Commencement Addresses Christendom College
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Each year Christendom College hosts a special guest speaker at Commencement to address the graduating class.
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Robert Cardinal Sarah: 2022 Commencement Address
Internationally renowned author and theologian Robert Cardinal Sarah was honored during Christendom College's 2022 Commencement Ceremonies, with the college awarding him an honorary doctorate of humane letters before he delivered this year’s commencement address.
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Lou Holtz: 2021 Commencement Address
Christendom College celebrated its forty-second commencement on May 15, awarding 121 undergraduate degrees to the Class of 2021. Legendary college football coach Lou Holtz was also honored during the ceremony, with the college awarding him the Pro Deo et Patria Award for Distinguished Service to God and Country before he delivered this year’s commencement address.
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Patrick Madrid: 2020 Commencement Address
Christendom College celebrated its forty-first commencement on August 9, awarding 89 undergraduate degrees to the Class of 2020. Author and radio personality Patrick Madrid was also honored during the ceremony, with the college awarding him the Pro Deo et Patria Award for Distinguished Service to God and Country before he delivered this year’s commencement address.
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Fr. Robert Spitzer: 2019 Commencement Address
Christendom College honored its 40th graduating class during Commencement Weekend, May 10-12. Author Fr. Robert Spitzer, S.J., delivered the commencement address and was awarded the college’s St. Peter Canisius Award.
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Associate Justice Clarence Thomas: 2018 Commencement Address
Associate Justice Clarence Thomas delivered the commencement address at the 2018 Commencement Ceremonies at Christendom College
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Cardinal Gerhard Müller: 2017 Commencement Address
Garhard Cardinal Muller is Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and President of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei.” He received an honorary doctorate from the college and gave the 2017 commencement address.