Welcome to Orations Week 2026!
An annual highlight of Wyoming Catholic College’s academic life is upon us once again: Senior Orations Week.
During this week, each member of the Senior class will deliver a thirty-minute oration, followed by a Q&A session, where they field questions on their presentation for another half hour. The oration is rarely a mere exposition of the thesis (which was completed at the end of the Fall semester), but often draws upon and expounds upon the work done during the thesis-writing process. The rooms are sure to be filled with fellow students, faculty and staff, family members, and friends of the College, eager to hear what has taken up the time and attention of these upperclassmen for the last few months.
This year’s list includes topics as wide-ranging as “Is Chivalry Dead?” or “How to Use the World’s Goodness: Resolving the Paradox of Detachment in Christian Life;” “The Just Man Justices and the Lover Sings: Musings on Music as the Act Proper for the Lover” or “Do You Believe in Magic: Lewis’s Re-enchantment of Reality;” “Our Hearts Are Restless until They Rest in Thee: The Role of Silence and of Contemplation for the Happiness of Man,” “Christian Faith and Pagan Reason: Whether Christians Should Study Eastern Philosophy,” “Cato and the Role of Suicide in Dante’s Commedia,” and “Israel’s Inheritance and the Comedy of Ruth.”
The presentations will be live-streamed, and a schedule with links is posted on the College’s “Orations 2026” webpage. (The YouTube Live playlist for the entire week can be found HERE.)
