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The Ignatian Educator

Commencement Speakers, Part I

April 16, 2015

Commencement season is nearing, and colleges and universities have started to announce their choices for who will send off their graduating classes with wisdom for the ages -- or at least for the afternoon. Who is speaking at Catholic colleges and universities? Here is a list of some Catholic schools that have published their speaker selections (I will update once more have been announced).

 

University of Notre Dame

Christopher Patten

 

The Catholic University of America

Mary Higgins Clark

 

Ave Maria University

Arthur C. Brooks

 

Santa Clara University

Fr. James Martin, S.J.

 

Boston College

Archbishop Blase Joseph Cupich, Archdiocese of Chicago

 

College of the Holy Cross

Bryan Stevenson

 

Fairfield University

Fr. James Martin, S.J., and Fr. Greg Boyle, S.J.

 

Gonzaga University

Fr. Greg Boyle, S.J.

 

Marquette University

Sister Peggy O'Neill

 

Le Moyne College

Timothy Cardinal Dolan

 

John Carroll University

David W. Short

 

Loyola University New Orleans

Bob Woodward

 

Loyola University Maryland

Nicholas Burns

 

St. Mary's College

Sr. Rosemary Connelly, RSM

 

University of Dallas

L. Brent Bozell III

 

Franciscan University

Lou Holtz

 

 

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