December 30, 2011

St. Monica Academy, a Catholic classical-liberal-arts high school in Pasadena, CA, seeks candidates for new position of Vice Principal and Academic Dean. Requirements: strong skills in teaching high schoolers; thorough knowledge of Catholic doctrine and Church history and fidelity to entirety of the Magisterium; command of history and the classical canon of Western literature; keen […]

Some believe the tradition of New Year’s Resolutions goes back as far as the second century B.C. Janus, a mythical king of Rome, stood at the head of the calendar with his two faces looking back on past events and forward to the future. King Janus eventually became the ancient symbol for resolutions. Some Romans

It’s that time of year when folks start making resolutions. In that spirit, as well as the spirit of learning from the past, consider the remarkable resolutions of Jonathan Edwards, the great Puritan father. He wrote the following resolutions in one sitting in New Haven in 1722. Part Two will include the resolutions that he

I always try to carefully choose the last book I read each year. Often it also becomes the first book of the new year. This year I have decided to read The Iliad again. My favorite translation of the first line of the poem is:” Sing, O, Muse…” It is as if the whole story