Christendom College 134 Christendom Drive Front Royal, VA 22630 800-877-5456 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. www.christendom.edu

Mission statement/description

Christendom College is a four-year coeducational Catholic liberal arts college with undergraduate and graduate degree programs offered in Front Royal, Virginia.  Since 1977, Christendom has been offering a time-tested and rigorous Catholic liberal arts education that develops the student's intellect in such a powerful way that they graduate with the ability to master any subject -- no matter how complex the vocational calling.  In complete faithfulness to the magisterium, the college has been giving its students the opportunity to learn the truth, live the faith, and thrive as Catholics.  They are being given the education and the tools they need to become leaders in society, as they work to fulfill the college's mission of "restoring all things in Christ."  Our curriculum and committed faculty are complemented by a culture of unmatched personal attention, helping each student discern and develop his academic and vocational goals.  Our students thrive in a vibrantly Catholic culture dedicated to personally helping them realize their potential and become the great men and women God has called them to be.  Christendom is not merely a curriculum of courses -- it is an organic way of life and culture that helps the whole person mature in wisdom, virtue, and ability, and prepares them to work as lay apostles seeking to make the culture more Christocentric.

Qualifications for entry

Admission will be determined by a variety of indicators including, but not limited to, high school grades, College Board Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT I) or American College Test (ACT) scores, essays, and letters of recommendation. Applicants are required to write essays on these topics:

a) Why do you want to attend Christendom College?
b) Describe your life within your family, and
c) Describe some person or experience who/which has had a deep impact on your life.

Formation program

The many spiritual and liturgical disciplines available at the college enable students to have daily access to Mass, Confession, Eucharistic Adoration, the Rosary, and the Divine Office, as well as prayers said in common before meals and classes and after all events.  While the college was primarily founded to help form lay people to go out and impact every level of society for the better, the college's vibrantly Catholic culture has led to many vocations to the religious life, including over 100 alumni priests and over 50 sisters.