Posted May 23, 2023

See scenes from the May 17 Concursus ceremony at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary. 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 college programs.

On behalf of the St. Charles Seminary Board of Trustees, Archbishop Pérez conferred the Seminary’s honorary degree, a Doctor of Laws degree, honoris causa, to Philadelphia native Helen M. Alvaré, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and the Robert A. Levy Endowed Chair in Law and Liberty at Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University. Alvaré delivered the last graduation ceremony Concursus address at the seminary’s Wynnewood campus before its relocation to Lower Gwynedd in 2024. (Photos: Sarah Webb)

  • Father Keith Chylinski and Archbishop Nelson Pèrez presents Professor Helen Alvarè with her Honorary Degree

  • Father Keith Chylinski, Archbishop Nelson Pèrez, Professor Helen Alvarè

  • Archbishop Nelson Pèrez presents Professor Helen Alvarè with her Honorary Degree

  • Professor Helen Alvarè, Doctor of Laws, Honoris Causa

  • Professor Helen Alvarè, Father Keith Chylinski, Archbishop Nelson Pèrez

  • Bishop Timothy Senior and Bishop Alfred Schlert

  • Robert Hutz Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy by Archbishop Nelson Pèrez with Father Keith Chylinski, rector, and Father Patrick Brady, vice-rector

  • Daniel Monastra presented Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy by Archbishop Nelson Pèrez with Father Keith Chylinski, rector

  • Brandon Schmidt presented Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy presented Master by Archbishop Nelson Pèrez with Father Keith Chylinski, rector

  • Father Keith Chylinski, rector, congratulates Michael Topley as resented Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy presented Master of Divinity by Archbishop Nelson Pèrez

  • Concursus Speaker- Paul Boyer

  • Josè Alexander Palacios presented Master of Divinity by Archbishop Nelson Pèrez

  • Father Keith Chylinski, rector, congratulates Brendan Zehner as he receives Master of Divinity by Archbishop Nelson Pèrez

  • Deacon Anthony Albanese presented Master of Arts in Theology by Archbishop Nelson Pèrez with Father Keith Chylinski, rector

  • Conor Donnelly presented Master of Arts in Theology by Archbishop Nelson Pèrez

  • Deacon Randall Kraft presented Master of Arts in Theology by Archbishop Nelson Pèrez with Father Keith Chylinski, rector,

  • Deacon John Okapara presented Master of Arts in Theology by Archbishop Nelson Pèrez

  • Sister Christina Marie Roberts, IHM presented Master of Arts in Theology by Archbishop Nelson Pèrez

  • Father Keith Chylinski, rector

  • Archbishop Nelson Pèrez addresses the graduates

  • Mark Gomba, Robert Hurtz, Daniel Monastra- Bachlor of Arts in Philosophy receiptients

  • Michael Topley- Bachelor of Arts in Philosphy receipient recesses out with his degree

  • Bernard Ekeagwu and fellow Master of Divinity receipients during the National Anthem

  • Father Patrick Brady, Father Robert Pesarchick, Father Keith Chylinski, Archbishop Nelson Pèrez, Professor Helen Alvarè Closing Prayer

  • Deacon John Okapara, Deacon Kenneth Omeke, Sister Christine Marie Roberts, IHM, Conor Donnelly recess out after receiving Master of Arts in Theology Degrees

  • Front row- Father Jason Buck, Father Patrick Brady, Father Keith Chylinski, Professor Helen Alvarè, Archbishop Nelson Pèrez, Bishop Timothy Senior, Bishop Alfred Schlert, Father Christopher Cooke, Father Herb Sperger, Msgr. Michael Magee, Father Robert Pesarchick, Father Javier Santaballa with all those receiving Master of Divinity, Master of Arts in Theology, and Bachelor of Arts Degrees

  • Professor Helen Alvarè and Archbishop Nelson Pèrez