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Celebrating graduates in the class of 2023

This special series highlights members of the class of 2023 from Catholic schools in The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington. (Photo by Patrick G. Ryan/The Catholic University of America)

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Holy Cross seniors’ service outreach includes Anacostia River clean-up

Every year, with the exception of during the pandemic, Academy of the Holy Cross seniors spend a day in clusters, scattered around the Washington-area helping communities. This...

Cardinal’s Medal awarded to high school graduates at Carroll and Cristo Rey

The Baccalaureate Mass is one of the final rites of passage for Catholic high school students. For many schools, the Mass serves a dual purpose, with an award ceremony and the...

‘Stone Ridge legend’ Sister Anne Dyer encourages centennial class graduates to reflect goals of Sacred Heart education in their lives

As she addressed the 96 young women in the class of 2023 of Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart in Bethesda at the school’s June 8 commencement ceremony, Catherine Ronan...

Experiences inside and outside classroom prepare Archbishop Carroll seniors for the future

As they pursue their dreams for the future, two members of the class of 2023 at Archbishop Carroll High School in Washington, D.C., with roots in different parts of the world said...

Trinity grad to focus her experience on a career in public health advocacy

Andrea Chavez’s extensive list of accomplishments stretches into her childhood, as she overcame serious injuries from a car crash and figured out how get to college despite being...

For Eagle Scout project, Avalon senior installs new Mary Garden at his school

After the recent tragic passing of an Avalon School sophomore, the students, faculty and staff of the all-boys K-12 Catholic school in Wheaton, came together to pray for the...

Brookewood senior, inspired by father’s care, wants to become a doctor

Not long after her father was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2019, Allison Hunt, a Brookewood School senior, firmly decided what she wanted to do for the rest of her life....

Ukrainian refugee graduating from DeMatha said its music program and brotherhood helped him feel at home

Fifteen months after his harrowing escape from Ukraine in the early days of Russia’s invasion of his home country, Ivan Dmytriiev of the class of 2023 at DeMatha Catholic High...

Top seniors at Don Bosco Cristo Rey exemplify ‘The School That Works’

With its college prep curriculum and its innovative Corporate Work Study Program, Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School in Takoma Park, Maryland, is known as “The School that Works,”...

After being leaders at St. John’s, top two students of class of 2023 hope to serve others as doctors

On the way to becoming the valedictorian of the class of 2023 at St. John’s College High School in Washington, D.C., Connor Shannon was a co-captain of the varsity lacrosse team...

St. Anselm’s senior will continue Benedictine tradition at university

Brady McElroy’s favorite subject is history. The member of the class of 2023 at St. Anselm’s Abbey School in Washington, D.C., participates in the school’s history club and St....

Visibility and support at Holy Child propels student to Spelman College

The dust has settled. The SATs and ACTs are in the rearview mirror, along with Common Application; Advanced Placement (AP) tests have been taken, and college decisions have been...

Patrick DuFour played sports, sang in a rock band, and joined fellow Prep students in being ‘Men for Others’

Patrick DuFour of the class of 2023 at Georgetown Preparatory School in North Bethesda has lived out the Jesuit school’s goal for students of being “Men for Others” by starting a...

With Vamos tutoring program, Visitation senior helps bolster Hispanic children’s schoolwork and self-esteem

The tutoring program for Hispanic children that Georgetown Visitation senior Maia Medley has been leading with fellow students on Saturday mornings is called Vamos, based on the...

As a West Point cadet, Chase Pearson will draw on leadership and teamwork he learned at DeMatha

When Chase Pearson enters the U.S. Military Academy at West Point this summer as an Army cadet, he said he will draw on lessons in leadership, teamwork, service and faith that he...

After AP classes and his research at a hospital, Gonzaga senior heading to Stanford

With the exception of his religion class, all of John Corso’s classes at Gonzaga College High School in Washington are Advanced Placement classes, including AP Chemistry, AP...

Seton graduate who is accomplished cellist and skater will attend Yale

Caroline Figaro, who graduates this year from Elizabeth Seton High School in Bladensburg, Maryland, has played the cello for 14 of her 18 years. She recalls taking lessons when...

Three Good Counsel graduating seniors earn appointments to West Point

During their commencement ceremonies this spring, graduating seniors from Catholic high schools in The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington will step forward to receive their...

In essays, Stone Ridge seniors reflect on their school’s centennial

Goals to live by (The following essay was written by Natalie Starmann, a member of the class of 2023 at Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart in Bethesda, Maryland.)...

St. Mary’s Ryken engineering scholar builds bridge for school’s cross country team

Although she graduates this year from St. Mary’s Ryken High School in Leonardtown, Maryland, Kathleen Cain has built a bridge with – and for – the school that will last long after...

For McNamara senior Ava Garland, dance is a way to express herself

Ava Garland, a member of the class of 2023 at Bishop McNamara High School in Forestville, Maryland is a student on the move. Literally. She ends her high school years with an...

Growing Conway School of Nursing at Catholic University fosters ‘a wonderful life’

Among those happily watching the May 11 pinning ceremony for students about to graduate from the Conway School of Nursing at The Catholic University of America was William E....

Nursing’s next generation: Profiles of students at CUA’s Conway School of Nursing

Rita Rogers, a senior and Conway Scholar at the Conway School of Nursing at The Catholic University of America, graduated with fellow nursing students during CUA’s commencement...