Class of 2027 Celebrates Junior Ring Mass

Hands hold open a velvet ring box revealing a blue-stoned class ring, with a blurred blue suit jacket in the background.
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Class of 2027 Celebrates Junior Ring Mass

Members of the Malvern Prep Community gathered this afternoon to celebrate the Class of 2027 Junior Ring Mass, a significant milestone marking the students’ transition from their junior to senior year and their recommitment to the promises first made during their freshman-year Brotherhood Ceremony.

Rev. William Gabriel, O.S.A., presided over the liturgy, offering a message that both affirmed and challenged the students. “Now is the time to lean in and to anticipate what’s next, and the needs of those around us,” he said. He called on the rising senior class to embrace their role as leaders on campus and to renew their commitment to the ideals of the Friar Brotherhood. “For we say that we are Truth, Unity, and Love. Go be it!” he added.

During the Mass, junior rings and pins were blessed as enduring symbols of the unity and the unbroken bond of the Friar Brotherhood.

Student speaker Will Boerner ’26 offered a reflection, reminding the Class of 2027, “We don’t just learn in classrooms, and we don’t suddenly start serving when we leave this place. We learn how to serve by serving each other in the small moments, in the unnoticed choices, in the way you show up for the people sitting next to you every single day,” he said. His remarks echoed one of the school’s guiding principles displayed at the campus entrance: “We enter as boys to learn; we exit as men to serve.”

As the junior class stood to reaffirm the commitments made at their Brotherhood Ceremony, they signaled their readiness to lead with compassion, humility, and integrity. The liturgy served as the culmination of a day-long retreat centered on fellowship, reflection, and the enduring strength of the Friar Brotherhood.

A hand wearing a blue-stoned class ring is held forward against a blurred background of green grass and people.
A young man in a suit walks down the aisle of a church filled with seated guests, while a choir loft is visible in the background.
Three young men in matching navy blazers and patterned ties stand with arms around each other in front of a blurred background of green trees and a building.
Seven young men in suits stand in front of a large tree, with a building and green trees in the background.
Two men in suits shake hands in the foreground, while a blurred audience sits in pews in the background of a brightly lit hall.
A hand proudly displays a class ring with a blue stone, set against a background of a blue and white striped tie.
Hands hold open a velvet ring box revealing a blue-stoned class ring, with a blurred blue suit jacket in the background.