Somewhere in the deep recesses of the wilderness of Kadesh on the Sinai Peninsula, far away from the Egyptian masters from whom he had led the people from slavery, the humble Moses sat among the crags. The irony may have made him smile because those slavedrivers from whom he escaped had also been his teachers. When he was young, they taught him the classical arts, mathematics, and how to meditate. After all that he himself had witnessed – the great wonders that the God, “I Am Who Am” had inflicted upon his adversary Pharaoh – he now had some quiet … Continue

When reading old Greek texts, students will often encounter unfamiliar symbols. The Greek scholar William Camden included a summary of these symbols in his work, “Institutio Graecae Grammatices Compendiaria”, which was published in 1804.

Transcription Today is August 5, 2024 and this is William Michael, the headmaster of the classical liberal arts academy. I feel bad for modern students, because most of them are being robbed of the opportunity to enjoy education like it’s never been available in world history, and they’re being robbed by teachers and by parents who don’t study and because the teachers and the parents don’t study, because they themselves are are either averse to studies or they’re distracted by all sorts of pursuits in life other than study when The time comes to educate children, which in our society … Continue

Transcription Today is August 6, 2024, and this is William Michael, the headmaster of the classical liberal arts academy. Reports from forbes.com say that 90% of students admit to using chat GPT to complete assignments in school. 90% of students who are asked admit to using chat GPT to complete assignments for school. As time goes on in modern society, this crisis is going to become greater and greater. Students are going to study and learn less and less. Schools are going to become more and more useless, and no one’s going to care, because modern schools are really just … Continue

The ideal of educating the total human person – the project that took on the name “humanism” – became a widespread norm for education in the Christian world of early modern Europe, whence it spread to North and South America. The distinguished historian Fr. John O’Malley, S.J. examines the sources of the humanistic style of learning, the place of that style in Catholic culture, and, more broadly, in the world in which we live. This event is co-presented with the Lumen Christi Institute, and co-sponsored by the Saint Benedict Institute, the Collegium Institute, the Nova Forum, the Institute for Faith … Continue

In this talk, Mr. William C. Michael, headmaster of the Classical Liberal Arts Academy, discusses what we need to enjoy and share real Catholic catechesis–for ourselves and others. Mr. William C. Michael, O.P. Headmaster Classical Liberal Arts Academy