Holy Ghost Helps Father See Son’s Graduation Overseas

A local school helped the father of one of its graduating seniors see the commencement ceremony even though he was thousands of miles away serving his country.

Michael Dean, a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy reserves, was deployed to Afghanistan in the beginning of May. As he left, Dean realized that he would miss his oldest son, Thomas, graduate from .

But thanks to the school that didn’t happen and the Langhorne family was very appreciative.

“The school, in an effort to allow me to see the ceremony, is going through a great effort to Skype the event,” Michael Dean said in an email to Bensalem Patch last week. “Of course, I cannot appropriately express the appreciation I feel for this act of kindness.”

“I’m just happy he was able to see it. I’m sure it was difficult for him, because I’m only going to graduate high school once,” Thomas Dean told PhillyBurbs after the ceremony. “As you can see, Ghost took great initiative so he could see my graduation.”

“We wanted to do something to help them share this important moment,” said Ryan Abramson, Holy Ghost’s admissions director. “This is a wonderful family.”

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