Christendom College celebrated its 46th commencement May 17, awarding 129 undergraduate degrees to the Class of 2025 — the largest graduating class in the college’s history.
Francis X. Maier, senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, delivered this year’s commencement address and received an honorary doctorate of humane letters in recognition of his outstanding contributions to Catholic faith, culture, and public life.
Maier, who served for 23 years as senior aide to Archbishop Charles J. Chaput and 15 years as editor-in-chief of the National Catholic Register, praised the graduates during his address, encouraging them to bring Christendom’s mission — to restore all things in Christ — into the world in new and impactful ways.
The college was honored to also welcome back to campus Bishop Michael F. Burbidge, who celebrated the Baccalaureate Mass and joined graduates for the graduation dinner May 16.
George A. Harne, Christendom president, concluded the commencement ceremonies with his first charge ever to a Christendom graduating class May 17. Harne urged the graduates to keep the faith in the days ahead, always turning and giving all to Christ as they step into their vocations.
Bachelor’s degrees were awarded to the following graduates: 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 also awarded two associate’s degrees to Theresa Byers and Samuel Francomb.
