graduation beacon 2012

The BeaconBishop Machebeuf High School ~ Denver, Colorado ~ Graduation Edition, 2012

The Class of 2012

Mr. Skipwith’s Address to the Class of 2012

Misgana AlemSamuel AmbroseFernanda Antunez

Sergio ArmasJulio BecerrilKimberly BellSkylyn Borne

Jennifer CamposCintya ChamJeffrey Clark

Thomas CoggerLucinda Constantino

Joshua CorreaMaria CrosslandDaniel Delgado

Abel DestaKevin DietelJesse Douglas

Alula FitsumEric Flageolle

Christopher GatesAshanti Gosha

John GraasCayla Harris

Michael HarrisonRebecca Howell

Tyler IwasakiMarrissa JonesDavid Jones, Jr.Alyssa KuceraCecelia LandisEmily LandryOlivia Lang

Andrea LazzaraManuel LipicDavid Lovell

Jordan Madrid-AndrewsJohn Mares

John MarriottCinthia Martinez

Joni MaxsonBria May

Nevan McCabeNorissa McKinneyAlexandra MealletCatherine MeyerGabriella MillerVeronica Miller

Dianna MontoyaPierce Moynihan

Antonio MurdockKevin Murphy

Joshua NapierkowskiReba Nazish

Kaleigh NitzBrianna O’Shea

Nicholas RichardsHenry RutherfordGloria Sandoval

Damian SiuJessenia SosaLe’Nia Stitt

Nicholas SuhrStajá Thomas

Alexandria TinaJessica Tovado

Claudia VazquezAlexandra VohsJaron Walker

Brian WickowskiAndraya WilliamsHee Dam Yoon

Our graduates have gained admission to: Academy of Art University, Adams State College, Arapahoe Community College, Arizona State University, Art Institute of Colorado, Ave Maria University, Benedictine College, California Lutheran University, California State University - Long Beach, California State University - San Diego, Catholic University of America, City University of Hong Kong, Clark Atlanta University, Colorado Mesa University, Community College of Denver, Creighton University, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Fort Lewis College, Franciscan University of Steubenville, Full Sail University, Gonzaga University, Howard University, Iowa State University, Jackson State University, Johnson & Wales University, Kansas State University, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Montana State University, Morehouse College, Northern Arizona University, Occidental College, Pennsylvania State University, Pepperdine University, Providence College, Red Rocks Community College, Regis University, Rockhurst University, Rutgers University, Saint Mary’s College of Notre Dame, Salve Regina University, Seattle University, Seton Hall University, Southern Methodist University, St. John’s University, State University of New York - Albany, State University of New York - Binghampton, Texas Wesleyan University, The George Washington University, The Ohio State University, Tuskegee University, University of Alabama, University of California - San Diego, University of California - Santa Barbara, University of Colorado - Boulder, University of Colorado - Colorado Springs, University of Colorado - Denver, University of Dallas, University of Dayton, University of Denver, University of Hawai’i - Manoa, University of Iowa, University of Maryland, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, University of New Mexico, University of Northern Colorado, University of Portland, University of St. Thomas, University of Wyoming, Western State College, Wyotech Institute, Xavier University, Xavier University of Louisiana

Congratulations to our graduating Class of 2012!

The Class of 2012 earned $3.2 million in scholarships

Bishop Machebeuf High Schoolan academic community of faith

Bishop Machebeuf High School

Good morning and welcome to the commencement exercises for the graduating class of 2012!

What a true blessing it is to be here with you all this morning. We are here today in celebration of the great accomplishments, the great gifts, and the promising future that these young men and women before us bring, and I thank everyone here today for your attendance at this most joyous occasion. Thank you to our Apostolic Administrator, the Reverend Bishop James Conley. Superintendent of Catholic Schools, Mr. Richard Thompson. Faculty, Sta� and Administration. And thank you especially to the parents of our graduates; for your unwavering support, sel�ess sacri�ce, and prayerfully discerned investment in your children’s futures and the future of the Catholic Church!

However, more importantly, I would like to address our guests of honor this morning. To the graduates of the Class of 2012. You are truly a remarkable group of students who have excelled in your varied endeavors over the course of the past four years at Bishop Machebeuf High School. You have excelled and achieved intellectually, athletically, socially and in your service to mankind. Sitting before me today are National Merit Finalist and Commended Students, artists, actors and singers and musicians, and our very own 3A Basketball Player of the Year!! For the third consecutive year, this academic community of faith will witness 100% of its graduates gaining admission to colleges and universities nationally and internationally. What is most beautiful about these and all of the accomplishments not mentioned here this morning, is that you each humbly acknowledge that none of this could have been achieved without coming to know, love and serve Him who came before us – Jesus Christ.

You all, sitting here this morning, are a very special group of young people. You have been a part of a truly remark-able gift. For four years, you have come to know, love and desire to serve the person Jesus Christ. Not an idea, but a person. Who revealed that HE is the way. HE is the truth and HE is the Life! This is a remarkable gift, because He shares with us, invites us, to know Him…to know the TRUTH. With this revelation, through the gift of Catholic education, you are each eager to accept the challenge to examine your conscience, to stand �rm in the moral and spiritual convictions of Christianity, and to stand up for what is right always!

Now, you are each heading your separate ways next year; from the University of Notre Dame and Benedictine College to Howard University and the City University of Hong Kong! However, there is something that you each possess that you will take with you. You have the seed inside of you that grows with a burning desire to pursue the truth. You un-derstand your calling to share the truth with others. And you understand your call to evangelize all four corners of this earth. You know that you are not just any ordinary person on this planet, but rather one who was willed into being with a purpose to serve others. You know that you are invited into a personal friendship with Christ and that in this relationship you will thrive in peace, happiness and ultimately love.

So, as you have studied the history of humanity through the lens of our Catholic faith over the course of the past four years, you have spent personal time serving your neighbors in need. You have come to appreciate the value and dig-nity of each human person as a brother and sister within the human family, and as we have been promised, “When you do this for the least of my brothers, you do this for ME”.

I would like to leave you with a quote from the book of Jeremiah. Chapter 29 Verse 11… which states, or rather promises - - “I know the plans I have for you, to give you a future and a hope says the Lord.”

This hope is the antithesis of despair, and of doubt. My prayer for you, the graduates of the Class of 2012, is that you take this hope with you always. And that this hope serves as an inspiration to you that when you leave us here today, that you go forth in con�dence that He has a plan for you to do great things.

Congratulations and God bless you.

Principal Mr. Jessie Skipwith