Thursday, Oct 11, 2007

The Devil Unchained: The Ten Deaths of Rasputin

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Founding President Warren Carroll delivered an intriguing talk on the infamous Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin entitled "The Devil Unchained: The Ten Deaths of Rasputin."

Rasputin influenced the later days of the Russian Tsar Nicholas II, his wife the Tsaritsa Alexandra, and their only and sickly son Alexei and helped to discredit the tsarist government, leading to the fall in 1917 of the Romanov dynasty.

Because he helped alleviate the pain of her ailing son, Tsaritsa Alexandra saw Rasputin as a saintly mystic and healer, while many others saw him as a debauched satanic deceiver.

"Pope Leo XIII warned us in 1897 that in the 20th century the devil would be unchained and let loose upon us to do his worse. As part of the wages of sin, the devil also acts in history," Carroll said. "The best example--the most thoroughly established historically--is the fantastic story of Rasputin.

"I think in the end, the Archangel Michael, who had been fighting the devil for eons came down from heaven to kill the devil that had possessed Rasputin when men were unable to do so," he said.

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Monday, Oct 01, 2007

The Recrudescence of Modernism and Christendom

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Dr. William Marshner addressed the Senior Class and fellow faculty members at the annual Senior-Faculty Dinner, held October 1. Marshner's talk delved into the true definition of modernism and its roots.

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Monday, Sep 24, 2007

Blessed Charles of Austria: A Man of Peace in a World at War

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“The story of Emperor Charles is almost unknown, but now that he has been beatified, he will become better known by faithful Catholics everywhere,” Founding President Dr. Warren Carroll said last Monday in this lecture entitled Blessed Charles of Austria: A man of Peace in a World at War.

The talk covered the role Blessed Charles of Austria played during the turbulent times of Europe during World War I.

Carroll is a member of the league currently working and praying for Blessed Charles’s canonization and first recounted Charles’s story in his first-published book, 1917: Red Banners, White Mantel. http://www.isi.org/books/bookdetail.aspx?id=d407518e-a0b8-40fd-a9bc-1e81a4489c1c

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Friday, Sep 14, 2007

Homily - Mass at 30th Anniversary Academic Convocation

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Christendom College held an Academic Convocation in honor of its 30th Anniversary on September 14, 2007. The convocation honored the great leaders in Catholic higher education of today.

Following the Convocation, Holy Mass was offered by Archbishop Burke serving as main celebrant, and Fr. Scanlan (Franciscan University), Christendom Associate Chaplain Fr. Seamus O’Kielty, and three of Christendom’s fifty-three alumni priests concelebrating: Fr. Kevin Peek ’92, Fr. Ed Murphy ’83, and Fr. Mark Wenzinger, OSB, ’80.

Following the Archbishop’s homily, His Excellency led the entire community in a consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

The following is Archbishop Burke's homily.

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Friday, Sep 14, 2007

Academic Convocation, Archbishop Raymond Burke's Remarks

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Christendom College held an Academic Convocation in honor of its 30th Anniversary on September 14, 2007 at 4:00 pm on its Front Royal, Va. campus. The convocation honored the great leaders in Catholic higher education of today, Thomas Aquinas College Founder Dr. Ronald McArthur, Franciscan University’s First Chancellor Fr. Michael Scanlan, and Christendom College Founder Dr. Warren Carroll.

Archbishop Raymond Burke of St. Louis, Mo. presided over the convocation and received an honorary doctorate from Christendom College. These are his remarks upon reception of the honorary doctorate.

Archbishop Burke was ordained to the priesthood by Pope Paul VI in 1975, at the Basilica of St. Peter. From 1989-1994 he served as Defender of the Bond of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, the first American to hold this position on the Church's highest court. Bishop Burke was then ordained to the episcopacy by Pope John Paul II on January 6, 1995, at the Basilica of St. Peter, and was installed in the Diocese of La Crosse in 1995. In 2003, Bishop Burke was named Archbishop of St. Louis. In July 2006, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Archbishop Burke to the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura.

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Friday, Sep 14, 2007

Academic Convocation, Dr. Warren Carroll's Remarks

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Christendom College held an Academic Convocation in honor of its 30th Anniversary on September 14, 2007 at 4:00 pm on its Front Royal, Va. campus. The convocation honored the great leaders in Catholic higher education of today, Thomas Aquinas College Founder Dr. Ronald McArthur, Franciscan University’s First Chancellor Fr. Michael Scanlan, and Christendom College Founder Dr. Warren Carroll. Christendom’s Pro Deo et Patria Award for Distinguished Service to God and Country was given to all three men for their tireless and historic work. These are Dr. Carroll's remarks upon reception of the reward.

A convert to Christianity, Warren Carroll was educated at Bates College and received a Doctorate of History from Columbia University. After founding Christendom College in 1977, 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 and his major multi-volume work The History of Christendom.

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Friday, Sep 14, 2007

Academic Convocation, Dr. Ronald McArthur's Remarks

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Christendom College held an Academic Convocation in honor of its 30th Anniversary on September 14, 2007. The convocation honored the great leaders in Catholic higher education of today, Thomas Aquinas College Founder Dr. Ronald McArthur, Franciscan University’s First Chancellor Fr. Michael Scanlan, and Christendom College Founder Dr. Warren Carroll. Christendom’s Pro Deo et Patria Award for Distinguished Service to God and Country was given to all three men for their tireless and historic work. These are Dr. McArthur's remarks upon reception of the reward.

A former Army private Ron McArthur achieved a Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Mary’s College, Moraga, Ca. in 1949, and then attended Laval University in Quebec, where he studied under the famed Thomistic, Charles De Koninck. McArthur obtained his doctorate in philosophy there in 1952. For 13 years, he served as Professor of Philosophy at St. Mary's College and later tutor in its Integrated Liberal Arts program. McArthur was named Thomas Aquinas College's first president in 1970. Then in 1991, after more than 20 years of devotion to the College, he retired.

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