As important as the classroom and the chapel are to the lives of our students, much of the education that we offer—the formation of the integral person—takes place within our student residences, St. Joseph’s Residence (for men) and St. Mary’s Residence (for women). Our residences are places of deep significance, where friendships are born, great fun is had, Compline is sung as a community, and prayer about life’s most pressing concerns are offered up.
When guests visit, we hear again and again about how they are impressed by our student residences. Each building was designed in the typical New England colonial style with clapboard siding, brick, and shuttered windows. The residences become a “home away from home” for the students enrolled at the college. We are grateful to those who built our campus and provided spaces to live that are conducive to study, rest, and community life.
Over four years of study, the residences become the heart of student leisure, friendship, and recreation. The residences are separated by sex, without inter-visitation, and arranged to foster the growth of the individual and the community as a whole. Each residence has a large living room, a chapel where the Blessed Sacrament is reserved, study areas, a recreation room, an exercise room, and laundry facilities. Each bedroom accommodates several students with bunk beds, wardrobes, storage spaces, and an en-suite bathroom.
Two Residence Assistants reside in each dorm, supported by our Dean of Student Life who also resides on campus. The RAs are available to listen, guide, protect, and support students as they undertake the great adventure of liberal education.
Our Office of Student Life is an active part of the collegiate life, ordering its own activities to the larger mission of liberal education. Student life staff are available to assist students with needs ranging from access to medical care, time management, and upcoming events. The student life office also provides a space where students can relax, get a cup of hot cocoa, and engage in conversation. The college’s student life principles and policies are rooted in a Catholic understanding of human nature and purpose. They are designed to encourage and support the pursuit of virtuous living ordered to the joyful pursuit of wisdom. See Student Life Policies for specific information.
Our 135-acre campus is located in the foothills of Mt. Kearsarge, an area of pine and hardwood forest, open fields, and stone walls that are remnants of a late nineteenth- century farm. The morning fogs that rise over the Mink Hills and the sunsets that greet worshipers as they leave Mass on Sunday evenings strike every visitor, and that beauty is evident in all four seasons.
St. Joseph’s Residence is the home of the college’s men. St. Joseph’s has a common room, a recreation room, a laundry room with coin-operated washers and dryers, a workout room, and a chapel in which the Blessed Sacrament is reserved. Each student is provided with his own furniture set. All rooms are multi-person housing and include:
St. Mary’s Residence is the home of the college’s women. St. Mary’s has a common room, a laundry room with coin-operated washers and dryers, an exercise room, and a chapel in which the Blessed Sacrament is reserved. Each student is provided with their own furniture set. All rooms are multi-person housing and include:
Applicants to the college are encouraged to visit campus or take our virtual tour. Through these, potential students can experience first-hand the student residences and ask questions about residential life.
Wednesday evenings are for Adoration at Magdalen.
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Several Magdalen students met Bishop Barron during his recent trip to Harvard University! They resonated deeply with his appreciation of the Catholic intellectual tradition, the subject of his address at Harvard‘s Memorial Church.
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What a gift he is to our Catholic Church! I am happy for you, Mary Grace🙏🏻🕊
What is a Catholic approach to alcohol? Listen to the latest episode of Magdalen‘s “From the Summit” podcast for a fascinating conversation with Dr. Jared Staudt on fasting, feasting, friendship … and drinking for the glory of God. Listen at magdalen.edu/about/podcast.
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Magdalen students welcomed students from Dartmouth College for a brunch and hike up Mt. Kearsarge. Thanks to Fr. Timothy Danaher (Director of Aquinas House at Dartmouth) and Fr. Ethan Moore for celebrating Mass on top of the mountain. 
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Magdalen celebrated its first Oxford-style Formal Hall of the year. With a purple/pink sunset decorating the sky outside, students sang Palestrina’s “Sicut Cervus” and listened to a fascinating presentation on Galileo’s trial. A truly stimulating evening!

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“Pasta with the President” is a time when Magdalen students come to the President’s Residence for a home cooked meal and fellowship with the President’s family. The freshman recently enjoyed lasagna, brownies, and ice cream! 
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Students will have the opportunity to take one of the following courses for college credit. Taught in Socratic-style seminar discussions, each course enables students to explore a particular interest and consider whether they might like to pursue that academic discipline as a potential college major. Students will spend 3.5-4 hours in class each day, have some assigned homework, and spend the remaining time in prayer, liturgy, sacred music, relaxation with new friends, and a wide range of extra-curricular activities.
Theology of the Body: The Deeper Meaning of Love, Sex, and Marriage (1 credit) – Dr. Ryan Messmore
THIS COURSE IS NOW FULL
When it comes to romantic relationships and marriage, today’s culture is awash in confusion. The Church calls people to see a deeper meaning to sexual desire and marriage. But what is that, and how can it be pursued in modern times? Saint Pope John Paul II has provided valuable teaching in this area. Along with his “Theology of the Body,” this course will explore the nature of love, the meaning of betrothal and marriage, and sexual ethics from a Christian perspective. Class discussions will be theological and philosophical as well as practical.
Philosophy & Humanities: Friendship in Western Culture (1 credit) – Dr. Brian FitzGerald and Dr. Erik Van Versendaal
THIS COURSE IS NOW FULL
One of the most important features of human experience is friendship. Drawing on the great books of Western culture in literature, history, philosophy, and theology, from Aristotle and St. Augustine to Jane Austen and C.S. Lewis, this course will reflect on the nature of friendship across the centuries. Why do we need friends? What makes a good one? What are some obstacles to friendship? What happens as friends grow and mature in different ways?
Christ in Scripture (1 credit) – Deacon Karl Cooper
THIS COURSE IS NOW FULL
“Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked with us on the road, while he opened to us the Scriptures?” In this course we will seek to meet and understand Christ as he presents himself in all the Scriptures. We will read, discuss, enjoy, and pray through the most crucial texts, and focus our work on the living and present Christ.
$395.00 USD
Tuition includes room and board. The purchase of a book may be required for some classes. Students should bring spending money for off-campus trips.
Students will have the opportunity to take one of the following courses for college credit. Taught in Socratic-style seminar discussions, each course enables students to explore a particular interest and consider whether they might like to pursue that academic discipline as a potential college major. Students will spend 3.5-4 hours in class each day, have some assigned homework, and spend the remaining time in prayer, liturgy, sacred music, relaxation with new friends, and a wide range of extra-curricular activities.
Physics: Understanding Boomerangs, Billiard Balls, and Balance Beam Routines (1 credit) – Mr. John Klucinec
THIS COURSE IS NOW FULL
This course explores the laws of motion as described by Galileo and Newton by reading and discussing these authors and through classroom experiments. Students will gain an understanding of physics in concrete phenomena through studying air flight, fluid dynamics, the aerodynamics of the boomerang, the motion of billiard balls, and the physics of gymnastics and diving.
Poetry and Politics in the Western Tradition (1 credit) – Dr. Mary Mumbach
THIS COURSE IS NOW FULL
This course will examine poetic form and political form in the tradition of the West. Students will explore, in particular, how the Incarnation shapes the roles of imagination, prudence, and the heroic in literature and political philosophy. Readings in poetry, fiction, and American Founding documents will be considered.
Moral Philosophy: How Do We Make the Right Decisions? (1 credit) – Rev. Fr. Stephen Rocker
THIS COURSE IS NOW FULL
Natural law morality and utilitarianism are incompatible frameworks of moral reasoning, yet elements of both are mixed in the public mind. Catholic moral teaching and the Western system of law are grounded in natural law. This course will present these two moral frameworks and apply them to moral issues.
$395.00 USD
Tuition includes room and board. The purchase of a book may be required for some classes. Students should bring spending money for off-campus trips.