by Megan Sheehan | Jul 10, 2026 | Catholic Identity & Culture, Catholic Intellectual Tradition, Free Content, Library, Member School Content, Partner Content, The Liberal Arts Educator, The Liberal Arts Vision
In Caravaggio’s The Calling of Saint Matthew, a beam of light enters the room alongside Christ. It does not merely brighten the scene. It reveals reality. In that moment, Matthew sees not only Christ, but also himself—a vocation that had been present all along, hidden...
by Megan Sheehan | Apr 14, 2026 | Catholic Identity & Culture, History, In Practice, Library, Partner Content
“When he takes the throne of his kingdom, he is to write for himself on a scroll a copy of this law…It shall remain with him, and he shall read it all the days of his life.” Deuteronomy 17:18–19 In the book of Deuteronomy, God gave Moses a remarkable instruction for...
by Megan Sheehan | Mar 27, 2026 | Free Content, In Practice, Library, Partner Content, Uncategorized
Tomorrow, Holy Thursday, during the Mandatum (washing of feet), the Church will sing the ancient, eighth-century hymn Ubi Caritas: Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est—“Where there is charity and love, there is God.” As these words rise, Christ kneels. He washes the feet...
by Megan Sheehan | Feb 25, 2026 | Free Content, Library, Partner Content, The Liberal Arts Educator, Uncategorized
“A seemingly insignificant encounter with a poster presenting a detail of Rembrandt’s The Return of the Prodigal Son set in motion a long spiritual adventure that brought me to a new understanding of my vocation and offered me new strength to live it. ” These words of...
by Megan Sheehan | Nov 4, 2025 | Catholic Identity & Culture, Catholic Intellectual Tradition, Free Content, In Practice, Library, Partner Content
For centuries, Latin has been considered essential to a liberal arts education, being woven into the very fabric of Catholic intellectual life. Yet many Catholic schools still struggle to answer what success in Latin education truly looks like. Schools often point to...
by Hannah Naughton | May 1, 2025 | Partner Content
Glory be to God for dappled things— For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow; For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim;Fresh-firecoal chestnut-falls; finches’ wings; Landscape plotted and pieced—fold, fallow, and plough; And all trades,...
