MISSIONING MASS PHOTOS BY CAROLINE STEIGER, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Student volunteers greet attendees, including notable staff and trustees as they enter Bellarmine Chapel for the Missioning Mass.
Banner carriers and over two dozen concelebrants of multiple denominations line up outside Bellarmine.
Jondra Long (nursing professor and Lead Simulation/Lab Coordinator) and Danny Rodriguez (Physical Plant and Staff Advisory Committee) welcome guests to the Missioning Mass, the penultimate event of Dr. Hancyz’s Inauguration Week.
The procession makes its way into the vestibule of Bellarmine Chapel, with over more than a dozen Jesuit priests in attendance.
Rev. Karl Kiser, S.J., delivers his homily to the congregation in a celebration of the occasion.
Dr. Colleen Hanycz, president, sits beside her husband during the Missioning Mass.
Kiser prepares for the consecration.
The Jesuit concelebrants stand in a line beside the altar in Bellarmine.
INSTALLATION CEREMONY PHOTOS BY DESMOND FISCHER, PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
Dr. Colleen Hanycz, president, processes into Cintas Center dressed in her red, academic robe.
Father Michael Graham, former president, is greeted with applause as he steps up to the podium.
As Graham passes off the presidential medal to Hanycz, the two embrace each other.
Hanycz walks up to the podium to deliver her first address as Xavier’s official president.
In her speech, Hanycz emphasizes the need to find God in all things while simultaneously working toward social justice.
Hanycz is greeted with a standing ovation as Xavier’s newly missioned president.
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