Belen Jesuit Class of 2026
One Hundred Seventy-One
May 20, 2026
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
Processional
Invocation
National Anthem
Commencement Address
Presentation of Diplomas
President Pomp and Circumstance
Fr. Joseph Hill, S.J.
Chaplain
Alberto Sosa III ’26
Jim Larrañaga
Former University of Miami Basketball Coach
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
Marco Felipe Alberni ’26
Pomp and Circumstance
Cover designed by illustrator Chris Lewis.
Commencement Speaker
Jim Larrañaga led the Hurricanes from 2011 to 2024, following successful tenures at six other universities. During his 13 seasons in Miami, he guided the program to six NCAA Tournament appearances, including four Sweet 16s, the program’s first Elite Eight (2022), and its first Final Four (2023). Under his leadership, the Hurricanes also captured their first ACC Tournament title (2013) and earned two ACC regular-season championships (2013, 2023).
A two-time National Coach of the Year, Larrañaga has received honors from the Associated Press, Naismith, USBWA, and Henry Iba organizations. He has also been recognized as ACC Coach of the Year and USBWA District Coach of the Year, among other distinctions.
The winningest coach in program history at Miami, Larrañaga recorded five 25-win seasons—more than any coach in program history—and finished his career with 744 victories, ranking among the top Division I coaches of all time. In 2023, he was inducted into the University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame & Museum and named a first-time nominee for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
He attended Archbishop Molloy High School in New York. A graduate of Providence College, where he earned a degree in economics in 1971 and played collegiate basketball, Larrañaga also played professionally in Belgium. He and his wife, Liz, have two sons and four grandchildren.
Class of 2026 Brigadier
MarcoFelipe Alberni was selected by his peers, faculty and staff as the Brigadier for the class of 2026. Since entering Belen as a 6th grader, Marco has achieved academic excellence and has been very involved in student activities such as crew, Key Club, peer ministry and the National Honor Society. He intends to study Chemistry and is enrolled in the University of Florida Honors Program.
“Aside from being an exceptional student, Marco is a wonderful example of this year’s motto, Iron Sharpens Iron, and is an inspiration to his classmates and teammates,” said José E. Roca ’84. “The Brigadier is about being a man of faith and a leader both in and out of the classroom. He’s a great choice and I am very proud of him.”
“I am incredibly honored to have been selected as this year’s Brigadier,” said Marco. “I want to thank my classmates, teachers, faculty, staff, coaches, and family for facilitating my development in all aspects of life, but most importantly, a true faith in God. This opportunity is so special not only because so many good candidates could’ve done a great job representing our class, but also because of how much this group of people means to me, which pushes me to do my best in speaking on their behalf. I hope to share all the goodness this class has brought to those around us and am so grateful to be blessed with this opportunity.”
The Brigadier fulfills the characteristics of Jesuit education in an exemplary fashion. He is a leader of men: religious, open to growth, intellectually curious, loving, and committed to doing justice, as identified in our school’s mission statement.
“A tradition as old as Belen itself, the title of Brigadier is bestowed on the one student of the senior class who best personifies the values of a Belen Jesuit education,” said Fr. Guillermo M. García-Tuñón, S.J., Ed.D., ’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. Marco 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.”
ROBERTO EDWIN
ANDRÉS OSCAR
4th Ranking Senior
CÉSAR FERNANDO AGUADO JR.
JULIAN HENRY ALBER
MARCO FELIPE ALBERNI
WILLIAM JOSEPH ALLEN
DANIEL ALEJANDRO ALONSO
ROBERTO ÁNGEL ALONSO
Summa Cum Laude
Summa Cum Laude
MARCOS ANDRÉS
ALVARADO-TOYOS
LUCAS ALEXANDER ÁLVAREZ
IVÁN DARÍO ANTONIO
JUAN CARLOS ANTORCHA
ALEC ARNHOLT
CONNOR CHARLES ATWOOD GABRIEL BACHOUR
LUCAS XAVIER BALDOR
JOSÉ JESÚS BALLESTEROS
NICHOLAS BARALES
7th Ranking Senior Summa Cum Laude
NICOLÁS BATTISTINI
6th Ranking Senior Summa Cum Laude
Cum Laude
SEBASTIAN BEHRENS
MARCO ANDRÉS BARRENECHE
ALEJANDRO JAVIER BARRIOS
ALVIN BARROSO
ROLANDO RILEY BENÍTEZ
SEBASTIÁN MANUEL CACCHIONE
DIEGO JORGE BERGA
MARCO ENRIQUE BERGA
XAVIER IGNACIO BLANCHARD
TERRENCE BAUTISTA BYRNES
DAVID MICHAEL CABÁN
FÉLIX MANUEL CÁCERES III FELIPE CALABRESE
Magna Cum Laude
Cum Laude
Cum Laude
JERÓNIMO CÁMARA
Cum Laude
8th Ranking Senior Summa Cum Laude
CARLOS AUGUSTO CANTOS
MATTHEW OWEN CARRASCO
JAVIER IGNACIO CARREÑO
JORGE EMMANUEL CASADO
YURIÁN ANTHONY CASTILLO
ALEJANDRO JOSÉ CASTILLO SALADÍN
PABLO CASTRO
Magna Cum Laude
RAFAEL CASTRO
MAXIMILIANO CHAVIANO
GIANFRANCO CIURA
LUKE ALEXANDER COLLINGS
MICHAEL ALEXANDER
CONCEPCIÓN
GUILLERMO EUGENIO CORRADI
TRISTAN VÍCTOR CORRAL
DIEGO JESÚS CORREA
Cum Laude
LUCAS MANUEL
CRUZ
CHRISTOPHER
WILLIAM DE ANGULO
NICHOLAS RENÉ DE MOYA
BRANDEN THOMAS DE QUESADA
IGNACIO GABRIEL DE TORO
DYLAN MICHAEL DEEB
ALEJANDRO RUBÉN DELGADO
LUCAS MICHAEL DÍAZ
Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude
LUCAS V. DÍAZ
Cum Laude
FELIPE EDUARDO DIEZ
8th Ranking Senior Summa Cum Laude
SANTIAGO DUPLAT
GUSTAVO RICARDO ECKARDT
CARLOS IGNACIO ERDMANN
MAX ERNESTO ERDMANN
VÍCTOR RICARDO ESCOBAR
ANDRÉS ALBERTO ESPINO
Magna Cum Laude
CHRISTOPHER ALEXANDER FALS
AUSTIN JAMES FERNÁNDEZ
BENJAMÍN GASTÓN FANJUL SANTIAGO FÉLIX-PADILLA
1st Ranking Senior Summa Cum Laude
ANDRÉS ANTONIO FERNÁNDEZ
DAVID WALTER FERNÁNDEZ JR.
Cum Laude
Cum Laude
Cum Laude
MILO LUCIANO FIGUEROA
JULIAN LOUIS FORNARIS
ANTONIO ENRIQUE FRANYIE AIDEN PATRICK FURNESS
DANIEL ORESTES GARCÍA
THOMAS ALEJANDRO GARCÍA
MIGUEL ÁNGEL GARRIDO
LUCIANO FRANCESCO GARZON
ERIC GENTZSCHEIN
RAÚL JOSÉ GÓMEZ-PINA
Summa Cum Laude
GUIDO IGNACIO GERSTL
Magna Cum Laude
HÉCTOR JESÚS GONZÁLEZ
JAMES RYAN GONZÁLEZ
LUCAS FERNANDO GIL-CABADA
JACYN MICHAEL GOBLE JR.
SANTINO ESTEBAN GONZÁLEZ
ANDRÉS ENRIQUE GROSS
Cum Laude
Cum Laude
Cum Laude
NICHOLAS GUEDE
DARÍO ANTONIO GUERRA
MICAEL ANTHONY GUILLAUME
SERGIO
WILLIAM LOGAN HERNÁNDEZ
SIMÓN LORENZO HINCAPIÉ
ANDRÉS ALEJANDRO HOYOS
Summa Cum Laude
Summa Cum Laude
MANUEL IRURITA LARENA
ANDRÉS IGNACIO IZQUIERDO
GABRIEL DAVID JIMÉNEZ
AMARI ALVIN JOHNSON
ALEKSANDR XAVIER JURADO
MICHAEL RICARDO KARAKADZE
CONNOR AIDEN KELLY
ANTHONY RAMSES KIAMI GIMÉNEZ
3rd Ranking Senior
Cum Laude
MARCELO PIEDRAHITA KOCH
GONZALO LACASA
GABRIEL MIGUEL
LACAYO MIGUEL ORLANDO LÓPEZ
PETER BENJAMIN LÓPEZ
CARLOS RENÉ LÓPEZ-SEDA
Magna Cum Laude
Summa
Summa Cum Laude
10th Ranking Senior
Summa Cum Laude
MARCELO ANDRÉS MARTEL
EVAN ANTHONY MARTÍNEZ
MIGUEL ÁNGEL MARTÍNEZ
YUNIER LUISMAEL MARTÍNEZ JR.
JAYDEN AKIL MCFARLANE
Magna Cum Laude
Summa Cum Laude
DAVID MEDEROS
MANUEL JAVIER MENÉNDEZ III
FERNANDO ALBERTO MINAYA
MATTÍAS JAVIER MONGE
JUAN MONTANER BRIL
ORLANDO ANTONIO MONTIEL
GABRIEL LUIS MORENO
CARLOS MATÍAS MORINGLANE
Cum Laude
Cum Laude
Cum Laude
Magna Cum Laude
FRANCISCO JAVIER MOSCOSO
ALEJANDRO ENRIQUE MUNILLA
MATTHIAS MURRLE
ALEJANDRO UNO MUÑOZ
NAYIB SALIM NADER
MARCEL ANTONIO NARIÑO
ADRIÁN GABRIEL NAVARRO JOAQUÍN LEANDRO OTERO
Magna Cum Laude
Magna Cum Laude
Magna Cum Laude
Magna Cum Laude
Magna Cum Laude
Magna Cum Laude
SEBASTIÁN ELIO PÁEZ
QUINTERO
SIMÓN PARRA
WILLIAM GUSTAVO PEDRAJA
MICHAEL DANIEL PEÑA
ESTEBAN PEREIRA
VÍCTOR DANIEL PÉREZ
EDUARDO ANDRÉS PULLES
JULIÁN DAVID QUIJANO
Magna Cum Laude
Cum Laude
JAVIER QUIÑONES
2nd Ranking Senior
Summa Cum Laude
JAVIER RODRÍGUEZ
ROGELIO
MICHAEL
CARLOS ANDRÉS RODRÍGUEZ NOVOA
Magna Cum Laude
Summa Cum Laude
LUCAS EDGARDO
RODRÍGUEZ NOVOA
Magna Cum Laude Cum Laude
JOSÉ ANTONIO
ROMANO
ADAM JOSEPH ROMERO
LUCAS ROVIRA
DOMINICK
Cum Laude
5th Ranking Senior Summa Cum Laude
ANDREW HENRY SÁNCHEZ
DAVID SAUMELL
NOAH RYAN SCOTT
RAFAEL ÁNGEL SCOTT
RYAN CHARLES SOLARES
ALBERTO SOSA III
LUIS IGNACIO SOUTO
JUAN PABLO STADTHAGEN GONZÁLEZ
PATRICK STEWART
MYLES-EDISON
ALEC TRAPP
ANTHONY JAVIER SUÁREZ
MICHAEL JAVIER TRUJILLO
SEBASTIÁN GUILLERMO SÚÑIGA
FABIAN TUBBS
ANDRÉS FELIPE TIRSE
NICOLÁS ZANE VALDÉS
ALEJANDRO
MICHAEL ALEXANDER VARELA
JUAN JOAQUÍN VÁZQUEZ
ALEJANDRO RAFAEL VEGA
GUSTAVO EDUARDO VEGA
MATTHEW ANDRE VILA
MICHAEL ÁNGELO VILA
JASON JAMES VILBERG
JOSEPH MAXIMUS VILLAR
Summa Cum Laude
Summa Cum Laude
Magna Cum Laude
BRADLEY ANDRE WALLACE
Magna Cum Laude
IAN DAVID WOLSTENHOLME
IGNACIO YANES
SANTIAGO
FÉLIX-PADILLA
Valedictorian
RENIER ALEJANDRO
QUINTERO
Salutatorian
Student Council
President: Max Ernesto Erdmann
Vice-President: Javier Ignacio Carreño
César Fernando Aguado Jr.
Roberto Ángel Alonso
Alec Arnholt
Guillermo Eugenio Corradi
Branden Thomas de Quesada
Héctor Jesús González
Gabriel Miguel Lacayo
Alberto Sosa III
Graduation Honors
Summa Cum Ladue (Highest Honor)
Magna Cum Laude (Great Honor)
Cum Laude (With Honor)
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
Gabriel Bachour
Sebastian Behrens
QUILL AND SCROLL
Roberto Edwin Abiseid
Julian Henry Alber
Roberto Ángel Alonso
Juancarlos Antorcha
Marco Andrés Barreneche
Javier Ignacio Carreño
Alejandro José Castillo Saladín
Mattías Javier Monge
Maximiliano Andrés Rodríguez
Guillermo Eugenio Corradi
Ignacio Gabriel De Toro
Víctor Ricardo Escobar
Antonio Enrique Franyie
Daniel Orestes García
Andrés Enrique Gross
Nicholas Guede
NATIONAL ENGLISH HONOR SOCIETY
Roberto Edwin Abiseid
César Fernando Aguado Jr.
Marco Felipe Alberni
Marcos Andrés Alvarado-Toyos
Iván Darío Antonio
Gabriel Bachour
Nicholas Barales
Nicolás Battistini
Marco Enrique Berga
Matthew Owen Carrasco
Pablo Castro
Christopher William De Angulo
Branden Thomas de Quesada
Felipe Eduardo Diez
Gustavo Ricardo Eckardt
Carlos Ignacio Erdmann
Max Ernesto Erdmann
Christopher Alexander Fals
Benjamín Gastón Fanjul
Santiago Félix-Padilla
Austin James Fernández
Enrique Fernández-Campa
Guido Ignacio Gerstl
Raúl José Gómez-Pina
Alexander James Hernández
Lucas Hernández
William Logan Hernández
Andrés Alejandro Hoyos
Manuel Irurita Larena
Anthony Ramses Kiami Giménez
Gabriel Miguel Lacayo
Peter Benjamin López
Adam Joseph Romero Joseph Maximus Villar
Peter Benjamin López
Alexander Joseph Lowell
Carlos Matías Moringlane
Matthias Murrle
Francisco Ignacio Rodríguez
Lucas Edgardo Rodríguez Novoa
Joaquín Fernando Salvade
Juan Pablo Stadthagen González
Anthony Javier Suárez
Michael Ángelo Vila
Jason James Vilberg
Carlos René López-Seda
Alejandro Lurigados
Marcelo Andrés Martel
Evan Anthony Martínez
Miguel Ángel Martínez
Mattías Javier Monge
Gabriel Luis Moreno
Francisco Javier Moscoso
Alejandro Enrique Munilla
Matthias Murrle
Marcel Antonio Nariño
Sebastián Elio Páez Quintero
Simón Parra
Víctor Daniel Pérez
Julián David Quijano
Renier Alejandro Quintero
Benjamin Nicholas Rammos
Francisco Ignacio Rodríguez
Michael Javier Rodríguez
Carlos Andrés Rodríguez Novoa
José Antonio Romano
Joaquín Fernando Salvade
Ryan Charles Solares
Alberto Sosa III
Luis Ignacio Souto
Juan Joaquín Vázquez
Gustavo Eduardo Vega
Matthew Andre Vila
Jason James Vilberg
Ian David Wolstenholme
Ignacio Yanes
MU ALPHA THETA
César Fernando Aguado Jr.
Julian Henry Alber
Nicolás Battistini
Pablo Castro
Tristan Víctor Corral
Branden Thomas de Quesada
Gustavo Ricardo Eckardt
Santiago Félix-Padilla
David Walter Fernández Jr.
Andrés Alejandro Hoyos
Carlos René López-Seda
Alejandro Lurigados
SCIENCE NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY
César Fernando Aguado Jr.
Julian Henry Alber
Nicolás Battistini
Pablo Castro
Tristan Víctor Corral
Branden Thomas de Quesada
Gustavo Ricardo Eckardt
Santiago Félix-Padilla
David Walter Fernández Jr.
Andrés Alejandro Hoyos
Carlos René López-Seda
Alejandro Lurigados
TRI-M MUSIC HONOR SOCIETY
Lucas Alexander Álvarez
Felipe Eduardo Diez
Luciano Francesco Garzon
Guido Ignacio Gerstl
Marcelo Andrés Martel
Miguel Ángel Martínez
Matthias Murrle
Marcel Antonio Nariño
Joaquín Leandro Otero
Sebastián Elio Páez Quintero
Michael Javier Rodríguez
José Antonio Romano
Lucas Rovira
Juan Joaquín Vázquez
Marcelo Andrés Martel
Miguel Ángel Martínez
Matthias Murrle
Marcel Antonio Nariño
Joaquín Leandro Otero
Sebastián Elio Páez Quintero
Michael Javier Rodríguez
José Antonio Romano
Lucas Rovira
Juan Joaquín Vázquez
Micael Anthony Guillaume
Michael Javier Rodríguez
INTERNATIONAL SENIOR THESPIAN SOCIETY
José Jesús Ballesteros
Alejandro José Castillo Saladín
Antonio Enrique Franyie
David Mederos
Alberto Sosa III
INTERNATIONAL ROBOTICS HONOR SOCIETY
Pablo Castro
Lucas V. Díaz
Santiago Félix-Padilla
Raúl José Gómez-Pina
Alejandro Lurigados
Andrew Henry Sánchez Alberto Sosa III
RHO KAPPA
Roberto Edwin Abiseid
Andrés Oscar Abreu
César Fernando Aguado Jr.
Marco Felipe Alberni
William Joseph Allen
Connor Charles Atwood
Nicholas Barales
Marco Andrés Barreneche
Alvin Barroso
Nicolás Battistini
Diego Jorge Berga
Félix Manuel Cáceres III
Jerónimo Cámara
Carlos Augusto Cantos
Matthew Owen Carrasco
Javier Ignacio Carreño
Yurián Anthony Castillo
Pablo Castro
Luke Alexander Collings
Tristan Víctor Corral
Christopher William De Angulo
Branden Thomas de Quesada
Lucas Michael Díaz
Felipe Eduardo Diez
Gustavo Ricardo Eckardt
Max Ernesto Erdmann
Christopher Alexander Fals
Santiago Félix-Padilla
Austin James Fernández
David Walter Fernández Jr.
Nikolás Fernández
Enrique Fernández-Campa
Aiden Patrick Furness
Guido Ignacio Gerstl
Lucas Fernando Gil-Cabada
Raúl José Gómez-Pina
NATIONAL ART HONOR SOCIETY
Lucas Xavier Baldor
Félix Manuel Cáceres III
Alejandro José Castillo Saladín
Carlos Ignacio Erdmann
Gabriel Miguel Lacayo
David Mederos
Gabriel Luis Moreno
Sebastián Elio Páez Quintero
SPANISH NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY
Pablo Castro
Santiago Félix-Padilla
Guido Ignacio Gerstl
Anthony Ramses Kiami Giménez
Santino Esteban González
Micael Anthony Guillaume
Lucas Hernández
Andrés Alejandro Hoyos
Manuel Irurita Larena
Anthony Ramses Kiami Giménez
Peter Benjamin López
Carlos René López-Seda
Alexander Joseph Lowell
Alejandro Lurigados
Marcelo Andrés Martel
Miguel Ángel Martínez
Mattías Javier Monge
Gabriel Luis Moreno
Francisco Javier Moscoso
Matthias Murrle
Nayib Salim Nader
Marcel Antonio Nariño
Sebastián Elio Páez Quintero
Simón Parra
Víctor Daniel Pérez
Julián David Quijano
Renier Alejandro Quintero
Francisco Ignacio Rodríguez
Michael Javier Rodríguez
Carlos Andrés Rodríguez Novoa
Lucas Edgardo Rodríguez Novoa
David Saumell
Alberto Sosa III
Luis Ignacio Souto
Sebastián Guillermo Súñiga
Nicolás Zane Valdés
Juan Joaquín Vázquez
Alejandro Rafael Vega
Gustavo Eduardo Vega
Francisco Ignacio Rodríguez
Joaquín Fernando Salvade
Alberto Sosa III
Michael Ángelo Vila
Julián David Quijano
Michael Javier Rodríguez
Ian David Wolstenholme
Luis Ignacio Souto
NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY
César Fernando Aguado Jr.
Julian Henry Alber
Marco Felipe Alberni
Iván Darío Antonio
Gabriel Bachour
Lucas Xavier Baldor
Nicholas Barales
Nicolás Battistini
Diego Jorge Berga
Marco Enrique Berga
David Michael Cabán
Jerónimo Cámara
Carlos Augusto Cantos
Javier Ignacio Carreño
Pablo Castro
Tristan Víctor Corral
Christopher William De Angulo
Branden Thomas de Quesada
Lucas Michael Díaz
Lucas V. Díaz
Felipe Eduardo Diez
Gustavo Ricardo Eckardt
Max Ernesto Erdmann
Christopher Alexander Fals
Santiago Félix-Padilla
David Walter Fernández Jr.
Nikolás Fernández
Aiden Patrick Furness
Daniel Orestes García
Guido Ignacio Gerstl
Santino Esteban González
Andrés Enrique Gross
Micael Anthony Guillaume
Alexander James Hernández
Lucas Hernández
Andrés Alejandro Hoyos
Anthony Ramses Kiami
Giménez
SOCIÉTÉ HONORAIRE DE FRANÇAIS
Michael Ricardo Karakadze
Peter Benjamin López
Carlos René López-Seda
Alexander Joseph Lowell
Alejandro Lurigados
Miguel Ángel Martínez
Mattías Javier Monge
Gabriel Luis Moreno
Francisco Javier Moscoso
Matthias Murrle
Nayib Salim Nader
Marcel Antonio Nariño
Joaquín Leandro Otero
Sebastián Elio Páez Quintero
Michael Daniel Peña
Víctor Daniel Pérez
Julián David Quijano
Renier Alejandro Quintero
Benjamin Nicholas Rammos
Francisco Ignacio Rodríguez
Michael Javier Rodríguez
Lucas Edgardo Rodríguez Novoa
Adam Joseph Romero
Lucas Rovira
David Saumell
Rafael Ángel Scott
Alberto Sosa III
Luis Ignacio Souto
Sebastián Guillermo Súñiga
Juan Joaquín Vázquez
Gustavo Eduardo Vega
Matthew Andre Vila
Michael Ángelo Vila
Jason James Vilberg
Ian David Wolstenholme
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.
Andrea Pozzo (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.
Francis Xavier (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
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.
