Summer Programs

A life-changing summer awaits you.

Each year Christendom College offers many summer programs for students of all levels. Read on for more information about our various summer offerings.

	Experience Christendom Summer Program for Rising High School Juniors and Seniors This program is unlike any other college summer program. This program is going to be one of the best, if not THE BEST, experiences of your life, hands down. Other programs promise deep intellectual experiences, or fun and exciting activities. Christendom's Experience Christendom Summer Program is so much more, you just have to experience it for yourself to truly understand.. more info...
	Latin Immersion Program for High School Students Christendom College offers a one-week, intensive, active-Latin immersion courses for rising juniors and seniors designed to introduce aspiring Latinists to the beauty and power of the ancient language of the Church and to the beauty of Christendom College. All Latin classes are conducted wholly in Latin, and students should expect to make substantial progress in active Latin, even in one week. more info...
	Graduate School Residential Summer Program Christendom College offers a Graduate Summer Program for those students who wish to pursue graduate Theological studies during the summer. Both the Master of Arts in Theological Studies degree and the Apostolic Catechetical Diploma may be earned at the Summer Program, over the course of at least four summers. It is a residential program, held at the main Christendom College campus just outside of Front Royal, Virginia, enabling people from all over the United Sates and abroad to attend the Christendom Graduate School. This program is popular with students who are not able to move to the Northern Virginia area for the regular (fall/spring) graduate program, and with teachers and others who have summers off. Of course many of the fall/spring graduate students also attend the summer program, accelerating their studies by going year-round. more info...
	Vita Consecrata Institute The Vita Consecrata Institue (VCI), co-sponsored by the Institute on Religious Life, is held every summer in conjunction with the NDGS Summer Program. The VCI is an intense summer program of theological studies and spiritual renewal for religious, priests, seminarians, and other consecrated persons. The VCI focuses on the theology of the consecrated life as reflected in the mission and life of the Church. Students penetrate the mystery of the consecrated life by investigating magisterial documents (especially those of Vatican II and Pope John Paul II), by examining the rich historic tradition of the Catholic Church, and by prayerfully reflecting on this wondrous gift. The institute is structured in such a way as to assure religious men and women the full living of their consecrated life in a context of prayer, silence, study, and community. Students may earn graduate credit towards the degree of Master of Arts in Theological Studies from Christendom College, or they may attend for personal renewal, auditing courses and participating in the liturgical life of a community enriched by the religious of various congregations. more info...
	Christendom in Europe Every other year Christendom College leads a trip to Ireland or another European destination. Inaugurated in 1992, the Summer Study Abroad Program offers three weeks of intensive study during which students achieve an integrated understanding of Catholic culture in the Catholic regions of Europe. As part of the program, two courses totaling six semester hours of college credit are offered. The program begins with one week of introductory orientation lectures on the Christendom College campus at Front Royal, followed by two weeks of travel and immersion in the European Catholic culture. more info...
	Summer Institute Each year, Christendom hosts its Annual Summer Institute. Generally, topics of an educational and catechetical nature are addressed by such Catholic luminaries as Francis Cardinal Arinze, Scott Hahn, Fr. Benedict Groeschel, Timothy O'Donnell, Tim Staples, and many more. The Institute typically takes place on a weekend during the month of June or July.