The College is hosting the Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) People of Hope Museum. This mobile storytelling exhibit includes faith-filled stories of neighbors helping neighbors. Housed in a retrofitted tractor-trailer, the mobile museum features professional, first-person stories from staff and volunteers highlighting the impact of Catholic Charities’ service across the U.S. It is an immersive multimedia experience which shares powerful stories of faith, service, and human connection.

Exhibit Features include:

- Immersive Storytelling: Features professionally recorded, first-person accounts from Catholic Charities staff and volunteers about their encounters with individuals in need.

- Interactive Element: Visitors are invited to share and record their own personal stories of service, hope, or transformation inside the exhibit.

- Mission-Driven: The project aims to bridge the gap between people's desire to help and active volunteering by showcasing the transformative power of compassion.

- National Reach: The tour is scheduled to last approximately two-and-a-half years, visiting various communities nationwide.

Location: Holy Cross Parking Lot

Nothing says Shakespeare's Sonnets like lots of melting snow. On Thursday, April 23rd, we will celebrate William Shakespeare's Birthday by reading all 154 of his Sonnets aloud for the 38th consecutive year. And you are invited to play your part!

To help us keep this great Anselmian tradition thriving, see the faces of your aging professors, eat cake, and breathe the sweet sonnet-filled air of the Hilltop once again, click on the link below and sign up to read one of William Shakespeare's 154 Sonnets.

When you click on the link, you will be asked to claim a sonnet or designate your availability that day. Once you have signed up, you will receive, before April 23rd, a sonnet schedule that will let you know which sonnet(s) you have been assigned, and a beautiful official 2026 Sonnet Reader Button. As usual, we welcome sonnet recitations in any language, dialects, or accents. We also invite musical recitations, or any other creative ways you find to lift your three quatrains and a couplet off the page. Oh, and if you want to use this occasion to make up a story about your time at Saint Anselm, well, why not?

Sign up to read a sonnet →

Please join us on Wednesday, April 23rd for the 38th Annual Sonnet Marathon in celebration of William Shakespeare’s Birthday. 

If you are not scheduled to read, feel free to stop by for some free birthday cake and enjoy hearing students, faculty, staff, monks, and guests reciting Shakespeare’s 154 sonnets. 

This is a wonderful Anselmian tradition that marks the arrival of spring and gives voice to the songs in our hearts!

Bag Lunch Book Group

"Circe" by Madeline Miller

All members of the Saint Anselm College community are invited to attend a book discussion of "Circe." 

"In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child--neither powerful like her father nor viciously alluring like her mother. Turning to the world of mortals for companionship she discovers that she does possess power: the power of witchcraft, which can transform rivals into monsters and menace the gods themselves. But there is danger, too, for a woman who stands alone, and Circe unwittingly draws the wrath of both men and gods, ultimately finding herself pitted against one of the most terrifying and vengeful of the Olympians. To protect what she loves most, Circe must summon all her strength and choose, once and for all, whether she belongs with the gods she is born from or with the mortals she has come to love" (Goodreads.com).

Copies of the book will be available to borrow at the Circulation Desk by March 26, 2026.

Attendees are welcome to bring their lunches to the book group meeting. 

Date: Thursday, April 23, 2026
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. 
Location: Library Classroom, upper level of Geisel.

Pizza and Politics with Senator John E. Sununu

Graciously sponsored by the Pennacook Pregnancy Center, the Hawks for Life club will hosting an evening of faith, fellowship, and food. The guest speaker this year is Rev. Fr. John Brancich F.S.S.P., a Catholic priest from a local parish. Dinner will be provided and cost of admission is $10 per person.