January 2012


CDU students March for Life
Today marks the 39th March for Life and CDU students from across the county are embarking on Washington DC and other cities in the US to rally on behalf of the preborn.. To learn more about this effort


CDU chairman addresses Pontifical Council in Rome
Bishop Loverde, bishop of Arlington and CDU chairman of the board, was in Rome this week and addressed the newly formed Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization in Rome. Here is his speech that includes a prominent mention for Catholic Distance University. More


Academic Mass marks beginning of January 2012 term
The Celebration of the Mass of the Holy Spirit has been a tradition at universities going back to the Middle Ages when universities had an integrated view of what a university is -- a place where one rigorously pursues truth because the truth is Jesus Christ. It is important to remember that study at a university is not a sideline but is an extension of one’s baptismal call to follow Christ. In Pope John Paul II’s words: “A Catholic University's privileged task is "to unite existentially by intellectual effort two orders of reality that too frequently tend to be placed in opposition as though they were antithetical: the search for truth, and the certainty of already knowing the fount of truth"(Ex corde ecclesiae)

The Mass of the Holy Spirit will take place on Wednesday January 11, 2012 to mark the beginning of the January 2011 term. All are invited to join us in spirit for this celebration by praying the Prayer to the Holy Spirit, written by Saint Augustine of Hippo.

December 2011

January 2012 term open for registration
CDU has opened registration for the January 2012 term, which runs Jan. 9 through April 23, 2012. Courses are offered at several academic levels and are open to all adults interested in learning more about Catholic theology.

The January term offers graduate courses on Sacred Scripture, Canon Law, Catholicism and Modern Culture, and Moral Theology. At the undergraduate level, January courses include Sacred Scripture, Church History, and Four Constitutions of Vatican II. Interested adults can also take Latin and Biblical Greek online at the graduate and undergraduate level of study.

New for the January 2012 term is CDU's Associate in Catholic Studies. This program provides a high quality, entry-level associate degree in liberal arts with an emphasis on the Catholic intellectual tradition. It is designed for the professional development of catechists, parents, and aspiring Catholic school teachers, professional career-seekers in the Catholic Church, and anyone else who may later seek a higher degree in liberal arts. Upon completion of this degree, students have the option to earn a bachelor's degree in theology at CDU.


November 2011

New Nuncio to attend CDU Gala
Bishop Paul Loverde, bishop of the Diocese of Arlington, has just announced that Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, Apostolic Nuncio to the United States of America, will attend the CDU Gala to accept the Founders Award presented posthumously to Archbishop Pietro Sambi. Read more


CDU participates in moment of silence
To commemorate Veterans Day colleges and universities throughout Virginia are being asked to pause for a moment of silence on November 11, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. to honor and remember the great sacrifices and contributions of the heroic men and women of the United States Armed Forces who valiantly served this nation and mankind during World War 1 and subsequent wars in defense of liberty.

October 2011

CDU joins with other Catholic Colleges to defend religious liberty
Eighteen Catholic colleges and universities, all marked by their commitment to Catholic identity and fidelity to Catholic teaching, joined today with The Cardinal Newman Society in an appeal to the Obama administration to exempt all religious objectors from a mandate requiring health insurance plans to cover sterilization and contraceptives, including some that cause abortion. Read more

September 2011

National Catholic Register Catholic Identity Guide gives CDU a perfect score
The National Catholic Register has selected Catholic Distance University as one of the 31 colleges and universities nationwide included in its Catholic Identity Guide '11. Read more