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Holy Cross will honor four individuals with honorary degrees this May.
Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the United States Representative to the United Nations, and Dr. Michael Collins ’77, Chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Medical School, will receive honorary degrees at the College’s 175th Commencement on May 21. Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield will deliver the commencement address and Dr. Collins will offer a reflection for our graduates.
Separately, Reverend David Beckmann, one of the foremost U.S. advocates for people struggling with hunger and poverty in the United States and around the world, and Sister Donna Markham, president of Catholic Charities USA, will receive honorary degrees and speak during a special virtual Convocation event for our graduating Class of 2020 on May 22. Valedictorian Kerry Shortell will also be a featured speaker.
soldier to find isis and we can can go back to our home. soech t everyone thn the sman want to fight isis as soldiers? yes, the four to five years children. reporter: millions of people of various religions have fled, among them hundreds of thousands of christians from syria and iraq. sister donna is president of catholic charities usa. august of 2014, august 6 to be precise, isis came in and all of the christians were essentially evicted from their homes. so their contents, their schools, their hospitals, their everything, their mother house, everything was lost. so she left with tthey left wits on their backs and ran from their lives. reporter: they ran from their happy lives, nuns ran from their convent to a refugee camp. they now live in shipping containers, electricity goes in and out. food is scarce.
catholic charities are all led by women. catholic charities and sister donna will figure prominently in to the pope s visit to the united states. it s not only a chance to bring attention to the poorest among us, but a chance for pope francis to point to the powerful women who do important work. what is the one thing that the pope can communicate to young women? i think that his ability to speak to women and the importance of women and their capability, their contribution to the life of the church over and over again. the more he can draw attention to that and the value that is placed on women with, the better off we will be. but it s going to take a long time. i think we have a big terrain to traverse there. fascinating piece. thank you for that. coming up next, why one of
equality in our north american culture, the catholic church has more and more of a problem with those same young women who can be and do anything they want in civil society and then questioning, well, if i can do that everywhere else, what happens in the church? that s not to say there aren t bright spots. sister donna, the star is the first female president of catholic charities in the 105-year history. keep in mind, catholic charities supports 70,000 employees and serves 10 million across the united states. it was amazing to me to be invited to serve in this capacity. i wasn t expecting it. but the good news story in that is we now have in the united states the three largest catholic service organizations, catholic health associations, catholic relief services and
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