Christendom College

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Christendom College
Christendom College Seal.png
Motto Instaurare Omnia In Christo (Latin: To Restore All Things in Christ)
Established September 14, 1977
Type Private; Lay-run Catholic
Religious affiliation Roman Catholic Church
Endowment US$10 million
President Timothy T. O'Donnell, STD, KGCHS
Academic staff 44
Admin. staff 41
Undergraduates 389
Postgraduates 67
Location Front Royal, Virginia, USA
Campus Rural, 100 acres (.40 km²)
Founder Warren H. Carroll
Mascot The Crusaders
Website www.christendom.edu

Christendom College is a small Catholic liberal arts college in Front Royal, Virginia, United States, which is located in the Shenandoah Valley.

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Educational mission

Christendom College is a Catholic coeducational college institutionally committed to the Magisterium, 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".

History

Christendom College was founded by Warren H. Carroll in 1977 in Triangle, Virginia, with only $50,000.1 The original campus was an abandoned elementary school in Triangle, housing a total of 26 students1 and five faculty. The founding faculty consisted of Carroll, William Marshner, Jeffrey A. Mirus, Kristin (née Popik) Burns, and Raymund P. O'Herron.

In 1979, the College acquired its new campus in Front Royal, Virginia, overlooking the Shenandoah River.1 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:

"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 Spain. 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."23

Academic degrees

Christendom College has two schools offering graduate and undergraduate degrees.

Undergraduate students 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

Undergraduate College

Patrick Keats, Dean

All graduates of the undergraduate college are awarded the bachelor of arts degree. The fields of study are:

Notre Dame Graduate School of Christendom College

Kristin Burns, Dean

  • Master of Sacred Theology

Rome Program

The Rome Program includes a continuation of the College's core curriculum program for juniors (THEO 301 Moral Theology during the Fall; 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 pilgrimage to Assisi and Sienna.

College Presidents

  1. Dr. Warren Carroll 1977 - 1985
  2. Dr. Damian Fedoryka 1985-1992
  3. Dr. Timothy T. O’Donnell 1992 - current

Basic Statistical Data for the 2012-2013 Undergraduate Academic Year4

Students:

  • Total Undergraduates: 388 (from 45 States and 5 foreign countries)
  • Male/Female Ratio: 42:58
  • Freshman Class Stats: 105 freshmen:
  • 48% are siblings of either current Christendom students or alumni,13% are legacy students,
  • % Students Living on Campus: 95%
  • % Students receiving need-based financial aid: 51%
  • % Students receiving need-based or merit-based aid: 75%
  • Acceptance Rate: 80%
  • Yield Rate: 51%
  • 47% attended one of the College's Summer Programs, from 33 US States, UK, Canada, Greece, and Ireland,
  • 35% of them are on academic scholarship.

Freshman SAT Midranges:

  • Reading: 560-700
  • Math: 510-640
  • Writing: 570-690
  • Average SAT score: 1820

Tuition: $21,000

Room & Board: $7,970

Freshman Retention Rate: 83%

Graduation Rate: 69% 4 years 70% 6 years


Course Information:

  • % Courses with fewer than 20 students: 59%
  • Student/Faculty Ratio: 14:1
  • % Courses Taught by Graduate Students: 0
  • 3 Most Popular Majors: History, Philosophy, Political Science


Campus

Residence halls

Men's dormitories:

  • St. Benedict Hall
  • St. Joseph Hall
  • St. Francis Hall
  • St. Pius Hall
  • St. Augustine Hall

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

References

  1. ^ a b c The Founding, the Building, and the Glory of Christendom College by Warren H. Carroll (2002).
  2. ^ http://www.catholicsocialscientists.org/CSSR/Archival/1997/1997_323.pdf
  3. ^ http://www.christendom.edu/news/archives/archives02/origins.shtml
  4. ^ http://www.christendom.edu/about/quickfacts.php

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Coordinates: 38°57′7″N 78°8′45.9″W / 38.95194°N 78.146083°W / 38.95194; -78.146083