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Why Beautiful Architecture Matters Now, More Than Ever
The National Catholic Register
One of the greatest glories of the Middle Ages was the advent of Gothic architecture. With high pointed arches and stained-glass windows that flooded cathedrals with ethereal light, this architectural style lifted the heart and mind upwards towards contemplation of God. Now, in an era that can truly be described as another Dark Ages, where truth is stifled and Christ is marginalized, a return to beautiful architecture that raises one’s eyes and soul to God is not just important, but also necessary…

The New Christ the King Chapel at Christendom College
The Epoch Times
Christendom College is a small Catholic liberal arts school—it now enrolls about 500 students—and has long needed a new chapel. The old one, which stands at the heart of the campus, is too small to meet the needs of the student population…

Pipe Organ Arrives for Christendom College Chapel
The Northern Virginia Daily
Work on Christendom College’s new Christ the King Chapel remains on track to be completed by April. The chapel’s handcrafted pipe organ arrived Jan. 30, the college’s Associate Director of Marketing and Communications Zachary Smith said on Thursday. Workers expect to spend three weeks to assemble the organ then another four weeks to tune each of the instrument’s 2,825 pipes, Smith said…

Cover Feature: Kegg Pipe Organ Builders at Christendom College
The Diapason

After Years of Work, Christendom College Unveils Christ the King Chapel
The Northern Virginia Daily
Christendom College will open its new, multimillion dollar Christ the King Chapel today after years of fundraising and construction. The private Catholic college on Shenandoah Shores Road in Warren County scheduled a ribbon-cutting ceremony for this morning followed by events throughout the weekend…

Christendom College Provides a Space to Encounter God Through Beauty in New Christ the King Chapel
The National Catholic Register

Late Young Catholic Artist’s Evangelizing Mission Seen In Newly Dedicated College Chapel Overlooking Shenandoah Valley
Our Sunday Visitor
In March 2021, artist and alumna Mandy Hain was perched, brush in hand, on a cramped crane platform more than 100 feet above the floor of Christendom College’s Christ the King Chapel. Decorating the brilliant cerulean blue heaven of its crossing tower with polychrome-winged angels hovering amidst eight-pointed shining gold stars, she was prayerfully concentrating on her work, not the cancer that would take her life at age 41, just a little less than two years later and before the official opening of the new cathedral-size church in Front Royal…

Christendom College’s Christ the King Chapel Raises Hearts and Minds to Heaven
The Arlington Catholic Herald

God's Glory Revealed in New Christendom College Chapel
LifeSiteNews


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