Author and Professor of Literature Dr. Michael Mack delivered a lecture entitled “Hamlet: Shakespeare’s Mousetrap?” to students and faculty at Christendom College on February 7. The talk was the first in the College’s new Faith & Reason Lecture Series. In his lecture, Mack reveals how Shakespeare uses one of his most famous plays to cause the audience to examine their own conscience. In the play itself, Hamlet uses a play,The Mousetrap, to cause the villain, Claudius, to examine his conscien...
Feb 08, 2011•53 min•Ep. 87
Renowned Dominican priest and Thomistic philosopher, Reverend Lawrence Dewan, O.P., delivered a lecture entitled “Being a Disciple of St. Thomas Aquinas in the Pursuit of Wisdom” as the keynote speaker at Christendom College’s annual St. Thomas Aquinas Lecture on January 28, 2011. Fr. Dewan discusses how St. Thomas Aquinas serves as a witness to wisdom. A member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome, Dewan studied philosophy at the University of Toronto, the University of Paris...
Jan 29, 2011•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 102
“There is only one reason to be Catholic—not because you love father’s homilies, not because they have great youth groups, not because the cutest girl in the world sits in that third pew—it’s because it’s true,” clinical psychologist and radio personality Dr. Ray Guarendi told students at Christendom College on November 8. “If it’s not true, get out of it. Go do what you want. But if it is true, it is everything.” His talk entitled “Why Be Catholic?” exposed the common fallacies in the Protestan...
Nov 09, 2010•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 64
On November 4, Professor Mary Stanford gave a talk entitled “Life in the Single Years” to the Christendom College community. Discussing the single life as a vocation in her talk, she encourages young women to look at this time in their lives as a time of growth and preparation for the rest of their lives. Professor Mary Stanford received her Master of Theological Studies degree from the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family in Washington, DC. A married homeschoolin...
Nov 05, 2010•36 min•Ep. 22
On September 27, 2010, Frank Hanna gave his talk entitled “Defending the Faith, Defending the Word of God”, relating how he established the Mater Verbi /Hanna Papyrus Trust, which sought to acquire for the Vatican sections 14 and 15 of the Bodmer Papyrus from the Martin Bodmer Foundation. The Bodmer Papyrus is a set of papyri which were discovered in 1952 at Pabau, Egypt. Dating back to A.D. 175, the papyri contain the oldest copy of the Gospel of Luke—and the oldest copy of the Lord’s Prayer—in...
Sep 28, 2010•52 min•Ep. 63
Paul Voss’ talk, entitled “To Hell and Back: Catholicism, Liberal Arts, and Business Ethics,” explains how the wisdom and ethics of the Catholic intellectual tradition has the ability to shape the future of business for the better. Voss is the President of Ethikos, an ethics consulting group, and an Associate Professor at Georgia State University. A gifted public speaker and award-winning teacher, his clients include the FBI Labs, General Electric Energy, British Petroleum, the Home Depot, Visa,...
Mar 16, 2010•1 hr•Ep. 62
On March 2, the Christendom College Republican Leaders invited Bob Marshall and Kate Obenshain to speak to the students body. Obenshain remarked that truly conservative colleges like Christendom were a rarity and was enthused by what she experienced on campus. She encouraged students to run for office, citing a need for good conservative men and women, now more than ever.
Mar 03, 2010•26 min•Ep. 21
On March 2, the Christendom College Republican Leaders invited Bob Marshall and Kate Obenshain to speak to the students body. Delegate Bob Marshall (R), representing Virginia’s 13th District since 1991, addressed students and reinforced Obenshain’s charge to be active in politics while sharing a number of personal experiences in politics.
Mar 03, 2010•46 min•Ep. 20
Susan Conroy, author and friend to Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, gave an address to the students and faculty of Christendom College on Monday, February 15, 2010. Conroy made her first trip to Calcutta to work with Blessed Teresa and the Missionaries of Charity in 1986. In 1987, at the request of Blessed Teresa herself, Conroy stayed in the Order’s convent in the South Bronx, New York, in contemplation of the religious life. While Conroy did not enter the Order, she calls her stay there “the most p...
Feb 16, 2010•57 min•Ep. 61
Fr. Daniel Gee delves into the depths of spiritual life which is part of married life. Marriage is a journey of offering and acceptance, involving sacrifice.
Nov 12, 2009•49 min•Ep. 19
On November 19, Dr. Kurt Poterack, Adjunct Professor at Christendom College, delivered a talk entitled “The Uniqueness of Music in the Western Civilization”. Dr. Kurt Poterack is the Director of the Christendom College Choir and is the Schola Gregoriana Coordinator, Beato Fra Angelico Fine Arts Program. Specializing in Gregorian and Renaissance polyphony, he received both his M.A and Ph.D. from Michigan State University.
Nov 10, 2009•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 18
Dr. Doug Flippen discusses the four types of Temperaments, how they effect our life, and what we can do to shape and correct the weakness of our temperament.
Oct 10, 2009•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 17
Entrepreneur and former Swiss Guard Andreas Widmer delivered a talk entitled “Seven Things I Learned from Pope John Paul II on Being a Catholic Business Person” to students and faculty at Christendom College on October 5. Widmer served as a Pontifical Swiss Guard from 1986-1988, protecting Pope John Paul II. He is a co-founder of the SEVEN Fund, a non-profit organization that seeks to encourage entrepreneurship in impoverished regions of the world. Holding numerous degrees from Switzerland and t...
Oct 06, 2009•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 60
Dr. Patrick Divietri refutes the idea that religion makes no difference in divorce rates in marriage. In reality, the statistics show that religion plays a significant role a happy and stable marital relationship.
Sep 18, 2009•49 min•Ep. 16
On May 24, Professor Mary Stanford gave a talk entitled “Friendship, Femininity & Fickleness” to the women of the Christendom community. She summarizes the essence of femininity by discussing the “3 Cs”—care, conversation, and community. Professor Stanford explains how women should use their natural God-endowed gifts as strengths, rather than allow them to become weaknesses. Professor Stanford received her Master of Theological Studies degree from the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for St...
May 25, 2009•38 min•Ep. 15
Understanding finance is crucial to prepare for the future and achieve personal success.
May 02, 2009•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 14
“All my life I’ve heard spirited advocacy for the dialogue between the Church and the wider culture, but this call has come, almost exclusively, from the Church and not from the culture,” Fr. Robert Barron said in his talk entitled “From Correlation to Assimilation: A New Model for the Church-Culture Dialogue” given to the students and faculty of Christendom College on April 20. “It is this one-way quality of the conversation that is, I submit to you, problematic.” Fr. Robert Barron, a prominent...
Apr 21, 2009•49 min•Ep. 59
Fr. Ben. J. Cameron discusses the tragedy and grief abortion inflicts on women, and the process of healing. By understanding the emotional and psychological pain abortion causes, we are more able to support and help women who have had an abortion.
Mar 21, 2009•26 min•Ep. 13
Fr. Chris Pollard discusses the value and significance of activities done in silence. Certain intense activities, such as prayer, study, or hunting demands silence.
Feb 28, 2009•31 min•Ep. 12
On February 17, Andy Day delivered a talk to the Christendom faculty and students entitled “Evangelization: That Which We Have Seen and Heard”. Andy Day is the Southeast Regional Director for FOCUS, the Fellowship Of Catholic University Students, one of the fastest growing programs in the Catholic Church. Andy graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Economics from Christendom College. As a campus missionary with FOCUS, Andy served at Seton Hall University before establishing t...
Feb 18, 2009•32 min•Ep. 11
Fr. Joseph Mary Brown discusses the difficult and often complex matter of discerning vocations. Father was born in Bardstown, KY, the third of seven children. He graduated from Christendom College in 1985 with a B.A. in Philosophy. In 1991, he joined the Congregation of St. John (an active-contemplative Community founded in France in 1975) in Laredo, TX, where he did his Novitiate. From there, he was sent to France to continue his formation, and in 1996, he was sent to their house in Peoria, IL....
Feb 18, 2009•50 min•Ep. 10
“You are among the last young people who recognize that the love of learning and desire for God goes together,” Rev. Romanus Cessario, O.P. told students at his lecture held on November 14. “Now that is a remarkable gift. You must think of yourselves as inheritors of a long tradition. What you’ve got is not some pious Catholic thing.” Rev. Cessario is a professor at St. John’s Monastery in Boston and a fellow of the Pontifical Academy of Saint Thomas Aquinas. In addition to numerous articles and...
Nov 15, 2008•59 min•Ep. 9
Well-known Catholic author and journalist Russell Shaw delivered a talk entitled “Secrecy vs. Communio in the Catholic Church” at Christendom College on Monday November 3, 2008. Shaw is author or coauthor of 20 books and a contributor to and/or editor of several others. His most recent book is Nothing To Hide: Secrecy, Communication, and Communion in the Catholic Church . Shaw has published thousands of magazine and newspaper articles, columns, and reviews in U.S. and foreign periodicals. He is:...
Nov 04, 2008•44 min•Ep. 58
On October 30, Ms. Olivia Turner was invited to give a talk to the Christendom community on pro-life matters. Olivia Gans Turner is the director of American Victims of Abortion (AVA), founded in 1985 as an outreach of the National Right to Life Committee. In 1981, while a college student, Mrs. Turner underwent a suction aspiration abortion 12 weeks into her pregnancy. After suffering an acute emotional reaction to her abortion for almost two years, Mrs. Turner helped organize one of the nation’s...
Oct 31, 2008•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 8
On October 15, Congressman Frank Wolf came to Christendom College to give a talk entitled “Challenges Facing America”. Having received his degree in political science and law from Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C., Wolf joined the United States Army as a reservist and became a lawyer for the military. In 1968, he entered politics and became a legislative assistant to Edward Biester, the Republican congressman from Pennsylvania’s 8th congressional district. From 1971 to 1975, W...
Oct 16, 2008•45 min•Ep. 7
On September 29, world-renowned Scripture scholar and Theology professor Dr. Scott Hahn launched Christendom College’s Major Speakers Program, delivering a lecture on “The Gospel According to St. Paul.” His lecture focused both on Paul’s conversion and his understanding of Christ. Quoting scripture, Hahn said, “‘Though he was in the form of God, he did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped’ … a better translation would read, ‘He did not count equality with God something to be exploit...
Sep 30, 2008•55 min•Ep. 53
Robert Spencer breaks through the cognitive dissonance of our time illuminates the meaning of Jihad. Religious dialogue is an increasingly pressing issue, which is often distorted and plagued with disinformation.
Apr 19, 2008•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 6
Michele Velasco (’91) is the Vice President for Finance of Sirius XM radio . She encouraged students to work hard and realize that, sometimes, they must start at the bottom in order to make it to the top. “I started as an intern and worked my way up from the very bottom. Over the years, I assumed more and more responsibilities because I was willing to take them on. You have the skills you need: don’t be afraid to take it on, and move forward.” Through networking, she made the transition to consu...
Apr 12, 2008•58 min•Ep. 5
On April 7, Philosopher and Former Christendom College President Dr. Damian Fedoryka delivered an address entitled “John Paul II’s Hermeneutics of the Gift as the Key to Understanding Life and Death” to students at Christendom College. The talk delved into the richness of John Paul II’s often-complex philosophy, highlighting the late pontiff’s emphasis on the importance of the human person. Fedoryka, currently active at the Center for Personalist Anthropology and Ethics, explained that the gift ...
Apr 08, 2008•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 57
Dr. Warren Carroll addressed students with a talk entitled “Thirtieth Anniversary Reflections from the Founder” on November 12. “I regard myself as immensely privileged to have been able to devote so many of my 75 years to the creation, guidance, and maintenance of this college and I know that under my splendid successor, Timothy O’Donnell, this College will remain unchanged throughout the next thirty years, halfway through the twenty-first century.” Before founding Christendom, Carroll dreamed ...
Nov 13, 2007•34 min•Ep. 56
