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Christendom Graduates Largest Class in 30 Year History
Students Write International Award Winning Essays Tillman will receive a $10,000 award and Jalsevac will receive $2,000. Both were honored at the ISI Indianapolis Leadership Conference on April 14. Bugos was awarded the first place prize of $5,000 for her essay, which answered the question: What role should “women’s issues” play in the 2008 elections and how do you define women’s issues? The topic of ISI’s contest was Can Character and Communities Survive in an Age of Globalization? According toISI’s website, “the contest is designed to encourage students to reflect on the relationship between free enterprise and the institutions and mores that define a particular culture.” “I was about as surprised as I was thrilled when I found out I won,” Tillman said. “The time when I had thought the contest winner would be announced was long over. I was at home and all of my younger siblings were as thrilled as I was too.” "Winning ISI's Culture of Enterprise essay contest was very exciting,” Jalsevac said. “Not only because of the cash prize, but also for the encouragement it gave me as an aspiring writer and intellectual.” Jalsevac was excited to see two Christendom students as finalists in his writing competition. “The international contest is extremely competitive, with submissions coming from some of the most prestigious universities around the globe,” Jalsevac said. “That Christendom has produced two winners is an extraordinary testament to the education that we have received from the college and its professors. I know that personally I could never have won the contest without all the intellectual and technical training I have received from my professors over the years."
"My classmates and I have been thoroughly steeped in the Catholic intellectual life and we will graduate caring deeply about the pressing needs of the world.” Bugos said. “This is the example that has been shown to us by our faculty and by the authors we’ve studied. We leave Christendom knowing that sometimes being a follower of Christ means feeding the homeless, and sometimes it means clobbering Clinton and Obama.” Both Tillman’s and Jalsevac’s essays are available on ISI’s website. Bugos’ essay can be found at IWF’s website. “These organizations received countless outstanding entries for the annual contests,” Political Science Professor Bracy Bersnak said. “It’s wonderful to see three of our students at the top of international lists. It’s a testament to our great program here and the fact that our students can compete with the best in the world.” Visit www.cultureofenterprise.com for more information on ISI’s essay contest and www.iwf.org/campus for more information on IWF’s contest. Christendom Releases Latest Informational Video
Throughout his four years at Christendom, Ahlquist was always involved in the writing of skits and in creating short comical videos, making fun of life on campus. He has hopes of making film-making his career. Anyone interested in downloading the video is more than welcome to do so and everyone is encouraged to share the link with their friends. The video may be viewed by clicking here: http://www.christendom.edu/admissions/video.shtml. Cardinal O’Malley and McInerny to Join Largest Graduating Class
Cardinal O’Malley will offer the Baccalaureate Mass on Friday, May 9 and will be awarded an Honorary Doctorate from College President Dr. Timothy O'Donnell the following day. Cardinal O’Malley is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He currently serves as the Archbishop of Boston, and was elevated to Cardinal in 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI. O'Malley is also a member of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, more commonly known as the Capuchins.
On Saturday, May 10, Ralph McInerny, the Michael P. Grace professor of medieval studies at Notre Dame University, will deliver the Commencement Address and will be awarded with Christendom College's Pro Deo et Patria Medal for Distinguished Service to God and Country.
A specialist in the philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas, he has written and edited 22 books about Thomistic and other medieval philosophies. In addition, he has written more than 60 novels, including the well-known Father Dowling mystery series. He has also published several books on Catholic spiritual topics, including What Went Wrong With Vatican II. The 95 undergraduates receiving B.A. degrees include: Becket Adams, Elli Ampi, Mary Beth Baker, Daniel Baron, Jackie Belle-Oudry, Meghan Beller, Sarah Berger, Seth Brotherton, Rand Brown, Cassidy Bugos, David Bushey, Elizabeth Carducci, Tim Cavazos, Mary Anne Clarke, John Connolly, Sophie Coy, Sarah Daley, Elizabeth Doherty, Paul English, Jane Finlay, Katie Fitzpatrick, Sarah Flamminio, Kathryn Ford, Maria Ford, Kak Freeman, Amy Germann, Kyle Greene, Karissa Gubash, Dan Gutschke, Ryan Hechinger, Dan Henson, Joseph Hichborn, Nikole Hill, Stephanie Howe, Jordan Hudson, Zach Inman, John Jalsevac, Sheila Jenné, Allison Kavanagh, Agnes King, Bernard King, Bridget Kopec, Caitlin Kunath, Bobby Lancaster, Jennifer Martin, Lou Massett, Joe Mazzara, Tyler McAtee, Erin McCafferty, Kat McKinnon, Angela McNeely, Adam McSheffrey, Colleen Mead, Katherine Melton, Emily Mersch, Veronica Miller, Joe Molitor, Greg Monroe, Noah Morey, Flannery O'Connor, Bridget O'Donnell, Therese O'Herron, Thérèse Oligny, Sam Phillips, Eric Pilegaard, Jen Poston, Grace Pregent, Paul Provencher, Patrick Quest, Andrea Read, Claire Riggio, David Rodríguez, Matt Rose, Olivia Ruhl, Caitrie Santicola, Robert Schmid, Richard Scrivener, Dominick Severance, Laura Shrader, Chris Smith, Daniel Smith, Anne Stephens, Andrew Stine, Anna Svendsen, Beth Thrun, Catherine Trojack, Emily Twaddle, Sean Vieira, Megan Von Ehr, Joan Walsh, Draper Warren, Sydney Whitmyer, Micah Willard, Meredith Wilson, Meredith Wise Two Associate of Arts degree will be conferred on Rebecca Loth and Rosemary Scheetz. Isabel of Spain: Worthy of Canonization, Carroll Says
"Queen Isabel was the greatest woman ruler in history and made her country of Spain the supreme power in the world of her time," Carroll said at the beginning of his lecture. “She is Spain’s national heroine. She sent Christopher Columbus on his epochal voyage of discovery across the Atlantic Ocean, where he found America and thereby changed history. The Pope gave her the title la Catolica, which means ‘the Catholic.’ All her life she was a woman of profound humility and prayer,” he said. A convert to Christianity, Carroll was educated at Bates College and received a Doctorate of History from Columbia University. After founding Christendom College, he served as the College's president until 1985 and then as the chairman of its History Department until his retirement in 2002. He is the author of numerous historical works including The Rise and Fall of the Communist Revolution,1917: Red Banners White Mantle, and his major multi-volume work The History of Christendom. The lecture focused on the many great moments of Isabel’s life—a life worthy of canonization, according to Carroll. He explain that “her contemporaries uniformly and repeatedly testified to her extraordinary virtues, as have most historians since, Catholic or secular. Even those who vehemently disagree with some of her policies (such as her establishment of the Spanish Inquisition) cannot deny her spotless moral integrity, the harmony of her life with her faith, and the justice and benevolence of most of her rule.”
“Studying the life of Queen Isabel will inspire your children, because her life shows that in the midst of a corrupt culture, a person of virtue and determination can change history." Carroll said. “Isabel’s life and virtues have special importance in an age like ours,” Carroll concluded. “Her achievements as a woman will surely appeal to an age, which is giving special emphasis to the scope of women’s potential to contribute to society... Her care and concern for foreign peoples of different race should appeal greatly in an age, which has lavished care and concern on such people. Yet the memory of Isabel must be as incompatible with compromise on any fundamental tenet of Catholic faith and morals as Isabel herself would have been.”
Students Assist Local Community Service Program Christendom College Mourns the Loss of Cardinal Trujillo “His Eminence Cardinal Trujillo was a dear friend of Christendom College and a personal friend to my wife, Cathy, and me,” O’Donnell said. “It was an honor to come to know him while working with him on the Pontifical Council for the Family. We will always treasure the memory of his courageous witness to the faith and defense of the family, especially during his participation in the College’s Commencement Exercises in May 2002. Cathy and I were very blessed to have had lunch with His Eminence at his home this last November. He will be greatly missed, but we will continue to remember him in our prayers and draw inspiration to continue to defend the integrity of the family.” Cardinal Trujillo, a Columbian, was elevated to cardinal in 1983, and in 1990 he was named president of the Pontifical Council for the Family. Often attacked by the secular press and organizations, he faithfully defended Church teachings on the family and human sexuality. “His extensive ministerial work, carried out as a priest and auxiliary bishop of Bogota, as archbishop of Medellin, as secretary and president of the Latin American episcopal council, president of the Colombian episcopal conference, and finally, as president of the Pontifical Council for the Family, is a clear testimony of his deep love for the Church and his dedication to the noble cause of the promotion of marriage and the Christian family,” Pope Benedict XVI said in a message to the late cardinal’s family. Christendom College will offer a Mass for the repose of the soul of Cardinal Trujillo on the same day as Pope Benedict XVI: April 23, 2008, at 11:30 a.m. Eternal rest grant unto Cardinal Lopez-Trujillo, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. May his soul and the souls of all the faithful departed rest in peace. Amen. Cardinal Arinze Joins College for Weekend Celebrating 30 Years "It is a joy for me to be associated with whatever has to do with the good of Christendom College," the Cardinal said. "This is good news in our time."
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Christendom College Junior James Tillman placed first in Intercollegiate Studies Institute’s (ISI) international annual Culture of Enterprise Student Essay Contest. Senior John Jalsevac placed third in the same contest. Senior Cassidy Bugos placed first in the 2007-2008 Independent Women’s Forum (IWF) College Essay Contest.
Bugos, who is to be married to Jalsevac on May 15, agreed.
Under the guidance of the Admissions & Marketing Office of Christendom College, recent Christendom College graduate (double major: Philosophy/Theology) Julian Ahlquist created a 15 minute informational video that debuted at the College's 30th Anniversary Gala Dinner Dance on April 19.
Christendom College is pleased to announce that His Eminence Seán Patrick Cardinal O'Malley and Ralph McInerny will be joining the 97 members of the Class of 2008 for commencement exercises over the weekend of May 9-11, 2008.-charba.jpg)
He attended the Capuchin College in Washington, D.C., and The Catholic University of America, where he is now a member of the Board of Trustees. He graduated from CUA with a master's degree in religious education and a Ph.D. in Spanish and Portuguese literature. In 1988, O’Malley attended the Commencement Exercises at Christendom College. In 1998 John Paul II appointed O'Malley to the Special Assembly for Oceania of the Synod of Bishops.
Ralph McInerny heads the Jacques Maritain Center at Notre Dame. He helped found Crisis and Catholic Dossier magazines, and has written frequently for both. 
Christendom College’s Founding President Dr. Warren H. Carroll delivered a lecture entitled, Isabel of Spain: The Catholic Queen to the college community on April 28. The lecture, which was based on his popular book of the same title, concluded a series of history lectures held this spring.
Carroll spoke of the many challenges that Isabel faced not just as queen, but also as a mother. Her only-son died young and her eldest daughter died at childbirth. Her second daughter went insane. “The succession of tragedies was Isabel’s cross,” Carroll said, “which she carried as true Christian.”
A group of students from Christendom College lent their time and talent on Saturday, April 26 to help a local nonprofit, The Congregational Community Action Project (C-CAP), move to a new location.
Christendom College President Dr. Timothy T. O’Donnell expressed sorrow on behalf of the entire college community at the passing of Alphonso Cardinal Lopez-Trujillo who died of cardiac arrest on April 19 in Rome. 
Christendom College celebrated its 30th Anniversary April 18-20 with a festive weekend.
“Christian thought needs universities as places in which the Faith can take—let’s say—bodily form and become culture. It is a task that is yours,” he said.
The event, which raised $250,000 in Student Aid, was attended by over 500 of Christendom College’s faculty, staff, students, benefactors, and guests. Warren Carroll, Damian Fedoryka, and Timothy O’Donnell, the College’s three presidents since its 1977 founding, were in attendance as were many of the founding faculty members. Cardinal Arinze and Navarro-Valls served as the Chairman of the Honorary Dinner Committee for the event.
