May 14, 2011 / 17:28 pm
Be grateful for “the joy that comes from knowing the truth,” Bishop James D. Conley exhorted the 2011 graduating class of Christendom College. He prayed that the graduates acknowledge themselves as fellow disciples of a single “Teacher,” Jesus Christ.
“You have consecrated yourselves in this great service of the truth. You have built your school on the foundation of Jesus Christ, who is the way, the truth, and the life — and the true light that enlightens every man and woman,” the auxiliary bishop of Denver said in his homily at the May 13 Baccalaureate Mass.
The Front Royal, Va. college graduated 80 students with bachelor’s degrees and one student with an associate’s degree over the weekend.
“Our faith in Christ changes the way we see the world and the way we see ourselves,” the bishop continued. This change is the starting point of an authentic Catholic higher education which “joins the insights of faith with our natural faculties of intellect and reason.”