Christendom College will honor its forty-fifth graduating class during Commencement Weekend, May 10-12. Professor Tracey Rowland, the St. John Paul II Chair of Theology for the University of Notre Dame Australia, and Archbishop Timothy Broglio of the Archdiocese of the Military Services will be honored during the Commencement Ceremonies, with Rowland being given an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters and Archbishop Broglio being awarded the college’s Pro Deo et Patria Award for Service to God and Country.
This year’s commencement ceremonies are closed to the public and only graduates and select members of their families will be able to come onto campus for the various events. Beginning on Friday, the college will welcome guests to its Front Royal, Virginia, campus as they celebrate the achievements of the Class of 2024 with a Baccalaureate Mass in the college’s new Christ the King Chapel. On Saturday, Professor Rowland will deliver this year’s Commencement Address, while Archbishop Broglio will deliver remarks as well.
One hundred and twenty-five bachelor of arts degrees — tied for the most ever awarded by the college — will be awarded to the members of the Class of 2024 on Saturday, including: Isabel Abernathy, Anthony Accurso, Audrey Altmanshofer, Rebecca Anderson, Nathaniel Andres, Dominic Asan, Michael Belleville, Peter Boyne, Patrick Brezinsky, Joseph Burns, Bayley Byers, Alejandra Carlo, Patricia Carlo, Ambrose Cavalier, Mark Cermak, Halyna Charba, Anne Chavez, Dominic Clark, Samia Clerico, Amelia Coleman, Grace Collins, William Connor, Mary Coyne, Christian Dauchess, Madeline Davis, Jonathan De Los Reyes, Peter Dean, Doris Dewey, Dominic Di Falco, Roarke Dooney, Zachariah Durgin, Theresa Dwane, Laurel Eckenrode, Mary Eidem, Peter Ethridge, Alexander Evans, Amanda Evans, Kevin Farley, Margaret Fleischer, Maria Francis, Amelie Garnand, Madeline Gecosky, Rachel Grande, Elaine Gunthorpe, Morgan Harrison, Erin Hatley, Andrew Heisler, Sarah Hicks, Mary Anne Holler, Mary Clare Jamieson, Elizabeth Jensen, Michael Katreeb, Elizabeth Kaufman, Maria Kelly, John Kennedy, Georgius Korban, Samuel Kristine, Elizabeth Kuss, Keaton Leach, Benjamin Leiching, John Paul Luvera, Joanne Marra, Karla Arellano, Christopher Mathias, Mary Mattus, Alexander McDonald, Cecilia McFadden, Travis McFaden, Catherine McLaughlin, Andrew Mead, Megan Meehan, Madalyn Messier, Katharine Michael, Anna Milinovich, Peter Miller, Aidan Moorehouse, Sarah Morales, Monica Nachtegall, Margaret Nussio, Aidan Oakley, Daniel O’Hara, Philip O’Herron, Megan Okula, Gabrielle Olmstead, Veronica Pegis, Rita Penny, Rachel Piazza, Joseph Piroch, Clara Raabe, Giovanni Riguera-Petta, Christina Rodriguez, Mary Russo, Nicholas Schau, Samuel Schirra, Catherine Schmidt, Clare Sebestyen, Paul Sheedy, Laura Sigler, Maria Simon, Stephen Simpson, Elizabeth Speer, Liliana Speier, Anna Stachyra, Anna Staggenborg, Viginia Stahl, Anna Stein, Thomas Sullivan, Mary Swerda, Regina Swope, Kathleen Thomas, Gabriella Trause, John Paul Vander Woude, Faustina Whittaker, Anna Williams, Clare Williams, Peter Williams, Margaret Williamson, Andrew Willson, Nicholas Wilson, Hugh Wingate, Julia Wojtkun, William Wolfe III, Faith Woods, Samuel Wright, and Thomas Yee.
The college will also award one Associate of Arts degree to Amelia Howell.
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