Wyoming Catholic College

10/05/2026

Join us for the 2026 Newman Guide Virtual College Fair on October 8 and hear from Fr. Dcn. Kyle Washut on "More Than a Degree: What Is College Really For?"

This session will explore the purpose of higher education beyond earning a credential or preparing for a job. It will look at how a faithful Catholic college can help form the whole person intellectually, spiritually, and personally while preparing students for both career and vocation.

The fair is free and online, with featured sessions and virtual college booths throughout the day.

Register free:
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10/05/2026

No auditorium. No sitting quietly in the back. No waiting for someone to tell you what to think.

At WCC, seminars invite you into the conversation.

In a small classroom, you sit around the table with your professors and peers, engage directly with the text, ask questions, challenge ideas, and work through the difficult ones together.

Even the questions you’re not sure you should ask.

Because a Great Books education isn’t about being handed all the answers. It’s about learning how to read carefully, think deeply, speak honestly, and listen well.

The text is in front of you. What is it saying? What does it mean? And what do you think?

10/03/2026

You don't cross a river like this alone.

In the backcountry, you learn how much it matters to have people around you who have your back. You trust their judgment, depend on their strength, and know they’ll be there when the current is stronger than expected.

That kind of friendship doesn't stay in the mountains.

The trust built through shared challenges carries back into the classroom. You know the people beside you. You value their perspective. You listen when they have something to say—and they do the same for you.

At WCC, the people you learn with are also the people you adventure with, and that makes both the outdoor and intellectual life richer.

10/02/2026

NEXT FRIDAY: On Friday, October 9th, Wyoming Catholic College will host the second of this year's public lectures, “The Word of God and the Words of Men: Scriptural Ontology and the Incarnational Analogy,” by Dr. Travis Dziad, Associate Professor of Theology, Leadership, & Outdoor Education at the College, as well as Assistant Dean for Students. The lecture will be held at 7:30pm at the Free Church, and will be followed by a Q&A period and reception. As always, this event is free and open to the public; we hope you can join us!

10/02/2026

Fr. Dcn. Kyle Washut, President of Wyoming Catholic College, writing on the essential role Catholic education plays in Pope Leo's call to confront the challenges of the current AI moment: “Uncle Andrew is the embodiment of the technocratic paradigm, which Pope Leo XIV recognizes as a central threat to our age. This paradigm defines our relationship to the natural world and to other humans exclusively through efficiency, profit, and power, fostering a throwaway culture that produces rampant consumerism and a deep disregard for humanity. Like Uncle Andrew, the technocratic paradigm looks on the wonders of creation and sees only a tool for profit....To confront the challenges of the digital revolution, we must disentangle the tech from that paradigm. And Leo’s consistent message for the last year has been that Catholic education is an essential force in this work.”

“The teaching of our young people has been given into our care”

10/02/2026

Golden leaves, towering cliffs, crisp mountain air—and a climbing route waiting to be tackled.

At WCC, the classroom and the canyon are both part of the rhythm of college life. After spending time studying great ideas, students get to put on their climbing shoes, head into Sinks Canyon, and enjoy a beautiful fall day in Wyoming.

Climbing means trusting your footing, cheering on your friends, figuring out the next move, and maybe enjoying a little friendly competition along the way.

Sometimes learning happens around a seminar table. Sometimes it happens halfway up a canyon wall.

09/30/2026

At WCC, learning means more than memorizing formulas; it means asking why.

Even Euclidean geometry becomes an invitation to think more deeply—to look for patterns, follow an argument, and discover the beauty of things that are true whether you’re sitting in the classroom or standing beneath a Wyoming sky.

Learning here isn’t just about finding the right answer. It’s about learning how to see.

And sometimes, the best way to understand an idea is to put it on the board and work through it together.

09/27/2026

There’s a time to sit in the classroom and contemplate great ideas.

But there’s also a time to close the books, step outside, and let your mind breathe.

At WCC, the mountains become part of the rhythm of college life. Time spent hiking, working together, laughing with friends, and taking in the beauty of creation gives you space to rest, reflect, and see the world with fresh eyes.

And before heading out, there’s always time for a simple prayer—a moment to remember Who made it all.

09/25/2026

During yesterday's Beatification Mass of Archbishop Fulton Sheen, the words of Our Lord's Beatitudes were heard clearly during Communion, sung beautifully by the Newman Center Choir from the University of Illinois in Champaign, under the direction of Heath Morber.

The musical setting for these words was composed by Paul Jernberg, who is currently serving as the College's Composer-in-Residence and Music Director. “I was deeply moved and grateful to hear this wonderful rendition of my setting of the Beatitudes,” says Jernberg. “And in the midst of the many ‘loud shouts of joyful song’ during this Mass, it brought a moment of profoundly peaceful meditation on these words of Christ, in which He describes the truly happy life to which we are all called.”

A video recording of the piece in the context of the Beatification Mass is available below (at 2:07:35).

Archbishop Fulton Sheen is beatified in a historic Mass at The Dome...

09/25/2026

At WCC, great books have a way of becoming great conversations.

A quiet afternoon of studying can turn into a conversation that lasts much longer than you planned—about justice, freedom, sin, mercy, or simply the question:

“Wait…what did you think of that?”

The learning doesn’t stop when class ends. It becomes part of your daily life, the questions you ask, and the friendships you build.

That’s the beauty of learning alongside people who love to think deeply, ask good questions, and keep the conversation going long after the books are closed.