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Dear Families,

What a joyous weekend spent celebrating our new graduates! As a distance learning school, it is such a blessing for us to gather and celebrate with our community in person. Thank you to everyone for coming and making this such a memorable weekend.

We wanted to share a recap for those who could not be there, or if you want to revisit the good times!

Friday: A Pizza Party & Games to Kick off the Festivities!

New friends made, old friends reunited! Families had a wonderful time hanging out before the big day.

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Saturday: Baccalaureate Mass & Graduation Ceremony 

“As we continue with the Sacrifice of the Mass and we hear those blessed words of Our Lord, who offered Himself for our redemption, we can always enter into that, even on a daily or weekly basis. When we receive Our Lord in the Eucharist, we are strengthened by that to go forth, that God may fill us, the Holy Spirit may guide us, and our lives may make manifest His will to all.” - Father Tom

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Listen to the full homily here.

THE CLASS OF 2026 SPEAKERS

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Paula Baer (MODG '26), Class Speaker

“Therefore, we must continue to foster the habits we were given as children as a part of our education in our adult lives. Continue to seek the truth and God will help you… We who have the Catholic faith are the light of the world.”

Listen to her full speech here!

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Commencement Address given by MODG Founder, Laura Berquist

“You have worked on developing intellectual habits ordered to knowing the truth, and you recognize that the truth measures you; you don’t measure it.”- Laura Berquist

Listen to the Commencement Address here.

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The 2026 Fountain of Grace Award Recipient: Mary-Mark Haggard

The 2026 Fountain of Grace Award Recipient: Mary-Mark Haggard


Mary-Mark has been involved in the mission of Mother of Divine Grace School since its founding in 1995, and was the first to become a consultant after Laura. She homeschooled her six children for 30 years and has been a teacher for MODG since 2008. As Laura says, we are meant for the next world, and Mary-Mark adds that we want as many people with us as possible! She fully believes that the outreach of MODG is a vehicle to work towards this goal.

Listen to her acceptance speech here.

What’s Next for the Class of 2026?

Our graduating class is preparing for their next chapter with exciting plans ahead.

  • Our students were accepted at all of our top recommended Catholic colleges and many of the colleges recommended by the Cardinal Newman Center
  • We have many students attending state universities as well as the US Coast Guard Academy and US Air Force Academy
  • Some students are entering seminary and religious life, and some are doing missionary work
  • A few students are venturing right into starting their own businesses!

The formation MODG provides opens doors to a variety of callings. Here is a sample of the career & educational paths our 2026 grads will now be pursuing:

  • Law
  • Medicine
  • Architecture
  • Culinary school
  • Biology
  • Business
  • Computer Science
  • Music
  • Engineering
  • Graphic Design
  • Journalism
  • Marketing
  • Theology
  • Law Enforcement
  • Fire & Rescue

Graduates, you are in our prayers as you venture into this new season. May the Holy Spirit guide you to be a light for the faith to all those you meet.