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, 2007The 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, 2007Blessed 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, 2007Homily - 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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