by office | Dec 27, 2018 | Archives, Member School Content
Walking the streets of Old City Philadelphia last month was a thrilling experience for me. I have always loved history, and particularly the stories of the great men and their deeds. American Revolutionary history was particularly fascinating because these were not...
by office | Dec 27, 2018 | Member School Content, Quadrivium: The Arts of Number, The Fine Arts
I distinctly remember my first whiff of the ancient idea that music is a liberal art. I was probably 9 or 10 years old. My older brother and I were listening to some music (maybe a cool early Elton John album my brother owned), and he mentioned that he had learned in...
by office | Dec 27, 2018 | Archives, Member School Content
J.R.R. Tolkien once suggested that the great desire of Elves was to realize “imagined wonder” so powerfully that they and their hearers could almost forget the story wasn’t real. Many readers, especially the young, find themselves gripped almost that powerfully by...
by office | Dec 27, 2018 | Member School Content, Resources
I have many reasons for wanting to recommend the monthly magazine,Magnificat. Magnificat is a powerful tool for connecting any Catholic community with the liturgical and spiritual rhythms of the life of the Church. At over 400 pages each month, Magnificat features the...
by office | Dec 27, 2018 | Member School Content, Resources
In the early days of television, Venerable Fulton Sheen mastered the great power of the new medium to evangelize, inform, and inspire millions of Catholics and non-Catholics. Today, Bishop Robert Barron has done the same for the internet-powered information age. His...
by office | Dec 27, 2018 | Member School Content, Stories of Renewal
When John Pica took the helm of Saint Agatha Academy in Winchester, Kentucky, seven years ago, the academic program at the school was neither broken nor struggling. He felt his own three children had received an excellent education and firm Catholic foundation at the...
