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Psalm 30, from Evening Prayer (Week I, Thursday) Join us in praying the Liturgy of the Hours–the official prayer of the Catholic Church. Learn more at https://classicalliberalarts.com/loth

This is William Michael of the Classical Liberal Arts Academy. Tonight I’d like to talk about a topic that I believe can radically improve conversation among Christians and non-Christians. It’s a topic that I taught; it was in my last private school teaching job, and it was the result of my teaching on this topic that convinced me that I needed to start the Classical Liberal Arts Academy when I did back in 2008. The topic is the classical disputation. In our society today, we hear a lot about the need for dialogue. We have all of these amazing social … Continue

As we begin the celebration of the liturgical season of Lent, we should ask, “What does the Catechism teach us about Lent?” In this post, we’ll take a look at mentions made of Lent in the Catechism. The first mention of Lent is found in the first part of the Catechism, in paragraph 540, where the Church teaches us of the mysteries of Christ’s life. We read: 538 The Gospels speak of a time of solitude for Jesus in the desert immediately after his baptism by John. Driven by the Spirit into the desert, Jesus remains there for forty days … Continue

In this lesson, we will begin the study of the gender of Latin nouns. The title of this chapter in Alvarez’s Grammar is, “De Generibus Nominum Paulo Difficilioribus”, which means “Of the Gender of Nouns Least Difficult”. To complete the objectives of this lesson, complete the following tasks: Study the lesson for mastery. Memorize the rules in the lesson. Complete the lesson assessment. Lesson In the past, when Latin was the active language of the Church and the State, students had to learn to speak and write in Latin. To do this, they had to memorize the rules for the … Continue

In the last two lessons, we learned about the comparison of adjectives and how they are formed. In this lesson, we learn about adjectives that form comparative and superlative forms in irregular ways. To complete the objectives of this lesson, complete the following tasks: Study the lesson for mastery. Memorize the rules in the lesson. Complete the lesson assessment. Lesson Rule I. Anomala sunt: bonus melior optimus; malus pejor pessimus; magnus major maximus; parvus, minor, minimus; parum, minus, minimum; magis, maxime; minus, minime; multum, plus, plurimum. Quanquam plus positivum putat Asinius apud Gellium. Translation: (The) irregulars are: bonus (good), melior … Continue

In 1963, Pope St. Paul VI promulgated the document titled Sacrosanctum Concilium, or “Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy”. In this document, he introduced the reformed Divine Office, which we refer to today as the “Liturgy of the Hours“. The text related to the Liturgy of the Hours is provided below. 83. Christ Jesus, high priest of the new and eternal covenant, taking human nature, introduced into this earthly exile that hymn which is sung throughout all ages in the halls of heaven. He joins the entire community of mankind to Himself, associating it with His own singing of this canticle … Continue

In the last lesson, we learn about the comparison of adjectives. In this lesson, we learn how comparative and superlative adjectives are formed in Latin. To complete the objectives of this lesson, complete the following tasks: Study the lesson for mastery. Memorize the rules in the lesson. Complete the lesson assessment. Lesson Rule I. Comparativa fiunt a casu litera I finito addita syllaba OR; superlativa vero addita litera S et SIMUS, ut justus, justi, justior, justissimus; fortis, forti, fortior, fortissimus. Translation: Comparative (adjectives) are made from the case terminated with the letter I, with the syllable OR added; the superlative … Continue

One can find many articles and videos in which men who identify themselves as “classical educators” or even “philosophers” provide very bad answers. If, however, they actually studied the writings of history’s masters, they would know that St. Thomas Aquinas already answered this question far more eloquently than any of them can, and if they were concerned with being good teachers, they would direct their students to the true sources rather than trying to draw them to themselves in hope of making money. Catholic students are not dependent on any living men for answers to these important questions. They have … Continue