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�I had many family members push me toward TAC,� says Max Tittmann (�22), who will be joining the ranks of prefects for the 2022 High Summer Program in California. Yet despite his family�s nudging, Max was unimpressed. �Growing up, I always thought there were two kinds of people: good Catholics, and people who are fun.�

It took an act of God to convince him otherwise. �I primarily blame my attendance at TAC on the prayers of Fr. Sebastian,� he laughs. When Max attended St. Michael�s High School in Silverado, California, Rev. Sebastian Walshe, O.Praem. (�94)  � an alumnus, a professor of philosophy, and a perennial California Summer Program chaplain � began praying for Max�s change of heart. �Despite my best efforts to be a stubborn, difficult, arrogant, rebellious high schooler,� Max admits, �his prayers overcame my flawed sense of priorities and convinced me that I should go to TAC.�

So Max decided to try the Summer Program � and that was when the prayers started kicking in. �I realized that there�s a way to be both a good Catholic and a fun person,� he recalls. �One of the biggest things from the program was being with a really solid group of guys � great Catholics who thoroughly believed in everything they were doing, but who were also really fun people.� With this new perspective, Max returned to the College as a freshman, and he graduated just a few weeks ago.

On the eve of this year�s Summer Program, Max wants to encourage any skeptical attendees with reservations like his to keep an open mind: �Just seeing how genuinely happy people at the College are,� he says, �can be mind-blowing.�