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Student premieres movie at local theater

From the very beginning of senior John-Paul Gutschke’s freshman year, he made a promise to himself: he would make a beautiful and inspiring film with the Christendom College community in Front Royal and have it shown in a local theater. Doing so would fulfill a lifelong dream while also pushing him closer to his long-term goal of being in film journalism after graduation.

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New biomedical, mechanical engineering programs to launch this fall

In the Fall 2022 academic semester, Marymount University in Arlington will offer its students innovative, in-person bachelor’s degree programs in engineering. This comes as the institution expands its offerings of cutting-edge STEM (Science, Technology, Engineer and Math) programs while also gaining recognition as a hub in the national capital region for creating next-generation talent in highly skilled career fields.

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Summer service camps

Over the summer, students from Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington participated in two different service learning camps — Food-for-Life and Housing-for-Life — where they volunteered for three days at local nonprofits and participated in community initiatives.  

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Off to college? How to keep your faith

Going off to college is one of the scariest and most exciting parts of young adulthood. Having gone through it recently myself, and now working closely with college students as a FOCUS (Fellowship of Catholic University Students) missionary, I have found that the first few weeks of a new fall semester are unlike any other experience. Freshmen in college have a unique opportunity to begin to split from their families and to decide what is truly important to them. For the first time in their lives, they have a much freer rein to do what they want. They have so many new choices in front of them: what to study, how to spend their free time, what they will eat for dinner and, more importantly, what faith (if any) they will practice. 

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Building a faith foundation for Generation Z

A couple weeks before my three sons left for college, I took each to supper. They chose the restaurant, reflecting their personalities: a Thai place, a steak house, a premium burger grill. I picked up the tab, but I wasn’t there for dinner. I wanted to talk.

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Green space restored on campus

Just in time for the new school year, Marymount University in Arlington transformed the parking lot in front of the Main House into a usable green space. 

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Luau tradition returns to George Mason University

After being canceled last year due to COVID-19 restrictions, the new student luau organized by the Catholic campus ministry at George Mason University in Fairfax returned, drawing more than 800 students to the lawn of St. Robert Bellarmine Chapel for food, music, dancing and games last month.

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