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BRIEF VOCATION BOOM Since Christendom’s founding, many alumni have discerned a call to the priesthood and have done their priestly studies in the college’s diocese. This year, 16% of the seminarians in the Diocese of Arlington are Christendom alumni, with Philip Briggs, Andrew Clark, Deacon Jonathan Fioramonti, Joe Flaherty, Peter Foeckler, Deacon John Paul Heisler, Dominic Mann, and Deacon Joe Townsend all studying for the priesthood. Deacons Fioramonti, Heisler, and Townsend are all on track to be ordained to the priesthood together next year, raising the total number of alumni priests in the diocese to over twenty.
A VOICE FOR THE VOICELESS Waking up early on Saturday, October 24, Christendom students drove into nearby Falls Church, Virginia, with a powerful mission: to prayerfully protest the evils of abortion with the Diocese of Arlington’s Bishop Michael Burbidge. Their shared witness proved to be a powerful one, with others joining them to pray rosaries and stand for the rights of the unborn.
WIT & WISDOM Students took the stage with actor, writer, and producer Paul Rugg in October, learning the basics of improv comedy. Rugg, who is currently the voice of Ned on the Disney+ hit show Earth to Ned, spent the evening teaching students, providing them with valuable knowledge and experience that they can use to help clean comedy make a comeback.
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GOLFING FOR GOOD Approximately 122 golfers, made up of alumni, friends, and benefactors of Christendom, competed in the eleventh annual Thomas S. Vander Woude Golf Tournament on Monday, October 12. Together, they fundraised and celebrated the accomplishments of Christendom’s athletes, with all proceeds going toward the Thomas S. Vander Woude Athletic Scholarship fund.
