2026 DSPT Commencement
2026 Commencement
Join us in celebrating the graduates of 2026 at this year's commencement!
The Commencement Ceremony will be held on Saturday, May 23rd at 1:00 pm with a reception to follow. The Baccalaureate Mass will be held on Sunday, May 24 at 9:30 am at the Priory of St. Albert the Great.
We are honored to announce that our Commencement speaker this year will be Prof. Emeritus Steven A. Cortright of St. Mary's College of Moraga, CA.
DSPT Commencement Ceremony
Saturday, May 23 | 1:00 pm
Second Church of Christ Scientist | 1521 Spruce St, Berkeley, CA
Reception to follow at DSPT
Baccalaureate Mass*
Sunday, May 24 | 9:30 am
Priory of St. Albert the Great Chapel
6170 Chabot Rd, Oakland, CA
*RSVP for the Baccalaureate Mass is not required.
Commencement Speaker
Steven A. Cortright is an alumnus of the Integral Program at St. Mary's Moraga. A tutor since 1978, he has led each class in the Program except the Music Tutorial. He had the signal privilege of knowing, and studying with, the Program's founder, Br. Sixtus Robert Smith, FSC. In 2017, Mr. Cortright was named Saint Mary's Professor of the Year. He is equally and deeply enamoured of the elegances found in formal logic and in German poetry, but would exchange both for a closer appreciation of moral elegance in Jane Austen's novels.
Currently, Steven A. Cortright is a Professor in the Philosophy Department and Integral Program at St. Mary’s College of California where he has been teaching since 1977. A graduate of St. Mary’s College himself and the University of Notre Dame, Professor Cortright is the founding president of the Albertus Magnus Institute.