Teens struggle with the issue of being questioned ad nauseam about their future plans by well-meaning adults. We should be more sensitive to our graduates' emotional needs.
As an undergraduate at CUA, Kathryn Jean Lopez was kicked out of her dorm for being bold in her questions and reporting. She was shocked when she received a note from the university that she was being granted an honorary doctorate
“Anyone with eyes can see that something is off,” said Harrison Butker, addressing the crowds gathered for commencement at his alma mater, Georgia Institute of Technology. “It would seem the more connected people are to one another, the more they feel alone,”
Pauline Sister Nancy Usselmann writes in her column this week about how each of us can use our God-given talents to benefit the common good. A new movie coming out this month, “Jerry and Marge Go Large,” tells the true story of
At Catholic college and university graduation ceremonies across the country, speakers praised students for lessons learned during these past four years that had nothing to do with classes, projects or late-night study sessions, but instead with how they adapted to their workload
Graduations are back.
This spring, all four of the Arlington diocesan Catholic high schools plan to have in-person, outdoor graduations on their football fields. After pandemic safety measures necessitated virtual ceremonies last year, school communities are looking forward to the commencement festivities.
Joseph Vorbach,
With his daughter’s high school graduation coming quickly, Our Sunday Visitor managing editor Scott Warden reminisces about his own childhood and offers a few pieces of advice to his soon-to-be graduate. He writes: “Stay close to the Church. You have an amazingly
Catholic college graduation ceremonies -- like everything else this past year -- look different. But they are primarily happening in-person unlike last year, when many ceremonies were canceled or took place virtually.
Some commencement ceremonies will be in bigger venues to give crowds
In his latest column from Our Sunday Visitor, Monsignor Owen Campion explores what the Church and the world have learned from Benedictine monks throughout the ages. He writes that Benedictines were the experts, the learned and the informed, and they shared their
Graduation ceremonies, the hallowed traditions of colleges and universities around the country, are as upended -- but also marked with creativity -- as school lectures and seminars have been since mid-March. The milestone events, taking place throughout the month of May, have