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060923 cannogateARDEN — On June 3, Canongate Catholic High School celebrated the achievements of seniors Katherine Kelsch, Isaac Dellinger, John Paul Torres, Olivia Owen, Lindsey Bell and Sebastian Murrey in a baccalaureate Mass at St. Barnabas Church followed by a commencement ceremony featuring speaker R. Jared Staudt, an accomplished theologian and author.

"Graduates, my message to you, to direct your life according to 'the one thing necessary,' is captured best by these words from Leon Bloy: 'The only real sadness, the only real failure, the only great tragedy in life, is not to become a saint,'" Staudt said.

The celebration continued with a luncheon reception in the church’s pavilion.

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