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National Catholic Register

Mon, 14 May 2012 13:59:24 -0400

Here Come the Graduates … and Speakers | “Working closely with the late Cardinal [John] O’Connor, she saw the need for a prophetic witness to the sanctity of human life in New York City,” said Timothy O’Donnell, Christendom’s president.

The American Spectator

Thu, 10 May 2012 09:22:50 -0400

Europe's Crisis: A Roadmap From the Past | P. Bracy Bersnak is assistant professor in the Department of Political Science and Economics at Christendom College. His views are his own.

CatholicCulture.org

Wed, 09 May 2012 11:19:58 -0400

Catholic Identity in Education: A Long Way to Go | I recall in this connection that, when Warren Carroll, myself and several colleagues founded Christendom College back in 1977, we set things up so that every member of the faculty had to take an oath of fidelity to the Magisterium of the Church as a condition of employment.

Rome Reports

Mon, 07 May 2012 16:10:54 -0400

Christendom College: A Semester in the Eternal City | Students taking notes during class while the teacher lectures. But, in reality this semester is anything but typical. Once class is out, their classroom becomes the city of Rome.

National Catholic Register

Mon, 07 May 2012 16:08:48 -0400

Rome Exhibit Reveals Vatican Secret Archives | John Noronha, director of Christendom College’s Rome program, said that he plans to take his college students to the exhibit.

Homiletic & Pastoral Review

Thu, 03 May 2012 14:31:52 -0400

THE EXULTET: Liturgical Treasure of the Easter Vigil | By Dr. William Luckey

WKNO 91.1

Thu, 03 May 2012 14:34:29 -0400

Nuns And The Vatican: A Clash Decades In Making | Donna Bethell, chairwoman of Christendom College in Front Royal, Va., says the Vatican is simply fulfilling its responsibility to make sure the sisters reflect church doctrine.

Voice of America

Thu, 03 May 2012 14:33:03 -0400

US Nuns Stunned, Angered by Vatican Reprimand | Donna Bethel of Christendom College, a conservative Catholic liberal arts school in Front Royal, Virginia, says the problem is that sisters are pursuing social justice the wrong way.

NPR

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:38:20 -0400

Vatican Reprimand Of U.S. Nuns Divides Faithful | CONAN: Also with us here in Studio 3A is Donna Bethell, chairman of the board of directors for Christendom College. And nice to have you on TALK OF THE NATION.

Campus Notes

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:37:40 -0400

Fordham Theologian Knocks Vatican Findings of Doctrinal Problems with Nuns | Fortunately, there was a representative of a faithful Catholic college also present on air to stand up for Church teachings. The chairman of the board of Christendom College, Donna Bethell, went head to head with Fletcher during the segment and defended the Vatican’s decision regarding the LCWR.

PBS NEWSHOUR

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:00:08 -0400

Vatican Rebuke: Are U.S. Nuns Promoting 'Radical Feminist Themes?' | Interview with DONNA BETHELL, Christendom College, Chairman of the Board

Catholic News Agency

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:08:57 -0400

César Chávez hailed as model for Catholics in public life | The late labor activist César Chávez offers Catholics a model for faithful and effective civic engagement, according to a professor of history at Christendom College.

Washington Examiner

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:07:21 -0400

Maryland State troopers lose, free speech wins | "I was shackled and strip-searched twice," Angela Swagler, now a Christendom College senior, told The Washington Examiner. "They confiscated our cell phones. My parents were very worried because I called them every night. They thought I had been kidnapped."

Crisis Magazine

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:12:37 -0400

The Passion of César Chávez | by Christopher Shannon - The Catholic community in America is at present politically adrift. In this presidential election year, candidates continue to strategize over how to win the Catholic vote despite any number of studies that continue to reveal that there is no Catholic vote.

Northern Virginia Daily

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 17:06:26 -0400

Advocating for activism | Attorney General Cuccinelli urges Christendom College students to be vocal about beliefs in science, media and politics

CBS News

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:49:27 -0400

Top 15 conservative colleges in the US | This small Catholic institution with just 400 students happens to enjoy Santorum's stamp of approval. The presidential candidate, who is Catholic, serves on the advisory board of the school that says on its website that Catholicism is the "air we breathe."

Zenit

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:25:05 -0400

AN ACADEMIC LOOK AT THE HHS MANDATE | ZENIT recently spoke with Professor William R. Luckey and Professor Bernard Way, both professors of Political Science at Christendom College, about the broader implications of the HHS Mandate. Last month, the liberal arts college, located in Front Royal, Virginia, joined a growing number of Catholic institutions speaking out against the HHS Mandate.

The Blaze

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 10:48:42 -0400

THESE ARE THE ‘TOP CONSERVATIVE COLLEGES’ IN THE U.S. | Christendom College in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia is a Catholic college with more than 400 undergraduates.

Washington Times

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 10:47:56 -0400

COLLEGE HAVENS | Christendom College, College of the Ozarks, Colorado Christian University, Franciscan University, Grove City College, Harding University, Hillsdale College, the King’s College, Liberty University, Patrick Henry College, Regent University, St. Vincent College, Thomas Aquinas College, Thomas More College, and Wisconsin Lutheran College.

The Washington Post

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:35:23 -0400

Virginia is for conservative academia | On many an occasion, I've driven by the exit off of Interstate 66 for Christendom College and wondered what it was about.

Campus Notes

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:34:13 -0400

Four Newman Guide Colleges Named Top Conservative Colleges | Christendom College, Franciscan University of Steubenville, Thomas Aquinas College (in California), and Thomas More College (in New Hampshire) were honored with that distinction.

DCist.com

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:25:24 -0400

Virginia is for Lovers (of Conservative Academia) | On many an occasion I've driven by the exit off of I-66 for Christendom College and wondered what it was about. Well, whatever it's about, it's considered one of the single most conservative universities in the country.

WTOP

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:17:22 -0400

List: Virginia a bastion of conservative colleges | Christendom College, a Roman Catholic school in Front Royal, also is touted by the foundation.

National Catholic Register

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:10:38 -0400

Why Does Santorum Appeal More to Evangelicals Than Catholics? | Kennedy’s speech, said Christopher Shannon, an associate professor of history at Christendom College in Virginia, was made with the view of minimizing the damage being done to Kennedy’s run for the presidency by anti-Catholic propaganda.

Arlington Catholic Herald

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:57:25 -0400

Christendom represented at papal audience | During his general audience with about 10,000 pilgrims from all over the world — including a group from Christendom College in Front Royal — the pope continued his cycle of talks on prayer and started a new chapter looking at prayer depicted in the Acts of the Apostles and the Letters of St. Paul.

Catholic News Agency

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:05:44 -0500

A lifetime of learning to trust God | Beverly, though at first nervous about taking classes for credit, agreed. They both earned a master’s in theology from Christendom College’s Notre Dame Graduate School in Alexandria — Bob in 1999 with a discipline in scripture and Beverly in 2001with an emphasis in spirituality.

Campus Notes

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:40:55 -0500

EWTN Announces New Show With Catholic College President | Christendom College President Dr. Timothy O’Donnell will host a new series on EWTN entitled “The Catholic Epistles: The Voice of Christ in the Voice of the Apostles.”

National Catholic Register

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:51:14 -0500

Catholic College Courses You Can't Find Anywhere Else | One of the more popular and extensive Rome experiences is offered by Christendom College. Juniors are encouraged to take four courses in Rome either during their fall or spring semester. Among the courses studied while living in Rome are: “Italian 101,” “Roman Perspectives,” “Art & Architecture” and “Theology” (“Moral Theology” in the fall; “Apologetics” in the spring).

Catholic News Agency

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:57:21 -0500

'That's not fair!' | The above expression brings me back to my childhood on the streets of New York City where we were always playing some kind of ball game.

LifeSiteNews.com

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:30:42 -0500

Catholic college prez on birth control mandate: Obama can’t make me break my oath | Meanwhile, two more conservative Catholic colleges, Christendom College in Virginia and Ave Maria University in Florida have also expressed their opposition to the mandate. Christendom president Timothy O’Donnell said Wednesday that even nonbelievers could recognize the administration’s “ugly assault on religious freedom” for what it really was.

National Catholic Register

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:22:08 -0500

Young Pro-Lifers Bring Fresh Ideas | Students from Christendom College, a Catholic college in Front Royal, Va., which cancels classes on the day of the march every year so the entire school can attend, led the march up Constitution Avenue toward the Supreme Court building.

Campus Notes

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:13:17 -0500

Wonderful Vid: Christendom Leads the March for Life | On January 23, the entire student body of Christendom College, including members of the faculty and staff, led hundreds of thousands in protesting abortion at the 39th Annual March for Life in Washington, D.C.

Star Tribune

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:10:08 -0500

Author to present ‘Irish Catholics on the American Screen’ lecture at St. Thomas | Author and historian Christopher Shannon of Christendom College in Virginia is scheduled to discuss “Irish Catholics on the American Screen” at the University of St. Thomas on Feb. 13.

Campus Notes

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:13:39 -0500

Catholic Courier

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:19:35 -0500

Photo of Christendom College leading the March for Life.

MSNBC.com

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:18:10 -0500

Photo of College leading the March for Life.

OMG! (Yahoo!)

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:18:00 -0500

Photo of College leading the March for Life.

National Catholic Register

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:59:40 -0500

March for Life 2012: Live Blogging | Somewhere at the front of the line, I think, is Christendom College, which is leading the march this year. Every year they cancel classes and bus students to the march. My oldest daughter Sarah is going to Christendom in the fall, so I expect I’ll be meeting her here next year.

Northern Virginia Daily

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:58:00 -0500

March For Life | Christendom College, a Roman Catholic liberal arts school overlooking the Shenandoah River, has been chosen to lead the March for Life in Washington on Monday.

Arlington Catholic Herald

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:48:07 -0500

While at Christendom, Monroe played rugby and basketball for the Crusaders at the same time that another, more famous, Greg Monroe took to the court for the Georgetown Hoyas.

Campus Notes

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:16:03 -0500

For the fourth time in its 34-year history, Christendom College has been selected to lead the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., carrying the main March for Life banner and flags.

LifeNews.com

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:59:40 -0500

For the fourth time in its 34 year history, Christendom College has been selected to lead the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., carrying the main March for Life banner and flags. And, as has become an annual tradition, the entire student body will attend the pro-life event.

Catholic Sentinel

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:00:39 -0500

While in the Navy, he continued academics work and received a masters in religious studies from the Notre Dame Graduate School of Christendom College.

Campus Notes

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:58:37 -0500

This is amazing. The entire student body of Christendom College will once again join the hundreds of thousands of pro-life Americans at the 39th Annual March for Life in Washington, D.C.

Wow.

National Catholic Register

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:04:01 -0500

The whole student body of Christendom College in Front Royal, Va., attends the march in Washington. Student body president Gabe Schuberg said last year the school led the national march.

The Chronicle of Higher Education

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 09:44:30 -0500

Following Professor Ruse’s good example of granting space to ideas with which he may disagree, I thought I would share with you Christopher Shannon’s (Associate Professor, Christendom College) response to my recent piece about Pentecostal scholars and the Society of Biblical Literature.

CNS Blog: Campus Notes

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 10:27:47 -0500

Last week, a group of students from Christendom College were asked to sing at the 5pm Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, after which the group took to the streets of Rome and began singing a variety of liturgical and Christmas-themed songs on the Bridge of Angels, according to the college’s website.

Call To Holiness

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 10:22:06 -0500

I had the pleasure of meeting my friend, Father Donald Planty, at Christendom College in Front Royal, Virginia last week. Fr. Planty is the Head Chaplain at Christendom and is a professor of theology.

National Catholic Register

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:21:02 -0500

Reed Armstrong (AGDei.com) of Front Royal, Va., was making figures out of clay in the first grade when his teacher told him he would one day be a sculptor.

The Catholic Review

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 08:40:48 -0500

Hitchborn also told CNS the report was reviewed by William H. Marshner, professor of theology at Christendom College in Front Royal, Va. Marshner said he concurred with the findings after reviewing them for a week in an Oct. 13 letter to Paul E. Rondeau, the league’s executive director.

LifeSiteNews.com

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:51:00 -0400

Dr. William Marshner, a moral theology professor at Christendom College and noted Catholic apologist, reviewed the Reform CCHD Now Coalition’s report released this month presenting evidence that several recipients of funding from the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) are out of compliance with essential Catholic moral teaching.

Catholic News Agency

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 09:12:55 -0400

I cannot take any credit for this, and I am sorry that I did not think of it first. The other day I was reading a book on spirituality and the author brought up an interesting point. She said that Christianity conformed to economic laws such as Gresham’s law. This law says, in its short form, that bad money drives out good.

Arlington Catholic Herald

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:25:48 -0400

Christopher Shannon, a professor at Christendom College in Front Royal, described Catholic life in Colonial Maryland. Larry Jenkins, a 10th-generation Jenkins descendant of Thomas Jenkins, who settled in Maryland in 1670, addressed the assembly.

InsideNoVa.com

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 10:56:56 -0400

Ten years ago the Rev. Francis J. Peffley started Holy Trinity Parish with only a handful of parishioners, meeting for Mass in Brentsville District High School before building a large Catholic Church in Gainesville.

Arlington Catholic Herald

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 11:30:23 -0400

Timothy O’Donnell, president of Christendom College in Front Royal, will deliver a talk at the first Sacred Heart World Congress in Paray-le-Monial, France, Oct. 7. His talk, entitled “The History of Devotion to the Sacred Heart: St. Margaret Mary and its Foundation in the Word of God,” will examine the core of Jesus’ person as seen in the Gospels.

Catholic News Service

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 09:48:40 -0400

Eighteen Catholic colleges have asked the Obama administration to exempt all religious individuals and institutions from being forced to participate in the federal mandate that health insurance plans cover contraceptives and sterilization.

Christian News Wire

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 09:50:43 -0400

Eighteen Catholic colleges and universities, all marked by their commitment to Catholic identity and fidelity to Catholic teaching, joined today with The Cardinal Newman Society in an appeal to the Obama administration to exempt all religious objectors from a mandate requiring health insurance plans to cover sterilization and contraceptives, including some that cause abortion.

Catholic News Agency

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 15:06:30 -0400

Introduction to economics II
By Dr. William Luckey

In our last article, we covered the fact that people make choices based on their values. The values are subjective to them. We stressed that this is not a denial of objective values, but it is a recognition that one must accept something as his own before he chooses it. Even green vegetables fall into this category. They are good for you, and you need their nutrients, but how many kids, turn their nose up at them? In fact, even some adults reject them despite the fact that they know that they are part of a healthful diet. So, the truth is that people make choices based on what is in their heart, and it is not the job of the economist qua economist to comment on that.

DFW Catholic

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:36:18 -0400

Front Royal, Va. (MetroCatholic) – The Christendom College admissions office will host a special Family Visit Day for prospective students and their families on Monday, October 10–Columbus Day–from 9am-2pm, on its Front Royal, Va., campus.

AmeriCatho

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:28:21 -0400

le Christendom College déjà classé cette année parmi les dix premiers établissements d’enseignement supérieur aux États-Unis (avec Princeton et Westpoint…) pour son excellence et sa liberté intellectuelle par l’Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI).

Arlington Catholic Herald

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 11:21:10 -0400

Two new courses have been added to the fall lineup at the Christendom Graduate School in Alexandria: “Sexual and Biomedical Ethics,” and “Reason, Faith and Doctrine in the Thought of Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman.” Both will run Sept. 7-Dec. 14 at the school, 4407 Sano St., Alexandria.

Arlington Catholic Herald

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 11:20:16 -0400

Christendom College in Front Royal is ranked as one of the top 10 colleges in America in a new report by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI). Other schools to make the top 10 list include Princeton University in New Jersey; the University of Chicago; the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y.; Providence College in Rhode Island; and Texas A&M in College Station.

Arlington Catholic Herald

Sun, 28 Aug 2011 10:20:44 -0400

Wendy Murphy, new principal of Epiphany School in Culpeper, was born in Cudahay, Wisc. She holds a bachelor’s in history from Christendom College in Front Royal and a master’s in administration from the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind.

Northern Virginia Daily

Thu, 18 Aug 2011 09:16:42 -0400

FRONT ROYAL -- A nonprofit educational foundation has ranked Christendom College with Princeton, the University of Chicago and the U.S. Military Academy at West Point among the nation's top 10 colleges.

National Catholic Register

Thu, 18 Aug 2011 09:14:47 -0400

According to William Marshner, professor of theology at Christendom College in Virginia, sedevacantists base their argument on an obscure bull issued in the ...

Arlington Catholic Herald

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 13:57:32 -0400

MADRID — Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims from across the globe descended on the Spanish capital Aug. 15 with an array of colorful T-shirts, bloodshot eyes and a unified spirit of excitement about World Youth Day.

U.S. Catholic Magazine

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 09:15:22 -0400

A group of 13 affiliated with Christendom College in Front Royal, Va., also arrived in Madrid Aug. 15, following a short layover in Belgium. ...

BigGovernment.com

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 16:27:40 -0400

A new report from the editors of “Choosing the Right College” and the Intercollegiate Studies Institute finds that students need to be careful about choosing where to study.

LifeSiteNews.com

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 16:06:04 -0400

FRONT ROYAL, Virginia, August 2, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Two prominent Catholic bioethics commentators crossed swords over the morality of adopting frozen embryos, an issue that remains highly contentious as it has been left open by the Vatican.

LifeSiteNews.com

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 09:53:27 -0400

When a child is delivered stillborn, a small flower or other token often marks the door of the mother’s recovery room to help staff recognize the loss.

LifeSiteNews.com

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 09:53:43 -0400

Although framed as compassion, determining end-of-life procedures by evaluating “quality of life” merely discourages vulnerable persons, making them more likely to submit to a hastened death, according to the Catholic bishop of Madison.

Northern Virginia Daily

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:00:00 -0400

The founder of Christendom College, Warren H. Carroll, was buried on the college's Front Royal campus Tuesday...

Arlington Catholic Herald

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:00:00 -0400

A capacity crowd filled All Saints Church in Manassas Tuesday morning to say goodbye to its teacher, mentor and friend, Dr. Warren H. Carroll, founding president of Christendom College in Front Royal and a leading Catholic historian and author, who died July 17...

National Catholic Reporter

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:30:00 -0400

Warren H. Carroll, founding president of Christendom College in Front Royal and a leading Catholic historian and author, died July 17 in his sleep at his Manassas home, according to Timothy O'Donnell, Christendom's president...

National Catholic Register

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:00:00 -0400

Warren H. Carroll, the founder and first president of Christendom College, died at home July 17 at the age of 79 after a series of strokes...

Catholic.org

Sun, 17 Jul 2011 15:00:00 -0400

The retired president of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments says a spade should be called a spade in the abortion debate...

Zenit.org

Sun, 17 Jul 2011 15:00:00 -0400

The retired president of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments says a spade should be called a spade in the abortion debate...

LifeSiteNews.com

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:00:00 -0400

When it comes to "personally pro-life" politicians who support pro-abortion legislation, the Vatican's prefect emeritus of the Congregation of Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments minces no words...