2011 Graduation

John Paul the Great Catholic University’s 3rd Commencement will be held on Saturday, September 10, 2011 at Good Shepherd Catholic Church. The University will grant its first graduate MBA degrees to the graduates of our first MBA class, who completed their studies in March 2011, and to students in our second class, who will complete their studies on or before Sept 2011. There are 24 undergraduate students in the class of 2011.  

Schedule:

  • 10:00am: Commencement Mass & Graduation Ceremony
    Celebrant: Fr Richard Huston, Chaplain
    Homilist; Fr Donald Timone
  • 12:30pm: Graduation Luncheon & Photographs - Good Shepherd Parish Hall

Detailed Schedule (pdf)

Commencement Speaker: Romain Lize

Romain is Vice President of Marketing for Magnificat, a division of the global conglomerate Media Participations. He is also Deputy Publisher of the monthly Magnificat devotional. Mr. Lize recently oversaw the publication of Magnificat's version of the Roman Missal, and the publication of the program for World Youth Day in Madrid. Among Magnificat's core principles, as evidenced in the artistic quality of its products, is the power of beauty to evangelize. In his daily work, Romain integrates business, technology, media and theology, and is blessed with the opportunity to live his Christian vocation explicitly, applying the Church's social teachings in the business world.

He has his MBA from ESSEC, one of Europe's top business schools. He lives with his wife, Jane and their four children in the village of Versailles, outside of Paris