Archbishop Brown celebrated the Baccalaureate Mass on Friday, May 10, and
received an honorary doctorate before delivering the commencement address on
Saturday, May 11.
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In his commencement address, Archbishop Brown warned students that they
are entering “a world which more than ever is drifting aimlessly on a sea of
relativism, while at the same time being convulsed with spasms of anger
directed at traditional moral values.” He suggested that proclaiming that
truth does exist is the solution to many of the problems in this world.
“Indeed it even seems redundant for us to even mention this to you to
today,” he said. “Because the greatness and lasting value of your education at
Christendom has been premised precisely on this fact—that there is such a thing
as truth. And that truth and the search for truth is worth everything.”
Concluding the archbishop urged graduates to always seek the truth and
witness to it in their lives.
“Your years at Christendom have given you an unparalleled preparation
for living your faith in our contemporary world,” he said. “By loving the truth
and living the truth, you will have an effect on everyone you come in contact
with—an effect that is accomplished simply by living and not necessarily always
by preaching.”
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