by Megan Sheehan | Dec 3, 2025 | Archived, Archives, Catholic Identity & Culture, Catholic Intellectual Tradition, Free Content, In Practice, Library, Literature, Member School Content, News, Resource Library, Theology
The Teachers for Christ program has been wonderful. I often look around with wonder at how I ended up so blessed. We live such balanced lives here. God has used the Augustine Institute and the Institute for Catholic Liberal Education (ICLE) to give us a year of...
by Megan Sheehan | Sep 8, 2025 | Catholic Intellectual Tradition, Free Content, Library, Member School Content, Uncategorized
In anticipation of St. Hildegard of Bingen’s feast day on September 17, ICLE is pleased to share this reflection from our partner, Classical School Solutions. One of the most radiant examples of a saint who cherished beauty is St. Hildegard of Bingen, a...
by office | Apr 9, 2019 | Archives, Member School Content
Jessie Van Hecke, a graduate of Thomas Aquinas College and a Kindergarten and First Grade teacher at St. Augustine Academy in Ventura, California, credits her liberal education at Thomas Aquinas College with introducing her to classical views of education and the...
by office | Jan 9, 2019 | Archives, Member School Content
Jennifer Thomas has taught history and literature to high school and junior high students in Catholic schools for twenty-five years. During that time, including a three-year stint at an inner city diocesan school in the Oakland diocese, she has “never seen a student...
by office | Dec 28, 2018 | Archives, Member School Content
In his classic work on Scriptural interpretation, St. Augustine encourages students of Scripture to learn all the branches of knowledge necessary for understanding the holy word of God. In a particular way, his advice pertains to what we would today call literature. ...
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...
