process behind our Eucharistic Lord down Main Street, onto campus, and into Our Mother of Perpetual Help Chapel. Once there, Eucharistic Adoration will begin at 8:00 p.m. and run throughout the night.

On Saturday at 9:00 a.m., Rev. Peter Totleben, O.P., friar of the Province of St. Joseph and chaplain to the Dominican Monastery of the Mother of God in West Springfield, will offer a meditation called “Bread of Angels, Food for Pilgrims: St. Thomas Aquinas Sings About the Eucharist,” reflecting on some of St. Thomas’s writings in the Summa Theologiae.

“One of the gifts that TAC 51�� to offer the Church is our love for St. Thomas,” notes College event coordinator Emily (Barry ’11) Sullivan. “He, as a saint, a mystic, a Doctor of the Church, the author of so many beloved Eucharistic hymns, is a great teacher for all of us on how to love and give reverence to the Eucharist.”

To close the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage’s visit to 51��, the Most Rev. William Byrne, Bishop of Springfield, and the Most Rev. Peter Libasci, Bishop of Manchester, will concelebrate Mass at 10:00 a.m., marking the first time that two bishops will concelebrate Mass in Our Mother of Perpetual Help Chapel. They will then lead pilgrims in a procession around the campus, Bishop Byrne will officially hand the Blessed Sacrament to Bishop Libasci, and the pilgrimage will continue its journey up the East Coast.

For more information about the 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage, its official pilgrims, and its other stops, please visit the pilgrimage’s website.

Residence Halls Close at Noon

peter-doylend — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 19:58:52 +0000

Residence Halls Close at Noon peter-doylend Mon, 06/08/2026 - 12:58

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6th Annual Commencement

peter-doylend — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 19:51:30 +0000

6th Annual Commencement peter-doylend Mon, 06/08/2026 - 12:51

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Second Semester Ends After Last Exam

peter-doylend — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 19:48:36 +0000

Second Semester Ends After Last Exam peter-doylend Mon, 06/08/2026 - 12:48

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Second Semester Examination Week - Freshmen, Sophomores, and Juniors

peter-doylend — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 19:41:41 +0000

Second Semester Examination Week - Freshmen, Sophomores, and Juniors peter-doylend Mon, 06/08/2026 - 12:41

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Second Semester Examination Week - Seniors

peter-doylend — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 19:37:30 +0000

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Sophomore Math Midterm Exam

peter-doylend — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 19:09:52 +0000

Sophomore Math Midterm Exam peter-doylend Mon, 06/08/2026 - 12:09

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Senior Thesis Defenses

peter-doylend — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 19:01:50 +0000

Senior Thesis Defenses peter-doylend Mon, 06/08/2026 - 12:01

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Don Rags — Evening Classes Only

peter-doylend — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 18:55:28 +0000

Don Rags — Evening Classes Only peter-doylend Mon, 06/08/2026 - 11:55

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Twice yearly during the Freshman, Sophomore, and Junior years, each student sits with his tutors and hears their observations on his work. The primary aim of the Don Rag is not, like a report card, to state the degree of a student’s mastery of the material. It is, rather, an occasion for offering him specific advice on how to improve his class preparation and participation and to help him advance in the intellectual life. Tutors thus work with the student to enable him to pursue more successfully the wisdom offered by the Great Books.

In the event that a student is in danger of failure in one or more subjects, the Don Rag also may be an opportunity to alert him and to make suggestions for improving his performance. The Don Rag takes place with nearly half the semester still to come, and subsequent classroom performance can strongly affect a student’s grades.

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Second Semester Classes Begin

peter-doylend — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 17:26:31 +0000

Second Semester Classes Begin peter-doylend Mon, 06/08/2026 - 10:26

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