Divine Heart Seminary - Focus Yearbook (Donaldson, IN)

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Above: Carrying the school flags, Student Council officers led the procession into the chapel to begin the Commencement Exercise . Below: Time after the ceremonies was spent in final farewells and visits with families . Below: The Class posed for pictures Exercises ended. The traditional Pomp and Circumstance provided the processional accompaniment at 2:00, when the graduates, faculty, and guest speaker entered the chapel for the Commencement Exercises . After an invocation by Father Fred Moffett, the seniors gave brief reflections and words of farewell to their families and friends. The guest speaker for the occasion was Bishop William E . McManus, Bishop of Fort Wayne - South Bend. Following the bishop's address , Paul Smith, Ph.D. , acting principal, conferred the diplomas on the graduates . of '78 and the faculty after the Commencent . ar . ,..t .J au it fiy ,, 5 an im L W vi. 1 i UZ f 4.25 s A L' sl A if A Q l ' 1 F Q, , . v

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M-..-my Father Dominic Wessel delivered the closing Benediction, and the assembly marched out of the chapel to the hymn, War March of the Priests, by Mendelssohn. Mrs. Beth Worsham played the organ. Following the ceremonies , there was time for some final farewells , and the seniors departed for their homes and the start of new lives. Above: Father Schmidt congratulates jerry Rodriguez upon his receipt of the coveted Michael J. Noonan Award at the seniors' Awards Assembly. Below: Graduate jeff Monier addresses parting remarks to his classmates and friends. if v R 'Q