Christendom College will honor its forty-sixth graduating class during Commencement Weekend, May 16-18, 2025. Francis X. Maier, Senior Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, will be honored during the Commencement Ceremonies and presented with an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters in recognition of his work promoting Catholic faith, culture, and public life.
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 accomplishments of the Class of 2025 with a Baccalaureate Mass in the college’s Christ the King Chapel. On Saturday, Maier will deliver this year’s Commencement Address.
129 bachelor of arts degrees — a record-setting class for the college — will be awarded to the members of the Class of 2025 on Saturday, including: Angel Aguayo-Aguilar, Paul Aguilar, Alexandra Altmanshofer, Ricardo Amaya Parra, Noah Anderson, Maureen Barrett, Andrew Beaulieu, Josie Belleville, Regina Bonvissuto, Lauren Bosack, Catherine Brezinsky, Natalie Briggs, Mary Buckner, Jude Burkett, Maximilian Buser, Anna Clark, Madelaine Clark, Miriam Cole, Sarah Connell, Sean Corcoran, Bernadette Criste, Anne Crnkovich, Joshua Cruz, James Cummings, Helen Davis, Alexander Dean, Giuliana DeFelice, John Dillon, Dermot Dolowy, Mary Doran, David Echaniz, Laura Eidem, Megan Ellis, Dinneen Evich, Michael Evich, Nora Farley, Angelina Fedoryka, David Foeckler, Aron Forthofer, Mary Fowler, Georgia Francis, Maria Fusco, Theresa Gabris, Derek Gilday, John Goedicke, Abigail Greca, John Gunthorpe, Juliette Halisky, Brendan Hichborn, Abigail Holmstedt, Margaret Howerton, Teresa Janaro, Lily Jones, Miranda Keller, Liam Kelly, Mary Kelly, Christopher Kleiber, William Kolesar, Claudia Kopeck, Andrew Krolick, Monica Kumon, Audrey Lademan, Monica LaFramboise, Mariam Lagano, Michael Lagarde, Stewart Lagarde III, Connor Lennon, Merideth Lilley, Michael Lindner, Daniel Lovelace, Luke Luckey, Suzanne Martin, Bridget McCaughey, Eibhilin McCloskey, Margaret McCourt, Mary McGuire, Catríona McKeon, Peter McMahon, Adrienne McShurley, Emily Meli, Thomas Miller, Kira Moore, Michael Moreno, Mary Noble, Catherine Nussio, Patrick Ohotnicky, Joseph Olbrych, Kaylee O’Neill, Colleen Pabst, Brian Pascoe, Blake Pearson, Meaghan Pierce, Maura Piroch, Jared Plasberg, Matthias Raes, Nicholas Reilly, Adam Rockwell Jr., Bernadette Rodriguez, Noah Rymer, Mary Sabados, Christopher Santschi, Colleen Scanlon, Elizabeth Scarchilli, Ana Schau, Geoffrey Scrivener, Hailey Sergent, Barbara Sexton, Hannah Simpson, Sarah Slaga, Damian Smith, Thomas Smith, Andrew Snyder, Samuel Sproule, Margaret Stahl, Thomas Stanford IV, Haley Steltz, Eleanor Sternfels, Charles Stevens, Brendan Summers, Catherine Thomas, Michael Townsend, John-Paul Tsakanikas, Jane Twyford, Christopher Usher, Sam Wade, Nicholas Ward, Olivia Wenzel, Teresa Louise Willard, and Monica Wingard.
The college will also award three Associate of Arts degrees to Theresa Byers, Samuel Francomb and Erin McLaughlin.
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