Nashotah House

06/02/2026

The Library Porch Hangout has become a time-honored Commencement Day tradition at the House.

06/01/2026

On May 21, Nashotah House celebrated its 180th Commencement Exercises, conferring degrees to 24 graduates.

Join us in praying for the Class of 2026 as they embark on their next chapter of ministry in the Church and in their communities.

From the Nashotah House prayer:

Bless all who may be trained here; take from them all pride, vanity, and self-conceit, and give them true humility and self-abasement. Enlighten their minds, subdue their wills, purify their hearts, and so pe*****te them with your Spirit and fill them with your love, that they may go forth animated with earnest zeal for your glory; and may your ever living Word so dwell within their hearts, that they may speak with that resistless energy of love which shall melt the hearts of sinners to the love of you.

05/29/2026

During our 2026 Commencement Exercises, an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters was awarded to Jacki Boedecker, former Director of Children’s Formation at Church of the Redeemer Sarasota. Jacki was recognized for her nearly four-decade commitment to the biblical formation of children.

05/28/2026

We were honored to have the Rt. Rev. Darrell Critch, Bishop of Mahajanga, Madagascar, as our Commencement Speaker last week. Bishop Critch was also granted a Doctorate of Divinity during the Commencement service for his missionary work in the Anglican Province of the Indian Ocean.

Bishop Critch received his Master of Divinity from Nashotah House in 2000 and his Doctor of Ministry in 2018.

You can watch his Commencement Address here: https://www.youtube.com/live/xojD5y4Q_CE?si=qUahSW_fv9v4xlKG&t=3440

And read more reflections from his work as a missionary bishop on his Substack: https://bishopdarrellcritch.substack.com/

05/21/2026

Join us today at 10 AM (CT)! Livestream Nashotah House's 2026 Commencement
🎥: https://www.youtube.com/live/xojD5y4Q_CE

05/05/2026

Return to Nashotah House for Alumni Day on Wednesday, May 20, and celebrate our graduates during Commencement on Thursday, May 21!

REGISTER TODAY: https://www.nashotah.edu/commencement26/

05/04/2026

What's better than visiting a parish led by a Nashotah House alum? Visiting a parish with three Nashotah House alumni on the clergy team!

Dean Whitnah spent yesterday morning at Church of the Redeemer Sarasota, where Fr. Charleston Wilson ('13) serves as rector, Fr. Mason Waldhauser ('20) as associate rector, and Fr. Andrew Yow ('25) as curate.

04/30/2026

We’re excited to announce a special promotion for the The Tree of Life: An Arts Retreat at Nashotah House:

🎨 Church groups: When two or more people register from the same congregation, each participant will receive a $200 discount on their registration.

🎨 Alumni: Graduates of Nashotah House will receive a $200 discount on their registration.

🎨 Bring a Friend: Invite a friend to participate in the retreat with you and each of you will receive a $200 discount.

To redeem the discount, select the appropriate promotion in the drop-down menu on the registration form. Registration is open until May 15: https://www.nashotah.edu/arts-retreat-2026

04/30/2026

Can you spot us? 🔍

**Update with answer: Last week’s two-for-one photo featured Upper and Lower Nashotah Lakes! Check back tomorrow for the next entry in this weekly photo series, "Guess the Lake."

Week 2 of our new photo series: Guess the Lake!

This week is a two-for-one challenge. We’re featuring an upper and lower lake sharing the same name. Can you tell which Oconomowoc area lakes these are? All of the aerial photos in this series were taken in the late 1970s (likely on the same day). Some will be easy… others a bit trickier. Think you know the answer? Drop your guess in the comments! We’ll update this post with the answer next Tuesday. Good luck and have fun!

04/27/2026

Are sacred pictorial images powerful or dangerous?

Students will explore that question and others during "Icons, Idols, and Idolatry," a summer course with Dr. Robin Jensen.

The course will examine the history of the visual image’s place in religious practice, beginning with biblical texts that associate images with idolatry and continuing through the controversies over the role of visual art, icons, and image through this history of the church. Topics include the early Christian disparagement of pagan idols, the Byzantine “war on images” in the eighth and ninth centuries, the theological defense of sacred icons in both East and West, the relationship between miraculous images and holy relics, the Protestant Reformation repudiation of sacred visual art from the sixteenth century forward, and the role of art for the church today.

Apply by May 1: www.nashotah.edu/summer-2026