MTSM Celebrates 2026 Graduates

This past Saturday (May 9), Mount St. Mary’s Seminary & School of Theology (MTSM) celebrated 35 students who completed degree and certificate programs this spring at a ceremony inside the Chapel of St. Gregory the Great on the MTSM campus.

The Most Rev. Robert G. Casey, Archbishop of Cincinnati and Chancellor of The Athenaeum of Ohio, delivered the commencement address in addition to offering the invocation and final blessing along with conferring degrees and certificates to the graduates. His commencement address can be viewed below.

The list of this year’s graduates are below. Please keep these people in your prayers as they take what they learn on to their parishes, whether that be in ministry or lay ecclesiolatry.

Master of Divinity
Rev. Mr. Robert Bauman
Rev. Mr. Michael Camilleri
Rev. Mr. John Cuppett
Rev. Mr. Nicholas Emmerling
Rev. Mr. Maximilian Frei
Rev. Mr. Curtis Gross
Rev. Mr. Kraig Gruss
Rev. Mr. David Homoelle
Rev. Mr. Bryan Ilagor
Rev. Mr. Daniel Jasek
Rev. Mr. Benjamin Klare
Rev. Mr. Michael Lugo
Rev. Mr. Benjamin Packer
Rev. Mr. Alex Parra
Rev. Mr. Jacob Schmiesing
Rev. Mr. Peter Townsend
Rev. Mr. James Tweed

Master of Arts, Biblical Studies
Rev. Mr. Jacob Schmiesing

Master of Arts, Theology
Brian Bourbeau
Rev. Mr. Curtis Gross
Rev. Mr. David Homoelle
Rev. Mr. Daniel Jasek
Rev. Mr. Benjamin Klare
Rev. Mr. Peter Townsend
Rev. Mr. James Tweed

Master of Arts, Pastoral Ministry
Rev. Mr. Douglas Moore

Master of Arts, Catholic Studies
Nicholas Arnold
Benjamin Kalis
Zachary Moore
Andrew Nouanesengsy
Miguel Patag
Emerson Wells
Cross Youtsler

Certificate, Pastoral Ministry
Jeffrey Bier
Kevin Davis
Fernando Falasca
Mark Holly
Edward Scott Kihnke
Paul Myers
Chris Schoonmaker
Julia Shaffer
Roger Thesing