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 | Jul 13, 2018 | Archives, Member School Content, Reading Room
“Too late have I loved Thee, O Beauty, ever ancient, ever new!” St. Augustine was in his forties by the time he penned this personal lament. As readers of the Confessions know (and the Confessions has been a universal must-read for 1600 years), Augustine wasted...
by office | Jul 11, 2018 | Archives, Member School Content, Reading Room
Catholic parents are usually grateful that their children are enrolled in Catholic schools. Often they punctuate their expression of thanks with the remark that “at least there I know my kids are getting some instruction in the Catholic faith.” When I hear such...
by office | Jul 10, 2018 | Archives, Member School Content, Reading Room
In a brief hundred pages, Dr. Hancock’s book, Recovering a Catholic Philosophy of Elementary Education, presents a clear vision of the goals of Catholic education and the human person it is meant to develop. The book is divided into six chapters, each with a number of...
by office | Jul 10, 2018 | Archives, Member School Content
As the school year comes to an end, we decided to devote an issue of Beyond the Test to rhetoric, which was often considered the crown of a classical education. In one of our featured articles, I look back to Abraham Lincoln, Pericles, and St. Augustine to get a...
