by Megan Sheehan | May 4, 2026 | Free Content, In Practice, Library, Premier Member School Content, Resource Library, The Fine Arts, The Liberal Arts Educator, Trivium: The Arts of Language
Knowing full well that there are many good books to read and that you’ve already got your own list, we risk a recommendation: Shadows on the Rock by Willa Cather. Miss Cather, fresh off writing about the travails of missionaries in New Mexico, turned her attention to...
by Megan Sheehan | Mar 30, 2026 | Free Content, In Practice, Library, Resources, The Fine Arts, The Liberal Arts Educator, The Liberal Arts Vision, Theology, Trivium: The Arts of Language, Uncategorized
Those of us whose lives have been formed by the seven Sacraments are predisposed to view the world through a sacramental lens. If the remission of our sins really occurs through the words of absolution, if a child becomes a new creation through the waters of Baptism,...
by Megan Sheehan | Mar 27, 2026 | Free Content, In Practice, Library, Literature, The Fine Arts, The Liberal Arts Educator, The Liberal Arts Vision, Trivium: The Arts of Language
This turn of the year can be as hard for students as for teachers as the year continues on, seemingly endlessly. I have found that it can be very fruitful to just pause and do something joyful with the students. Sometimes, this would take the form of a three-legged...
by Megan Sheehan | Feb 4, 2026 | Catholic Identity & Culture, Free Content, Library, Resources, The Fine Arts, The Liberal Arts Educator, The Liberal Arts Vision
The Institute for Catholic Liberal Education (ICLE) is blessed to officially introduce Monsignor John Cihak, S.T.D. as ICLE Chaplain, a role he has faithfully held since July 2025. He also serves as a member of our Board of Directors. In his beloved hymn “Lead,...
by Megan Sheehan | Jan 29, 2026 | Catholic Identity & Culture, Catholic Intellectual Tradition, Free Content, In Practice, Library, The Fine Arts, The Liberal Arts Educator, Uncategorized
Let’s begin our question of assessment with the question of work; after all, what do we teachers assess but the work of our students? A STUDENT’S WORK The Catechism states that work is “the collaboration of man and woman with God in perfecting the visible creation”...
by Hannah Naughton | Jan 31, 2025 | Catholic Identity & Culture, Free Content, Library, The Fine Arts, The Liberal Arts Educator
With Christmas season past, the Catholic Church has been enjoying a few weeks of ordinary time, the growing season. However, many of us have perhaps started to realize that Lent is just around the corner. Lent, the forty day season of prayer, fasting, and...
