When I lived in Germany, I would walk my oldest daughter to her elementary school, Bonifatiusschule in Göttingen, taking her younger sister with me. After the drop-off, the younger one and I would typically cut into the old city to pick up fresh bread for the day and to get our breakfast before taking herContinue Reading
Counting My Blessings Banríon S. S-s-s-s-s-s-s-s. It wasn’t a loud sound. But it wasn’t a good sound — because it was not a normal sound to hear while driving down the road at 65 miles per hour. I directed my teenage driver daughter to pull off the road, which she did. I got outContinue Reading
By Eoin Suibhne I was reading recently a letter written by a diocesan priest (published anonymously) detailing the struggles that faithful priests undergo in these perilous times for our Church. The letter revealed from the inside the mindset of those priests who have chosen to break their vows and how they persecute those priests loyalContinue Reading
Porcupines and Temperaments In high school while browsing at a religious goods store, I came across a slim volume with the enchanting title The Delicate Art of Dancing with Porcupines: Learning to Appreciate the Finer Points of Others. The cover was adorned with a cartoon of chubby, grinning porcupines in mid-step, dancing in redContinue Reading
The following was written by Kolbe Academy theology teacher, Mr. Nicholas Senz . Recently America Magazine featured a school that is scrapping its traditional junior high faith formation program in favor of what it calls “conversational catechesis.” A seminar-style format encourages students to “talk openly about difficult and complex questions of faith.” It is hoped that such an approach “could beContinue Reading
We live in a pathetically dumbed-down culture. Levels of literacy and numeracy plummet and levels of ignorance rise. Knowledge of the past disappears, its lessons unlearned, as the present shows its contempt for the wisdom of the ages and its sages. In short and in sum, and to put the matter bluntly, we live inContinue Reading
Earlier today, I was asked if I had ever read the entire Bible. I confessed that I had but that it was many years ago. In fact, I have not read the entire Bible since I was 19. As a teenager, I read the Bible incessantly. Twice I read it from cover to cover. ThreeContinue Reading
By Katie Giandinoto What a wonderful sound, the noise of boys. Movement, chatter, whispers, giggling, competition, crashing, bickering, loudness, more competition and laughter, repeat. This is the noise that I have been trying to silence since it is so constant with my boys. For nineteen years I have been trying to hush them. Continue Reading
Last week, I was delighted to learn that one of our students had earned the highest score on the 2018 Classic Learning Test (CLT). I knew this was a major accomplishment, however, I wanted to learn more about the test itself. I reached out to the CLT who happily agreed to answer a series ofContinue Reading
Tell us about yourself: where do you live, what do you do, etc., etc. I’m an Oklahoma native, raised in Cushing , a small town with about 8,000 people, and now living in Tulsa , the state’s second largest city. I considered a variety of opportunities around the country for college and beyond, but found IContinue Reading