In Part I of this post, the Very Reverend Lejeune clearly laid out the reason for failure to make progress in sanctity. He encourages us to fortify our wills by making clear resolutions and not simply harboring mere desires. But just how do we do that? He offers us a roadmap. First, “a resolution shouldContinue Reading
I love Lent. The way I look at it, in His great wisdom, God gave Lent to us at the time of year when most of our fresh New Year’s Resolutions have lost their oomph: we have started to settle into a dull, daily routine, going through the motions but not really progressing in muchContinue Reading
So how does this switch come about? The Heath brothers explain how we all have a rational part of our brain as well as an emotional part. That isn’t really a new concept, but I like how they explain it. They liken our emotional part to an Elephant and our rational part to its Rider. Continue Reading
I’m always looking for ways to live smarter. As a homeschooling mom of a large family and co-owner with my husband of a small business, working overtime is a given. But even with the long hours, I still don’t have enough hours in the day. My side of our bedroom is piled high with stacksContinue Reading
What is “AP Statistics”? AP Stats is an introductory, college-level course in statistics. Therein, you will learn how to collect (through experiment or survey), organize, analyze, and interpret data. There is much (much!) more involved than you might think! The emphasis in the course is on understanding and interpretation –you do not need to memorizeContinue Reading
Recently, I had the pleasure of attending Northeast Catholic College’s (NCC) spring conference in Warner, New Hampshire. The theme was “Classical Reception” which inspired a broad range of excellent papers delivered by students and scholars from the area–NCC, Boston College, University of New Hampshire, etc. In some ways, I was an “outsider”, arriving as I did from myContinue Reading
You’re no doubt familiar with the following scenario: otherwise bright child finds himself struggling with a particular subject. Exasperated at his inability to grasp the lesson immediately, he sets himself to wailing, weeping, and the gnashing of teeth. “I don’t get this!” “It’s too hard!” “This is stupid!” “Why do I have to learn thisContinue Reading
Recently, my sixth grader and I went for a walk. As we wandered around our neighborhood, I was eager to hear about his life – friends, activities, etc. He had other plans for our one-on-one time. He wanted to learn about imaginary numbers. My child studying Pre-Algebra had decided he was ready for Algebra II.Continue Reading
It’s funny how life turns out. Growing up in the ’80s, I don’t think I ever heard the term “homeschooling”. The only other children I knew attended our Catholic parochial school, and nearly everyone moved up from that sheltered grade school to one of the area Catholic high schools. There was the Catholic high schoolContinue Reading
Ellen Finnigan holds a B.A. in English from Boston College and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Montana. She has worked as an Editorial Director for an online media network, written a political column for a daily newspaper in Washington D.C., lived on a Catholic commune, and worked as a House Facilitator for aContinue Reading
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