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Month: July 2023
The Real John Bosco
St. John Bosco is often presented as a silly priest who played games with boys. He didn’t actually do so, but was actually was a very sober and learned man. In fact,…...
Focusing on Curriculum Development in 2023-2024
Last year, I took a risk, investing a lot of time working directly with students through Zoom meetings. This costs me a great deal of time and, because all progress ultimately depends…...
Classical Reasoning & Rhetoric Courses
Yesterday, I filled out all of the Reasoning and Rhetoric courses in the Academy. These include: These courses are really the core of the whole classical liberal arts curriculum, without which, any…...
Work Out Your Salvation
I’ve been praying recently for understanding on how to handle parenting when children make bad choices or aren’t interested in spiritual things. It is very unclear whether parents, especially of adult children,…...
A Common Sense Look at Healthcare
I don’t endorse any of the “evolution” talk in this video, but strongly support the actual content on preventive healthcare....
Prayers before and after Mass
St. Thomas Aquinas provides these prayers before and after Mass. These are my daily Mass prayers and I have enjoyed them: Prayer Before Mass Almighty and ever-living God, I draw near to…...
Daily Scripture Reading Course
Today, I posted all of the July content for the new Daily Scripture Reading course, and, more importantly, laid the course out so that students can track their daily progress in the…...
“Silver and gold I have none…”
I believe that the apparent decline in Catholic Church attendance is owed far more to the Church’s loss of secular power and influence in modern history than in any liturgical changes–as if…...