Saint Michael's College Department of Religious Studies

04/25/2025

Congratulations to our 2025 inductees to the Theta Alpha Kappa National Honor Society for Theology/Religious Studies, Josh Adams '26 and Ava Lavigne '26!

05/15/2024

We've had much to celebrate this week.
Congratualtions to Professor Eva Pascal, who received tenure and promotion to Associate Professor!
Father David Theroux is retiring this year and celebrating the 50th anniversary of his ordination next month (though he may continue to teach his popular "Black Catholicism" class in the future).
FInally we celebrate our graduating seniors, Adison Granger and Jocelyn Savard, who were both accepted into graduate programs.

05/14/2024

Congratulations to Father David Theroux for receiving the 2024 Reverend Gerald E. Dupont Staff Award at the Senior Awards Banquet, given "as a testimony to his dedication to the ideals of courage, vision, devotion and faith upon which Saint Michael's College was founded."

Latin Honors and Departmental Awards:

Religious Studies majors
Jocelyn Savard- magna cm laude
Adison Granger- magna cm laude; Religious Studies Departmental Award

05/13/2024

05/13/2024

Congratulations to Jocelyn Savard '24 and Adison Granger '24 on their successful Senior Thesis Presentations on April 26. Jocelyn worked with Prof. Trumbower on her topic: “'His blood be on us and on our children': A discussion of Christian implementation of Matthew 27:25 from its origins to the modern era"
Adison worked with Prof. Trumbower on her thesis, "Apocalyptic Anticipation: The Impact of Dispensational Premillennialism on American Culture and Politics"
Adison and Jocelyn are pictured here at the Delta Epsilon SIgma National Honor Society inductions.

05/14/2023

Congratulations to our graduating seniors - Lucaya Clarey, Jonathan Marcotte, Eugene Petrow, and Rada Ruggles- on a beautiful commencement Sunday. Rada received this year's Religious Studies Departmental Award for excellence in Religious Studies. At the Senior Awards luncheon on Thursday, Rada also received the Elizabeth Durick Award for the "senior who has made a significant contribution to the Christian goals of Saint Michael's College" (pictured). Rada and Lucaya graduated magna cm laude, while Eugene graduated cm laude.

05/09/2023

Dinner with our seniors at Waterworks!

05/09/2023

Religious Studies seniors presented their senior theses at the 2023 Academic Symposium (with President Sterritt in attendance!). Pictured: Rada Ruggles '23
This year's theses:
Jonathan Marcotte, “Religious Pageantry and its Use in the Evangelization of New Spain”
Eugene Petrow, “Family Values and Anti-Communism: The Rise of the Unification Church in America”
Rada Ruggles, “Messianic Expectations and Fulfillments from Judas the Galilean to Bar Kokhba”
Lucaya Clarey, “The Development of Pastoral Counseling in the Catholic Tradition”