Christendom College
Encyclopedia
Christendom College is a small Catholic
liberal arts college
in Front Royal, Virginia
, United States
, which is located in the Shenandoah Valley
.
, or "teaching authority," of the Roman Catholic Church
.
The College provides a Catholic liberal arts
education. The stated mission of Christendom College, both at the undergraduate and graduate
levels, is "to restore all things in Christ".
The College's Vision Statement reads in part:
in 1977 in Triangle, Virginia
, with only $50,000. The original campus was an abandoned elementary school in Triangle, housing a total of 26 students and five faculty. The founding faculty consisted of Carroll, Dr. William Marshner
(then Mr.), Dr. Jeffrey A. Mirus, Dr. Kristin (née Popik) Burns, and Mr. Raymund P. O'Herron.
In 1979, the College acquired its new campus in Front Royal, Virginia
, overlooking the Shenandoah River
. It still occupies this site today.
In 1997 Warren Carroll acknowledged the debt Christendom College owed to L. Brent Bozell, Jr. and Triumph
magazine in his obituary for Bozell:
and undergraduate degrees.
Undergraduate student
s combine a liberal arts
core-curriculum
with eventual upper-level courses in their major
field (or fields) of study.
Graduates can choose from three theological concentrations: Systematic Theology
, Moral Theology
, and Catechetics
All graduates of the undergraduate college are awarded the bachelor of arts degree.
The fields of study are:
to Assisi and Florence.
Women's Dormitories:
Catholic school
Catholic schools are maintained parochial schools or education ministries of the Catholic Church. the Church operates the world's largest non-governmental school system...
liberal arts college
Liberal arts college
A liberal arts college is one with a primary emphasis on undergraduate study in the liberal arts and sciences.Students in the liberal arts generally major in a particular discipline while receiving exposure to a wide range of academic subjects, including sciences as well as the traditional...
in Front Royal, Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, which is located in the Shenandoah Valley
Shenandoah Valley
The Shenandoah Valley is both a geographic valley and cultural region of western Virginia and West Virginia in the United States. The valley is bounded to the east by the Blue Ridge Mountains, to the west by the eastern front of the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians , to the north by the Potomac River...
.
Educational Mission
Christendom College is a Catholic coeducational college institutionally committed to the MagisteriumMagisterium
In the Catholic Church the Magisterium is the teaching authority of the Church. This authority is understood to be embodied in the episcopacy, which is the aggregation of the current bishops of the Church in union with the Pope, led by the Bishop of Rome , who has authority over the bishops,...
, or "teaching authority," of the Roman Catholic Church
Roman Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity...
.
The College provides a Catholic liberal arts
Liberal arts
The term liberal arts refers to those subjects which in classical antiquity were considered essential for a free citizen to study. Grammar, Rhetoric and Logic were the core liberal arts. In medieval times these subjects were extended to include mathematics, geometry, music and astronomy...
education. The stated mission of Christendom College, both at the undergraduate and graduate
Postgraduate education
Postgraduate education involves learning and studying for degrees or other qualifications for which a first or Bachelor's degree generally is required, and is normally considered to be part of higher education...
levels, is "to restore all things in Christ".
The College's Vision Statement reads in part:
History
Christendom College was founded by Dr. Warren H. CarrollWarren H. Carroll
Dr. Warren H. Carroll was a leading Catholic historian and author, and the founder of Christendom College. He received an M. A. and Ph.D. in history from Columbia University. He died on July 17, 2011 at the age of 79.Dr...
in 1977 in Triangle, Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
, with only $50,000. The original campus was an abandoned elementary school in Triangle, housing a total of 26 students and five faculty. The founding faculty consisted of Carroll, Dr. William Marshner
William Marshner
William Harry Marshner, S.T.D., is a prominent convert to Catholicism, an eminent Thomistic theologian, ethicist, and a founding professor at Christendom College in Front Royal, VA where he was chairman of the theology department in the early days of the college.-Biography:Born in Baltimore in...
(then Mr.), Dr. Jeffrey A. Mirus, Dr. Kristin (née Popik) Burns, and Mr. Raymund P. O'Herron.
In 1979, the College acquired its new campus in Front Royal, Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
, overlooking the Shenandoah River
Shenandoah River
The Shenandoah River is a tributary of the Potomac River, long with two forks approximately long each, in the U.S. states of Virginia and West Virginia...
. It still occupies this site today.
In 1997 Warren Carroll acknowledged the debt Christendom College owed to L. Brent Bozell, Jr. and Triumph
Triumph (magazine)
Triumph was a monthly American magazine founded by L. Brent Bozell, Jr. in 1966 and based in Spain. It commented on religious, philosophical, and cultural issues from the traditionalist Catholic perspective. It ceased publication in 1975.-Origin:...
magazine in his obituary for Bozell:
"Christendom College was gestated in the womb of Triumph magazine and the Society for the Christian Commonwealth, Brent Bozell's creations. All of our original five faculty were long-time subscribers to Triumph and three had attended the program in SpainSpainSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
. Our current president and his wife and our executive vice-president had attended the program in Spain. Two of the three original major donors who enabled our College project to be launched financially had attended the program in Spain, and the third had seen his son attend it. Many of the original members of our Board of Directors were Triumph readers. In a very fundamental sense Christendom College was a Triumph enterprise, and always will be."
Academic degrees
Christendom College has two schools offering graduatePostgraduate education
Postgraduate education involves learning and studying for degrees or other qualifications for which a first or Bachelor's degree generally is required, and is normally considered to be part of higher education...
and undergraduate degrees.
Undergraduate student
Student
A student is a learner, or someone who attends an educational institution. In some nations, the English term is reserved for those who attend university, while a schoolchild under the age of eighteen is called a pupil in English...
s combine a liberal arts
Liberal arts
The term liberal arts refers to those subjects which in classical antiquity were considered essential for a free citizen to study. Grammar, Rhetoric and Logic were the core liberal arts. In medieval times these subjects were extended to include mathematics, geometry, music and astronomy...
core-curriculum
Curriculum
See also Syllabus.In formal education, a curriculum is the set of courses, and their content, offered at a school or university. As an idea, curriculum stems from the Latin word for race course, referring to the course of deeds and experiences through which children grow to become mature adults...
with eventual upper-level courses in their major
Academic major
In the United States and Canada, an academic major or major concentration is the academic discipline to which an undergraduate student formally commits....
field (or fields) of study.
Graduates can choose from three theological concentrations: Systematic Theology
Systematic theology
In the context of Christianity, systematic theology is a discipline of Christian theology that attempts to formulate an orderly, rational, and coherent account of the Christian faith and beliefs...
, Moral Theology
Moral theology
Moral theology is a systematic theological treatment of Christian ethics. It is usually taught on Divinity faculties as a part of the basic curriculum.- External links :*...
, and Catechetics
Undergraduate College
Dr. Patrick Keats, DeanAll graduates of the undergraduate college are awarded the bachelor of arts degree.
The fields of study are:
- TheologyTheologyTheology is the systematic and rational study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truths, or the learned profession acquired by completing specialized training in religious studies, usually at a university or school of divinity or seminary.-Definition:Augustine of Hippo...
- Political SciencePolitical sciencePolitical Science is a social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government and politics. Aristotle defined it as the study of the state. It deals extensively with the theory and practice of politics, and the analysis of political systems and political behavior...
and EconomicsEconomicsEconomics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"... - PhilosophyPhilosophyPhilosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...
- HistoryHistoryHistory is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
- Classical and Early Christian StudiesClassicsClassics is the branch of the Humanities comprising the languages, literature, philosophy, history, art, archaeology and other culture of the ancient Mediterranean world ; especially Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome during Classical Antiquity Classics (sometimes encompassing Classical Studies or...
- English Language and LiteratureEnglish studiesEnglish studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language , English linguistics English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language (including literatures from the U.K., U.S.,...
- MathematicsMathematicsMathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
and ScienceScienceScience is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
(minor only) - MusicMusicMusic is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
(minor only)
Notre Dame Graduate School of Christendom College
Dr. Kristin Burns, Dean
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Rome Program
Each undergraduate has the option of going to Rome in his or her junior year as part of the college's Rome Program. The college offers this program at a loss. The Program includes a continuation of the College's core curriculum program for juniors (PHIL 301 Medieval Philosophy and THEO 301 Moral Theology during the Fall; PHIL 302 Modern Philosophy and THEO 302 Apologetics in the spring), as well as courses in Italian, Roman Art & Architecture, and a general catch all course that highlights Rome as a center of culture. The Program also includes a week's pilgrimagePilgrimage
A pilgrimage is a journey or search of great moral or spiritual significance. Typically, it is a journey to a shrine or other location of importance to a person's beliefs and faith...
to Assisi and Florence.
College Presidents
- Dr. Warren CarrollWarren H. CarrollDr. Warren H. Carroll was a leading Catholic historian and author, and the founder of Christendom College. He received an M. A. and Ph.D. in history from Columbia University. He died on July 17, 2011 at the age of 79.Dr...
- Damian Fedoryka
- Dr. Timothy T. O’DonnellTimothy T. O'DonnellTimothy T. O’Donnell is the current president of Christendom College, located in Front Royal, Virginia. O'Donnell, a well known Catholic theologian, is the first layman to receive a licentiate and a doctorate in Ascetical and Mystical Theology from the Pontifical University of St...
(current)
Residence halls
Men's Dormitories:- St. Benedict Hall
- St. Joseph Hall
- St. Francis Hall
- St. Pius Hall
- St. Augustine Hall
- John Henry Cardinal Newman Apartments (Also known as "Guardian Angel")
Women's Dormitories:
- St. Edmund Campion Hall
- Blessed Margaret Hall
- St. Theresa Hall
- St. Catherine of Siena Hall
Academic buildings
- St. Thomas Aquinas Hall
- Aula Magna Mariae (Chapel Crypt)
- St. Lawrence Commons
- St. John the Evangelist Library
Other buildings
- Crusader GymGymThe word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, that mean a locality for both physical and intellectual education of young men...
nasium - Regina CoeliRegina CoeliThe Regina Caeli or Regina Coeli , an ancient Latin Marian Hymn of the Christian Church, is one of the four seasonal Marian antiphons of the Blessed Virgin Mary, prescribed to be sung or recited in the Liturgy of the Hours at the conclusion of the last of the hours to be prayed in common that day,...
Hall - Madonna Hall (aka the CWOD)
- John Paul the Great Student Center
External links
- Christendom College official site