Bishop Erik Varden's 2026 Commencement Address at St. Mary's Seminary & University

Bishop Erik Varden of Trondheim, Norway gives the commencement address at the 2026 graduation ceremony at St. Mary's Seminary & University in Baltimore, Maryland. May 7th, 2026. 0:00 Welcome and thanks 1:20 Death Comes for the Archbishop 4:35 How Saint-Sulpice forms a priest 6:50 A test in the New Mexico wilderness 9:36 Are universities just "degree factories" now? 10:24 Newman's idea of the "perfection of intellect" 13:30 Establish order at home first 15:38 A final charge to the graduates