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Release Date: 5/12/2008
45 earn degrees from Saint Meinrad School of Theology

Graduates of Saint Meinrad School of Theology, St. Meinrad, IN, were awarded master’s degrees on May 10, 2008. Graduates accepted their diplomas from the Rt. Rev. Justin DuVall, OSB, archabbot of Saint Meinrad Archabbey and chairman of the School of Theology’s Board of Trustees.

The convocation address was given by the Most Rev. R. Walker Nickless, bishop of the Diocese of Sioux City. “You are called to be leaders of God’s chosen people,” he told the graduates. “As leaders, you are instruments of Christ’s grace.”

Receiving Master of Divinity degrees were:
 François Amouzou, Abbey of the Ascension of Dzogbegan, Togo;
 Elkin Gonzalez Perez and James Van Nguyen, Diocese of Tulsa;
 Jeremiah Grosse, St. Mary’s Abbey, Morristown, NJ;
 Aaron Jenkins and Joseph Newton, Archdiocese of Indianapolis;
 Matthew Lowry, Diocese of Phoenix;
 Saviour Nundwe, Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau;
 Dennis Schenkel, Diocese of Memphis;
 José Vázquez Morales, Diocese of Biloxi;
 Jeremy Wind, Diocese of Sioux City.

Receiving Master of Arts in Catholic Philosophical Studies degrees were:
Matthew Anderson, Diocese of Phoenix;
Anthony Baker, Assumption Abbey, Richardton, ND;
Jerry Byrd and Victor Neff, Archdiocese of Indianapolis;
Mauricio Carrasco and Andrew Hart, Diocese of Little Rock;
Scott Carroll and Christopher Mileski, Diocese of Toledo;
Brian Emmick, Diocese of Evansville;
Jason Hawman, Diocese of Green Bay;
Dominic Petan, Diocese of Lafayette, IN;
Christopher Rhodes, Archdiocese of Louisville

Receiving Master of Arts degrees in Catholic Thought and Life were:
Benito Cerimele, Greenwood, IN;
Adam Chapman, Diocese of Biloxi;
Michael Chrisman, Diocese of Pueblo;
Matthew Gaumer, Leuven, Belgium;
 Maggie Geene, Bloomington, IN;
 Susan Isaacs, Lanesville, IN;
 Jeffrey Jenkins, Carbondale, IL;
 Peter Marshall, Archdiocese of Indianapolis;
 Joseph Mobley III, Louisville, KY;
 John O’Neill, Diocese of Tulsa;
 Diane Stothard, Indianapolis, IN.

Receiving Master of Theological Studies degrees were:
 Donald Bagert Jr., Cape Girardeau, MO;
 Claire Baker, Zionsville, IN;
 Joseph Chrisman, Pueblo, CO;
 John Jacobi, Bradford, IN;
 Thomas Laird, Fennville, MI;
 Stephen Miller, Carmel, IN;
 Susan Motz, Cincinnati, OH;
 Gregory Welch, Union, NJ;
 Kizito Wenani, Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau, MO;
 Joyce Wittler, Bryan, OH;
 Gary Ziegler, Freetown, IN.



 
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