Posted June 7, 2018

St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, Wynnewood awarded a Doctor of Humane Letters degree, honoris causa, to Catholic University of America Clinical Professor of Entrepreneurship Andreas Widmer at its concursus ceremony Wednesday, May 16. Concursus is the seminary’s annual graduation ceremony where academic degrees are awarded to seminarians as well as religious and lay students enrolled in its college and graduate degree programs.

The night preceding Concursus, the seminarians receiving their academic degrees gathered in St. Martin’s Chapel for their baccalaureate Mass celebrated by Bishop Timothy C. Senior, rector. See scenes from the Mass and concursus. (Photos by Sarah Webb)

  • Declan Cole prays during baccalaureate Mass at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary.

  • Randall Kraft recives holy Communion at bacculaurete Mass the night before concursus.

  • Andrew Lane prays after receiving Communion.

  • Members of the MAAC Program — Ministry to African American Catholics — process into St. Martin’s Chapel during concursus.

  • All participants at concursus, a civil ceremony, pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.

  • Entrepreneur and professor Andreas Widmer speaks at councursus after receiving Doctor of Humane Letters degree at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary.

  • Bishop Timothy Senior and Archbishop Charles Chaput applaud Andreas Widmer as he receives his honorary degree from the seminary.

  • Joseph P. Creavey, a fourth college seminarian studying for the Diocese of Harrisburg, gives the address for his class at concursus.

  • Seminarian Ricardo Tobar of the Philadelphia Archdiocese receives his Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy from Bishop Timothy Senior, rector of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary.

  • Archbishop Charles Chaput congratulates Rev. Mr. Anthony Raymundo at concurus.

  • Deacon James Mahoney receives his Master of Arts degree in theology.

  • Andreas Widmer chats with some of the seminarians after concursus.