Timothy Terrance O'Donnell is an academic and Catholic theologian and the current president of Christendom College, located in Front Royal, Virginia.
Timothy Terrance O'Donnell is an academic and Catholic theologian and the current president of Christendom College, located in Front Royal, Virginia.
O'Donnell received a Doctorate in Sacred Theology at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum in Rome, Italy, in 1981 with a dissertation entitled A study in the relationship between doctrine and spirituality : the contemporary and perennial value of devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus[ citation needed ]. He is the first layman to receive a licentiate and a doctorate in Ascetical and Mystical Theology from the Angelicum. [1]
He has taught at several colleges, particularly St. John's Seminary in Camarillo, California, and Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California. At Christendom, he teaches courses in History and Theology, such as The History of the Papacy, The History of Ireland, and Ascetical and Mystical Theology. [2]
He is an advisor to the Pontifical Council for the Family, appointed to that position by Pope John Paul II in 2002. [3] He is also a Knight Grand Cross of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. [4]
On May 31, 2007, O'Donnell was awarded the Distinguished Service Award from the Brent Society for outstanding contributions to Catholic education. [5] [6]
On November 22, 2003, O'Donnell received the "Christ the King Award" from The Christian Law Institute, awarded to O'Donnell, according to Christendom College's press release concerning the award, "in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the cause of Christianization of civil society in America; his distinguished leadership of many years in Catholic higher education; his promotion in his books, articles, and lectures of Catholic apologetics, history and spirituality; his devotion to and work for the Catholic family; and his own family of nine children, all the while remaining faithful to Jesus Christ, His Church, and His Revelation." [7]
O'Donnell and his wife, Cathy, have nine children and live in Stephens City, Virginia. [8]
O'Donnell, his wife, and three of his wife's sisters starred in a 1979 episode of Family Feud. [9]
The Sacred Heart, also known as the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, is one of the most widely practised and well-known Catholic devotions, wherein the heart of Jesus is viewed as a symbol of "God's boundless and passionate love for mankind". This devotion to Christ is predominantly used in the Catholic Church, followed by high-church Anglicans, Lutherans and some Western Rite Orthodox. In the Latin Church, the liturgical Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus is celebrated the third Friday after Pentecost. The 12 promises of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus are also extremely popular.
A pontifical university is an ecclesiastical university established or approved directly by the Holy See, composed of three main ecclesiastical faculties and at least one other faculty. These academic institutes deal specifically with Christian revelation and related disciplines, and the Church's mission of spreading the Gospel, as proclaimed in the apostolic constitution Sapientiachristiana. As of 2018, they are governed by the apostolic constitution Veritatis gaudium issued by Pope Francis on 8 December 2017.
Christ the King is a title of Jesus in Christianity referring to the idea of the Kingdom of God where the Christ is described as seated at the right hand of God.
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Georges Marie Martin Cottier O.P., was a Swiss Cardinal of the Catholic Church, Archbishop, Dominican, Theologian emeritus of the Pontifical Household.
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A number of prayers to Jesus Christ exist within the Roman Catholic tradition. These prayers have diverse origins and forms. Some were attributed to visions of saints, others were handed down by tradition.
Annum sacrum is an encyclical by Pope Leo XIII on the consecration of the entire world to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It was delivered in Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome on the 25th day of May, 1899, the twenty-second year of his pontificate.
The Alliance of the Hearts of Jesus and Mary refers to the historical, theological and spiritual links in Catholic devotions to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
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David Leon Toups is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He has been serving as bishop of the Diocese of Beaumont in Texas since 2020.
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