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Recent News:
🎓 Celebrating Our Graduates
We are incredibly proud to celebrate our alumni who have recently graduated from colleges, schools, and universities across the country. You've navigated the challenges of college life, discovered new passions, developed professional skills, and continued building lifelong friendships.
Congratulations to every graduate, including our newest Priory Alumni, Class of 2025! We couldn't be more proud!
🎯 BREAKING: Our Dream Gym is Finally Happening! 🏋️♀️
After YEARS of planning, we're thrilled to announce construction is officially beginning on our brand-new state-of-the-art gym, community space, & fitness center! ✨
This has been a labor of love involving countless alumni, faculty, and students!
🔨 What's Coming:
- Modern cardio & strength equipment
- Dedicated spaces for group fitness classes
- Actual working air conditioning!
- A second multipurpose gym
We can't wait to sweat it out together in our new space! Alumni Basketball & Volleyball Anyone? If you'd like to learn more or support the project, please contact us.
🙏 SACRED UPDATES
Dear Priory Alums,
I see elsewhere in this new alumni newsletter that you are all being encouraged to “stay Priory”. I would like to start by giving you a short update on the monks who “stay at Priory”. We are currently three permanent monks at Priory: Fr. Martin, Fr. Maurus, and I, Fr. Matthew. Fr. Mathias from our Abbey in New Hampshire comes to help out for a few months at a time, which is much appreciated. This coming year, we will also have a visiting monk from Hungary for the month of August, Fr. Mark, raising the number of Priory monks whose names begin with the letters Ma… to 5! We will also have Fr. Kelemen from Hungary as our guest for most of the next academic year. Each of us continues to serve the Priory community of students, colleagues, alumni, and friends as we are able, continuing to build relationships that literally last a lifetime.
In future editions of this newsletter, we will feature more monastic stories, memories, and pieces of wisdom to help us all to “stay Priory”. Our prayer of blessing for each of you is that the Benedictine values experienced during your years here will continue to deepen in you and be generously shared with those around you. In this way, the Peace so valued by St. Benedict and all his followers may grow in you and through you into a world so desperately in need. Looking forward to seeing you at the reunion.
Peace,
Fr. Matthew, Fr. Maurus, Fr. Mathias, and Fr. Matthew
🎓💙 Priory All-Class Reunion with Special Celebrations for Classes Ending in '0 and '5 | August 23, 2025 | 8:30 AM to 8:30 PM
It's time to reconnect, network, reminisce, and celebrate the bonds that unite us all as Priory family! Whether you graduated in the '70s or just last year, this is YOUR reunion. Let's make it epic!
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
8:30 AM • Rise and Shine for a Windy Hill Hike
Let’s meet at Windy Hill parking lot and reconnect with classmates while conquering our iconic hike!
10:30 AM - 2:00 PM • Pickleball & Tennis at Priory Tennis Courts
Serve up some nostalgia and enjoy a friendly competition, epic rallies, and good times.
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM • Fr. Martin's Self-Guided Art Exhibit
Perfect timing for alums to participate in this special exhibition located in the Kriewall-Haehl Gallery of the PAC.
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM • Mini Reunions
Robotics • Performing Arts • Andes 2000 • POA 2020
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM • Student-Led Campus Tours
Meet at the Middle School Courtyard and tour campus through fresh eyes! Current students share what's new and what's timeless.
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM • Outdoor Dinner & Reception with the Stars of Priory
Cocktails, dinner, and reception to be held at the Middle School Courtyard.
✨ FEATURED ALUMA GUEST SPEAKER ✨
Minsun Byun Kevers (formerly Francis Byun '98)
ALL ARE WELCOME to attend Sunday Mass @ 9:30 AM in the Priory Chapel
RSVP HERE
Questions about the reunion? Contact us at alumni@prioryca.org
We 💙 to Cheer You On!!! 📣
We are excited to announce that Priory is re-engaging our alumni board and actively seeking passionate graduates to help guide our school's future. If you are interested in serving on the alumni board and contributing your expertise, experience, and dedication to strengthen our Priory community, don't hesitate to get in touch with us.
As you know, Alumni giving plays a vital role in maintaining our school's excellence, enhancing student opportunities, and preserving the traditions that make our Priory family so special. Your involvement, whether through board service or financial support, helps ensure that future generations of students will benefit from the same exceptional education and community that shaped us all.
Our campus is always open to our alumni family! Come walk the campus, share your stories, and help us write the next chapter of our shared legacy. Until we see you again, carry the Priory spirit with you wherever life takes you, and Stay Priory.
Questions about Alumni Giving? Contact us at alumni@prioryca.org
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