by Megan Sheehan | Dec 30, 2025 | Catholic Identity & Culture, Catholic Intellectual Tradition, Free Content, In Practice, Library, Resource Library, Uncategorized
If you have ever taken a small child to the pediatrician, chances are the doctor has told you to read aloud together at home. Public libraries sponsor programs to encourage parents to read aloud to their children a thousand books before Kindergarten. Toddler story...
by Megan Sheehan | Dec 30, 2025 | Catholic Identity & Culture, Catholic Intellectual Tradition, Free Content, In Practice, Library, The Liberal Arts Educator, The Liberal Arts Vision, Theology, Uncategorized
This time of year I love listening to the Little House on the Prairie series. There is something endearing about the repeated references to hard work, delicious food made from scratch and rich encounters with living off the land. While the Wilder family received...
by Megan Sheehan | Dec 2, 2025 | Catholic Identity & Culture, Catholic Intellectual Tradition, Free Content, History, In Practice, Library, The Liberal Arts Educator, Uncategorized
Man is by nature body and soul, and therefore, our bodies are not accidental. We know this intellectually as Catholics, but we also experience this reality when we move and strive physically. There is tremendous satisfaction and joy when our bodies are attuned to...
by Megan Sheehan | Nov 25, 2025 | Catholic Identity & Culture, Catholic Intellectual Tradition, Free Content, In Practice, Library, Theology, Uncategorized
By the beginning of December, stores have filled up with the ribbons and wrappings of the commercial Christmas season. Meanwhile, as Catholics we are ushering in a new liturgical year. It is during this Advent season that we focus on the prayerful joy of preparation...
by Megan Sheehan | Nov 4, 2025 | Catholic Identity & Culture, Catholic Intellectual Tradition, Free Content, In Practice, Library, News, Partner Content, Uncategorized
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 Megan Sheehan | Nov 4, 2025 | Catholic Identity & Culture, Catholic Intellectual Tradition, Free Content, In Practice, Library, News, Resources, Theology, Uncategorized
I have four children. My oldest is almost 17 years old, and so I have many years of experience behind what I’m about to claim: Mothers have to repeat the most important things over and over and over again. “Repetitio Mater Memoriae,” the Latin phrase meaning...
