Belen Jesuit Class of 2025
One Hundred Seventy
May 23, 2025
St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus, urged his followers to
“Go forth and set the world on fire.”
Presiding Officer
Commencement Exercises
Rev. Guillermo M. García-Tuñón, S.J., E.D. ‘87
President
Processional
Invocation
National Anthem
Commencement Address
Presentation of Diplomas
Pomp and Circumstance
Br. Hunter D’Armond, S.J.
Interim Dean of Mission and Formation
Gabriel José Sintas ‘25
Sir Andreas Widmer
Director of the Arthur and Carlyse Ciocca Center for Principled Entrepreneurship and Associate Professor, The Catholic University of America’s Busch School of Business
Rev. Guillermo M. García-Tuñón, S.J., E.D. ‘87
President
Mr. José E. Roca ‘84
Principal
Presentation of Special Awards
Mr. José E. Roca ‘84
Principal
Brigadier’s Address
Recessional
Daniel Enrique Vilella ‘25
Pomp and Circumstance
Cover designed by illustrator Chris Lewis.
Commencement Speaker
Sir Andreas Widmer is the Director of the Arthur & Carlyse Ciocca Center for Principled Entrepreneurship and Associate Professor of Practice at The Catholic University of America’s (CUA) Busch School of Business.
In addition to his role at CUA, Sir Widmer was knighted by Pope Francis in 2024. He co-founded The SEVEN Fund, a philanthropic organization that promotes enterprise solutions to poverty. His extensive experience as a business executive spans high-tech, international business strategy, consulting, and economic development. He has held leadership roles at the OTF Group, Eprise Corporation, Dragon Systems, and FTP Software. His work has taken him across the globe, from the United States to Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America, leading teams to bring over 100 leading-edge technology products to market.
Sir Widmer is an accomplished author. He has explored the intersection of leadership, entrepreneurship, and spirituality. His book, The Pope & The CEO: Pope Saint John Paul II’s Lessons to a Young Swiss Guard, draws from his experiences serving as a Swiss Guard for Pope John Paul II and his subsequent career in business.
A former Pontifical Swiss Guard, Sir Widmer holds two business degrees from Switzerland, a B.S. in International Business from Merrimack College, and an M.A. from St. John’s Seminary in Boston. A dual citizen of Switzerland and the United States, he is fluent in English, German, Italian, and French.
Class of 2025 Brigadier
Daniel Enrique Vilella was selected by his peers, faculty and staff as the Brigadier for the class of 2025. Since beginning at Belen Jesuit in 6th grade, Daniel has embodied the values of a Belen education and has been involved in sports, academic teams, and clubs. His favorite school memory is serving alongside his Belen brothers on the Belen Youth Mission in the summer of 2024 in the Dominican Republic. Daniel will pursue a degree in architecture at the University of Miami.
“I am truly humbled to receive this incredible honor,” said Daniel. “ With such an amazing class of fellow brothers, so many of these young men are also deserving of being named Brigadier. However, I am incredibly grateful for being chosen and I want to thank all my classmates, faculty members, and family for contributing to my growth as a Man for Others. I hope that I can fully represent my class and the impact we have left on Belen forever.”
“As old as Belen itself, the Brigadier is the student who personifies best the values of a Belen education,” said Fr. Guillermo M. García-Tuñón, S.J. ‘87. “The French word, whose origin dates back to the early 17th century, refers to the title given to a leader of a brigade who leads his men into battle. For Belen, the Brigadier refers to a student leader who, through his example, as he stands at the end of his Belen career and prepares for the next chapter, leads his classmates into the rest of their lives. Danny is a wonderful example of those ideals and will be a wonderful example to his classmates by continuing to lead the life of a Catholic man.”
The Brigadier fulfills the characteristics of Jesuit education in an exemplary fashion. He is religious, open to growth, intellectually curious, loving, and committed to doing justice, as identified in our school’s mission statement.
Summa Cum Laude Cum Laude
NICOLÁS JESÚS ÁLVAREZ
DOMINIC JOSÉ AMES
XAVIER JOSÉ ARGAMASILLA
Cum Laude
VICTOR RAFAEL ABRIL
DAVID AGUILAR
ANDREW JOSEPH AIRA FRANCISCO ALEJANDRO ALEMÁN
MÁXIMO MANUEL ASPURU
SANTIAGO FERNANDO AVECILLAS
ERNESTO JORGE AVIÑÓ
LUCAS ALEJANDRO AVIÑÓ
Magna Cum Laude
Cum Laude
MATÍAS JAVIER AVIÑÓ
LUCCA MAURICIO BALLESTEROS-WEGENER
JACK RUDOLPH BALSERA
MANUEL OSCAR BARCELÓ
JUAN PATRICIO BARRENECHE
Magna
JONATHAN EDWARD BARTUREN
MICHAEL IGNACIO BASULTO
JULIO RENÉ BLANDÓN
ÁDRIAN MATHEO BODERO
ROCCO ERNESTO BRANGER
MICHAEL ALEJANDRO BRUNET
JEFFREY ALAN BRUNNER
ROBERT ANDREW CABALLERO
Summa Cum Laude
Cum Laude
Cum Laude
MCCULLOUGH CABANAS
MAX
NOAH CALLEJAS
LUCA GAETANO CANOBBIO
MIGUEL ANDRÉS CARRILLO
DAVID TAYLOR CARTAYA
ARTURO CASTELO
RODRIGO CAVADA
MATTHEW CELAYA
Magna Cum Laude
Cum Laude
Cum Laude
TOMÁS ANDRÉS CHANG
JAVIER RAÚL CORREA
CÉSAR ANTONIO CORTÉS
NICHOLAS ALEXANDER COSTELLO
LORENZO LUIS CRUZ-CRUZ
CHRISTIAN ANDRÉS CUETO
MATTHEW ALEXANDER DAIRE
ANTHONY DE LA PORTILLA
AIDEN MARCO DE OLIVEIRA
9th Ranking Senior
7th Ranking Senior
JUAN CARLOS DE SAUTU
LORENZO RAFAEL DE TORO LUCA IGNACIO DE ZÁRRAGA
DAVID DEL PINO
LUCAS ANDRÉS DELGADO
EMILIO IGNACIO DÍAZ III
FRANCISCO ALEJANDRO DÍAZ
Summa Cum Laude
Magna Cum Laude
Magna Cum Laude
LUKE EVAN DÍAZ
CHASE MICHAEL DOMÍNGUEZ
LORENZO JAVIER DÍAZ CAMPIZ
DANIEL ALEJANDRO ESPARRAGOZA
PEDRO ANTONIO DÍAZ-MERCADO
MITCHELL DÍAZ-QUINTERO
DANIEL NICOLÁS ESPINOZA SEBASTIÁN ALEJANDRO ESTRADA
Magna Cum Laude
JOEY
EDUARD FAUS GIL
8th Ranking Senior
GASPAR ANDRÉS FERNÁNDEZ
ANTHONY FERREIRO
CHRISTIAN FERREIRO
OLIVER SANTIAGO FLORES
ADRIÁN JOEL FONSECA
JUAN CARLOS FRANCO PERINI
JONATHAN FUENTES
Cum Laude
NICHOLAS CHARLES GARITY
Magna Cum Laude
Cum Laude
CARLOS HIDEYO GARCÉS
BRIAN ALEJANDRO GARCÍA
CHRISTOPHER GARCÍA
JACE ADEN GARCÍA
JACOB ALLEN GARCÍA
ZACHARY JOSEPH GARCÍA
MÁXIMO GUILLERMO GARCÍATUÑÓN
ALEXANDER JOEL GARRIDO
Cum Laude
ANDRÉS ENRIQUE GONZÁLEZ
Summa Cum Laude
DAVID JESÚS GARRIDO
LOGAN ALEXIS GIRADO
SEAN ROBERT GLACCUM
DANIEL ANDRÉS GÓMEZ
PABLO IGNACIO GÓMEZ-PERALTA
AMAURI DANIEL GONZÁLEZ
ANTONIO ROBERTO GONZÁLEZ
MATTHEW JULIÁN GONZÁLEZ
Cum Laude
ENZO ALEJANDRO GONZÁLEZ
Cum Laude
NICHOLAS ALBERTO GONZÁLEZ
Magna Cum Laude
HENRY ALEJANDRO GONZÁLEZ
MARCELO TOMÁS GRANDA-SCOTT
JUAN JOSÉ GONZÁLEZ
ENRIQUE ANDRÉS GROSO
MAGNUS BJARNI GUDJONSSON
ALEC EDUARDO HERNÁNDEZ
NICOLÁS HERNÁN HERNÁNDEZ
ANDRÉS HERNÁNDEZLAGARRIGA
DIEGO HERRÁN
CHRISTIAN VAN HUYNH
BRIAN IGLESIAS
VINCENZO TOMÁS IOVINE
9th Ranking Senior
JORGE SEBASTIÁN JANÉ
MAX HERMAN KLEMICK
GASTÓN OCTAVIO LACAYO IV
ANTHONY ALEXANDER LAMA
ELÍAS NICOLÁS LAPADULA
SEBASTIÁN OSKAR
LARRAURI
GABRIEL ALEXANDER LASA
LUIS ROGELIO LASA
Magna Cum Laude
SEBASTIÁN JOSÉ LÁZARO
SEBASTIÁN ELOY LEÓN
NOAH ROLF LEVY
ANDRÉS MANUEL LIEVANO
DANIEL LLORENS
MARCELO SIMÓN LLORENTE
MATTHEW CHARLES LOMBARDI
DANIEL ALBERTO LÓPEZ
Salutatorian
Summa Cum Laude
Magna Cum Laude
Cum Laude
Cum Laude
NICOLÁS MAURICIO LÓPEZ
ALEXANDER GABRIEL LÓPEZ DE MENDOZA
ANDRÉS JOSÉ MADRIGAL
DIEGO FRANCISCO MAGARIÑO
Cum Laude
SANTIAGO ANDRÉS MARTÍNEZ-CID
5th Ranking Senior
JUSTIN JOHN ASTROLOGIO MALLARI
MARCUS ALEXIS MANTECÓN
DANIEL LUIS MARISCAL
Magna Cum Laude
ANDRÉS ALBERTO MAS
THOMAS MAURI AYDAN PALOMINO MCKERCHER
DYLAN ALEXANDER MEDINA
GABRIEL ALEJANDRO MEJÍA
LUIS JAVIER MÉNDEZ
GONZALO ANDRÉS MENDOZA NICHOLAS ALEXANDER MISIUNAS
Cum Laude
ANDRÉS EDUARDO MOLINA
ZACHARY EDWARD MUÑOZ
Magna Cum Laude
RAY KEVIN MORALES
JULIO ENRIQUE NÚÑEZ
Summa Cum Laude
Summa Cum Laude
SEBASTIÁN OLANIEL
Cum Laude
ARMANDO ANDRÉS OSORIO
ALEJANDRO JOSÉ MORENO
ADRIÁN MUELLE
Magna
ADRIÁN JESÚS PADILLA
MANUEL PÉREZ III
Valedictorian
EMERSON OLIVER PATMORE
6th Ranking Senior
CHRISTOPHER RAYMOND PÉREZ
ALEXANDER PÁUCAR
Magna Cum Laude Cum Laude
LUCAS ENRIQUE PÉREZ
VICENT MIGUEL PÉREZ RAMOS
Summa Cum Laude
DYLAN
PHILIP JACOB PEREIRA
CARLOS
CHANDLY MEHKI PIERRE
ANDRÉS NICOLÁS PINTO
4th Ranking Senior
MIGUEL ÁNGEL REYES
EDUARDO IGNACIO POLEO MARCO PRIÉGUEZ
NOAH J. QUINTANABUIGAS
JAYDEN ALEXANDER RAMOS
JULIÁN RATÓN
Magna Cum Laude
SANTIAGO ANDRÉS RODRÍGUEZ
MAURICIO ARTURO ROMERO MATÍAS RAFAEL ROSADO MATTEO ROSSI
Magna Cum Laude
Magna Cum Laude Cum Laude
CHRISTOPHER RYAN RÍAZ
LUCAS ALEXANDER RIESCO
LUCAS ALEXANDER RIVERA
LORENZO MANUEL RODRÍGUEZ
NICHOLAS ALBERTO ROTOLO
JUSTIN RUIZ
NICOLÁS JAVIER SALAZAR
JUAN PABLO SANGUINO
VÍCTOR ALEXANDER SARABIA
LUCCA JO SARRÍA
MAX JACOB SCANZIANI
JUDE ALEXANDER SCHLOTZHAUER
Cum Laude
CARLOS ANDRÉS SEGRERA
JOSÉ EMILIO SERRATOS
3rd Ranking Senior
MICHAEL SHMOUNI
GABRIEL JOSÉ SINTAS
JOSEPH SANTIAGO SOCARRÁS
JACK XAVIER SOSA
MATTHEW
CHRISTOPHER SOTOMAYOR
SEBASTIÁN MARCELO STOLARCZYK
Magna Cum Laude
Magna Cum Laude
Cum Laude
ANTONIO MANUEL SUÁREZ
JOSHUA TYLER SWEENEY
DIEGO ANDRÉS TEJERA
ROBERTO JOSÉ TIRADO-VIVAS
ALEXANDER LUCAS TIRSE ANDRE TOUSSAINT
ENZO LUIS RAMÓN VALDÉS
MICHAEL NICHOLAS VALDÉS
Magna Cum Laude
JULIÁN FRANCISCO VALENCIA
Cum Laude
GABRIEL ANDRÉS VICH
ADRIÁN GABRIEL VIDAL
LUCA MANUEL VARONA
JAVIER ALBERTO VASSEUR
GABRIEL ALBERTO VÁZQUEZ
LUIS BALBINO VÁZQUEZ
GREGORY MANUEL VIEJO
DANIEL ENRIQUE VILELLA
Summa Cum Laude
DOMENIC MARCO ZAMPIERI
JOSÉ ALFONSO ZEQUEIRA
Summa Cum Laude
KAMDEN AJYEDUNCAN WALTERS
THEO WATERHOUSE HAYWARD RYAN WILLIAM WENDELKEN
Diego Andrés Tejera
Alec Eduardo Hernández
Alexander Joel Garrido
Robert Andrew Caballero
Christian Andrés Cueto
Noah Callejas
Student Council
President: Jonathan Fuentes
Vice-President: Adrián Muelle
Nicholas Alberto González
Julio René Blandón
Gabriel Andrés Vich
Jayden Alexander Ramos
Máximo Guillermo García-Tuñón
Advanced Placement Scholars
AP SCHOLAR
Granted to students who receive scores of 3 or higher on three or more AP Exams.
AP SCHOLAR WITH HONOR
Granted to students who receive an average score of at least 3.25 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams.
AP SCHOLAR WITH DISTINCTION
Granted to students who receive an average score of at least 3.5 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams.
AP CAPSTONE DIPLOMA
The AP Capstone Diploma is granted to students who earn scores of 3 or higher in AP Seminar and AP Research and on 4 additional AP Exams of their choosing.
NATIONAL CHINESE HONOR SOCIETY
Zachary Joseph García Gastón Octavio Lacayo IV
QUILL AND SCROLL
Jonathan Edward Barturen
Christian Andrés Cueto
Aiden Marco de Oliveira
Máximo Guillermo GarcíaTuñón
Henry Alejandro González
SPANISH NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY
Michael Alejandro Brunet
Eduard Faus Gil
Nicholas Alberto González
Gastón Octavio Lacayo IV
Elías Nicolás Lapadula
Sebastián Eloy León
Noah Rolf Levy
Daniel Llorens
NATIONAL ENGLISH HONOR SOCIETY
Víctor Rafael Abril
David Aguilar
Andrew Joseph Aira
Lucas Alejandro Aviñó
Matías Javier Aviñó
Luca Gaetano Canobbio
César Antonio Cortés
Lorenzo Luis Cruz-Cruz
Juan Carlos De Sautu
Pedro Antonio DíazMercado
Joey Mitchell Díaz-Quintero
Sebastián Alejandro Estrada
Gaspar Andrés Fernández
Adrián Joel Fonseca
Zachary Joseph García
Sean Robert Glaccum
Pablo Ignacio Gómez-Peralta
Andrés Enrique González
Henry Alejandro González
Matthew Julián González
Marcelo Tomás Granda-Scott
Magnus Bjarni Gudjonsson
Diego Herrán
Gastón Octavio Lacayo IV
Luis Rogelio Lasa
Sebastián José Lázaro
Daniel Llorens
Santiago Andrés MartínezCid
Carlos Andrés Segrera
Javier Alberto Vasseur
Gabriel Andrés Vich
Matthew Charles Lombardi
Alejandro José Moreno
Carlos Manuel Pérez III
Vicent Miguel Pérez Ramos
Marco Priéguez
Gabriel José Sintas
Luis Balbino Vázquez
Luis Javier Méndez
Nicholas Alexander Misiunas
Andrés Eduardo Molina
Adrián Muelle
Sebastián Olaniel
Adrián Jesús Padilla
Dylan Alexander Páucar
Philip Jacob Pereira
Carlos Manuel Pérez III
Marco Priéguez
Jayden Alexander Ramos
Miguel Ángel Reyes
Matías Rafael Rosado
Michael Shmouni
Gabriel José Sintas
Jack Xavier Sosa
Matthew Christopher
Sotomayor
Antonio Manuel Suárez
Diego Andrés Tejera
Alexander Lucas Tirse
Julián Francisco Valencia
Luca Manuel Varona
Luis Balbino Vázquez
Daniel Enrique Vilella
José Alfonso Zequeira
MU ALPHA THETA
Andrew Joseph Aira
Francisco Alejandro Alemán
Lucas Alejandro Aviñó
Matías Javier Aviñó
Adrián Matheo Bodero
Michael Alejandro Brunet
Lorenzo Luis Cruz-Cruz
Christian Andrés Cueto
Juan Carlos De Sautu
David Del Pino
Lucas Andrés Delgado
Daniel Nicolás Espinoza
Sebastián Alejandro Estrada
Brian Alejandro García
Zachary Joseph García
Nicholas Charles Garity
Daniel Andrés Gómez
Pablo Ignacio Gómez-Peralta
Henry Alejandro González
Matthew Julián González
Nicholas Alberto González
Magnus Bjarni Gudjonsson
Alec Eduardo Hernández
Christian Van Huynh
Brian Iglesias
Gastón Octavio Lacayo IV
Sebastián Oskar Larrauri
Sebastián Eloy León
Noah Rolf Levy
Daniel Llorens
Daniel Alberto López
Nicolás Mauricio López
Daniel Luis Mariscal
Santiago Andrés Martínez-
Cid
Andrés Alberto Mas
SCIENCE NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY
Sebastián Alejandro Estrada
Daniel Andrés Gómez
Gastón Octavio Lacayo IV
Zachary Edward Muñoz
TRI-M MUSIC HONOR SOCIETY
Lucca Mauricio BallesterosWegener
Michael Ignacio Basulto
Tomás Andrés Chang
Daniel Alejandro Esparragoza
Aydan Palomino Mckercher
Dylan Alexander Medina
Gonzalo Andrés Mendoza
Nicholas Alexander Misiunas
Alejandro José Moreno
Adrián Muelle
Zachary Edward Muñoz
Julio Enrique Núñez
Sebastián Olaniel
Emerson Oliver Patmore
Dylan Alexander Páucar
Philip Jacob Pereira
Carlos Manuel Pérez III
Marco Priéguez
Jayden Alexander Ramos
Julián Ratón
Christopher Ryan Ríaz
Lucas Alexander Rivera
Santiago Andrés Rodríguez
Mauricio Arturo Romero
Matías Rafael Rosado
Matteo Rossi
Víctor Alexander Sarabia
Michael Shmouni
Gabriel José Sintas
Jack Xavier Sosa
Matthew Christopher Sotomayor
Diego Andrés Tejera
Gabriel Andrés Vich
Daniel Enrique Vilella
Theo Waterhouse Hayward
José Alfonso Zequeira
Emerson Oliver Patmore
Matías Rafael Rosado
José Alfonso Zequeira
Daniel Andrés Gómez
Andrés Eduardo Molina
Vicent Miguel Pérez Ramos
INTERNATIONAL SENIOR THESPIAN SOCIETY
Máximo Guillermo GarcíaTuñón
Matías Rafael Rosado
Gabriel Alberto Vázquez
Michael Shmouni
Gabriel José Sintas
RHO KAPPA
Víctor Rafael Abril
Andrew Joseph Aira
Francisco Alejandro Alemán
Xavier José Argamasilla
Santiago Fernando Avecillas
Lucas Alejandro Aviñó
Matías Javier Aviñó
Lucca Mauricio BallesterosWegener
Juan Patricio Barreneche
Julio René Blandón
Adrián Matheo Bodero
Michael Alejandro Brunet
Jeffrey Alan Brunner
Luca Gaetano Canobbio
Arturo Castelo
Matthew Celaya
Javier Raúl Correa
Christian Andrés Cueto
Anthony De La Portilla
Juan Carlos De Sautu
Lorenzo Rafael De Toro
Luca Ignacio de Zárraga
David Del Pino
Lucas Andrés Delgado
Emilio Ignacio Díaz III
Pedro Antonio DíazMercado
Joey Mitchell Díaz-Quintero
Daniel Nicolás Espinoza
Sebastián Alejandro Estrada
Gaspar Andrés Fernández
Oliver Santiago Flores
Brian Alejandro García
Jace Aden García
Zachary Joseph García
Nicholas Charles Garity
Alexander Joel Garrido
Logan Alexis Girado
Sean Robert Glaccum
Daniel Andrés Gómez
Pablo Ignacio Gómez-Peralta
Amauri Daniel González
Henry Alejandro González
Matthew Julián González
Nicholas Alberto González
Marcelo Tomás Granda-Scott
Enrique Andrés Groso
Andrés Hernández-Lagarriga
Diego Herrán
Max Herman Klemick
Gastón Octavio Lacayo IV
Elías Nicolás Lapadula
Sebastián Oskar Larrauri
Luis Rogelio Lasa
Sebastián José Lázaro
Sebastián Eloy León
Noah Rolf Levy
Andrés Manuel Lievano
Daniel Llorens
Matthew Charles Lombardi
Daniel Alberto López
Nicolás Mauricio López
Andrés José Madrigal
Diego Francisco Magariño
Marcus Alexis Mantecón
Daniel Luis Mariscal
Santiago Andrés Martínez-
Cid
Andrés Alberto Mas
Austin Thomas Mauri
Aydan Palomino Mckercher
Dylan Alexander Medina
Gonzalo Andrés Mendoza
Alejandro José Moreno
Adrián Muelle
Zachary Edward Muñoz
Julio Enrique Núñez
Adrián Jesús Padilla
Emerson Oliver Patmore
Dylan Alexander Páucar
Carlos Manuel Pérez III
Marco Priéguez
Noah J. Quintana-Buigas
Jayden Alexander Ramos
Julián Ratón
Christopher Ryan Ríaz
Lucas Alexander Rivera
Mauricio Arturo Romero
Matías Rafael Rosado
Matteo Rossi
Nicholas Alberto Rotolo
Justin Ruiz
Víctor Alexander Sarabia
Max Jacob Scanziani
Carlos Andrés Segrera
Gabriel José Sintas
Joseph Santiago Socarrás
Matthew Christopher
Sotomayor
Sebastián Marcelo Stolarczyk
Antonio Manuel Suárez
Diego Andrés Tejera
Andre Toussaint
Julián Francisco Valencia
Luca Manuel Varona
Gabriel Andrés Vich
Daniel Enrique Vilella
Theo Waterhouse Hayward
Ryan William Wendelken
Domenic Marco Zampieri
José Alfonso Zequeira
NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY
Víctor Rafael Abril
Andrew Joseph Aira
Francisco Alejandro Alemán
Santiago Fernando Avecillas
Matías Javier Aviñó
Lucca Mauricio BallesterosWegener
Adrián Matheo Bodero
Michael Alejandro Brunet
Luca Gaetano Canobbio
Arturo Castelo
Matthew Celaya
Juan Carlos De Sautu
Lorenzo Rafael De Toro
Luca Ignacio de Zárraga
David Del Pino
Lucas Andrés Delgado
Daniel Nicolás Espinoza
Sebastián Alejandro Estrada
Brian Alejandro García
Jace Aden García
Zachary Joseph García
Sean Robert Glaccum
Daniel Andrés Gómez
Andrés Enrique González
Enzo Alejandro González
Henry Alejandro González
Matthew Julián González
Nicholas Alberto González
Marcelo Tomás Granda-Scott
Diego Herrán
Max Herman Klemick
Gastón Octavio Lacayo IV
Luis Rogelio Lasa
Andrés Manuel Lievano
Daniel Llorens
Matthew Charles Lombardi
Daniel Alberto López
Nicolás Mauricio López
Santiago Andrés MartínezCid
Andrés Alberto Mas
Aydan Palomino Mckercher
Luis Javier Méndez
Nicholas Alexander Misiunas
Adrián Muelle
Zachary Edward Muñoz
Julio Enrique Núñez
Sebastián Olaniel
Adrián Jesús Padilla
Emerson Oliver Patmore
Dylan Alexander Páucar
Philip Jacob Pereira
Carlos Manuel Pérez III
Marco Priéguez
Noah J. Quintana-Buigas
Lucas Alexander Riesco
Lucas Alexander Rivera
Matías Rafael Rosado
Gabriel José Sintas
Jack Xavier Sosa
Antonio Manuel Suárez
Joshua Tyler Sweeney
Diego Andrés Tejera
Luca Manuel Varona
Luis Balbino Vázquez
Gabriel Andrés Vich
Daniel Enrique Vilella
José Alfonso Zequeira
GerardManly Hopkins (1844-1889) was an English poet, Roman Catholic convert, and Jesuit priest, whose posthumous 20th-century fame established him among the leading Victorian poets. His experimental explorations in prosody (especially sprung rhythm) and his use of imagery established him as a daring innovator in a period of largely traditional verse. Hopkins studied the classics at Oxford from 1863 to 1867. He entered the novitiate of the Society of Jesus at Manresa House, Roehampton, in 1868 and studied philosophy at St. Mary’s Hall, Stonyhurst in 1870. Hopkins was a founding member of the Oxford University Newman Society in 1878 for Catholic students.
AndreaPozzo (1642-1709), born in Trento, Italy, was a Jesuit Brother, Baroque painter, architect, decorator, stage designer, and art theoretician. He was best known for his grandiose frescoes using an illusionistic technique called quadratura, in which architecture and fancy are intermixed. His masterpiece is the nave ceiling of the Church of Sant’Ignazio in Rome, which set the standard for the decoration of Late Baroque ceiling frescos throughout Catholic Europe.
Christopher Clavius (1538-1612) was a German Jesuit mathematician and astronomer who was the principal architect of the modern Gregorian calendar. In his last years, he was the most respected astronomer in Europe, and his textbooks were used for astronomical education for over fifty years in Europe and even in more remote lands. Clavius joined the Jesuit order in 1555. Within the Jesuit order, Clavius was almost single-handedly responsible for adopting a rigorous mathematics curriculum in an age where philosophers and theologians often ridiculed mathematics. In logic, Clavius’ Law is named after him.
FrancisXavier (1506-1552) was a pioneering Roman Catholic missionary born in the Kingdom of Navarre (Spain). He, along with St. Ignatius of Loyola, was one of the first seven Jesuits who dedicated himself to the service of God in a small chapel at Montmartre on August 15, 1534. He led an extensive mission into Asia, mainly in the Asian Portuguese Empire. He was influential in the spreading and upkeep of Catholicism, most notably in India and Japan. Xavier met Ignatius of Loyola while both were students at the University of Paris.
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, S.J. (1881-1955), born in Orcines, was a French philosopher and Jesuit priest. When he was 12, he attended the Jesuit college of Mongré, in Villefranche-surSaône, where he completed a baccalaureate in philosophy and mathematics. In 1899, he entered the Jesuit novitiate at Aix-en-Provence. He was trained as a paleontologist and geologist and took part in the discovery of Peking Man. Teilhard conceived the idea of the Omega Point and developed Vladimir Vernadsky’s concept of Noosphere. Teilhard’s The Phenomenon of Man is a sweeping account of the cosmos unfolding.
John Carroll (1735-1815) was born of Irish ancestry in the British colony of Maryland. He entered the Society of Jesus at 18 and was ordained in 1769. Fr. Carroll, S.J., was appointed the first bishop and archbishop in the United States. Bishop Carroll founded Georgetown University and the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Bishop Carroll’s brother Daniel signed the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution. His cousin Charles Carroll was the only Catholic signer of the Declaration of Independence and the first U.S. Senator from Maryland. John Carroll, along with Benjamin Franklin, was sent to Canada to convince the Canadians to remain neutral in the American Revolutionary War.
Athanasius Kircher (1602–1680) was a German Renaissance scholar and polymath who published around forty significant works, most notably in comparative religion, geology and medicine. He was one of the first to observe microbes through a microscope and theorized that infectious microorganisms spread the bubonic plague. While not busy descending into volcanoes, surviving shipwrecks, and beating the plague, Kircher invented clocks, robots and the first megaphone. He has been honored with the title “Master of a Hundred Arts.”
St. Robert Bellarmine, S.J. (1542-1621) was born in Rome, Italy. He studied at the Universities of Padua and Leuven, where he was the first Jesuit to teach. As bishop, Bellarmine put into effect the reforming decrees of the Council of Trent and was considered a possible candidate for the papacy in the conclave of 1605. He was one of the most important figures in the Counter-Reformation movement. He is also widely remembered for his role in the Giordano Bruno affair, the Galileo affair, and the trial of Friar Fulgenzio Manfredi. He was canonized and declared a Doctor of the Church on June 21, 1930, and his feast day is celebrated on September 17 and May 13.
José Rubiños (1898-1963) was born in La Coruña, Spain, in 1898. He was a prominent professor at Belen School in Cuba, where he taught for over three decades. Among his most outstanding publications is Covadonga, the only epic written in Spanish and Galician and for which he received a gold medal at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York. At the time of his death, the Spanish press published: “The Spanish language has lost one of its most brilliant luminaries.” During his exile in Panama, he composed Las 100 Mejores Poesías Panameñas. He devoted his last years to teaching at Belen Jesuit Preparatory School in Miami, where he continued his vocation with discipline and love.
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Academic Regalia
The history of academic dress reaches far back into the early days of the oldest universities. A statute of 1321 required that all “Doctors, Licentiates, and Bachelors” of the University of Coimbra wear gowns. In England, in the second half of the 14th century, the statutes of certain colleges forbade “excess in apparel” and prescribed the wearing of a long gown.
While European institutions continue to show great diversity in their specifications of academic dress, American colleges and universities generally have adopted the Intercollegiate Code for Academic Costumes. This code specifies design characteristics of gowns, hoods, caps and tassels, including pattern, material, color, trimmings, etc.
For all academic purposes, including trimmings of doctors’ gowns, edging of hoods, and tassels of caps, the colors associated with the different subjects are as follows:
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Salve, Regina, mater misericordiae; vita, dulcedo et spes nostra, salve. Ad te clamamus exsules filii Evae. Ad te suspiramus gementes et flentes in hac lacrimarum valle.
Eia ergo, advocata nostra, illos tuos misericordes oculos ad nos converte.
Et Iesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui, nobis post hoc exsilium ostende. O clemens, o pia, o dulcis Virgo Maria.
Designed by local artist, Jeannette Aquino.
