by ICLE Team | May 20, 2016 | Member School Content, Raphael's Room Blog
There is nothing inevitable in the outcome of an honest search for God. The Lord leaves us free, with all the risks of such freedom. There is nothing inevitable, except that His grace is always present to help us. Yet it remains up to us whether we accept it or not....
by ICLE Team | Mar 20, 2016 | Member School Content, Raphael's Room Blog
Forming a classroom environment where today’s students are challenged to think for themselves and free to say what they think, while still expecting to be accountable for their ideas, is very difficult. Headmaster Michael Van Hecke of St. Augustine Academy in...
by ICLE Team | Feb 18, 2016 | Member School Content, Raphael's Room Blog
I was so impressed by this 2007 high school valedictorian address that I pestered speaker Jane Forsyth to track it down for me. She really shows what an impression an English class can make when teachers help their students to take great literature seriously. Miss...
by ICLE Team | Jan 29, 2016 | Member School Content, Raphael's Room Blog
Father Paul Raftery, O.P., delivered this beautiful reflection on mercy in the work of the great teacher, St. Thomas Aquinas, as part of a solemn Mass in his honor held on the campus of Thomas Aquinas College. It speaks to the heart of every Catholic teacher. ...
by ICLE Team | Jan 1, 2016 | Member School Content, Raphael's Room Blog
Rev. Joseph W. Koterski, S.J., is a member of the Philosophy Department at Fordham University, where he has taught since his ordination as a Catholic priest in1992. At Fordham he also serves as the Editor-in-Chief of International Philosophical Quarterly and as...
