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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