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In the contemporary world, Catholic adults are increasingly surrounded by a continuous stream of content—books, podcasts, online lectures, videos, and social media commentary. Much of this content, while often well-intentioned, is consumed in a disorganized and passive manner. The result is not intellectual formation but fragmentation. Catholic men and women may pursue occasional readings in theology or philosophy, watch a few lectures on sacred Scripture or the lives of the saints, or quote well-known lines from Marcus Aurelius or St. Augustine. Yet without a coherent framework of study, these pursuits often fail to produce real understanding or moral transformation. The … Continue

Sunday, July 13Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary TimePsalter Week III Monday, July 14Monday of Week 15 in Ordinary TimePsalter Week IIIOptional Memorial: Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, Virgin Tuesday, July 15Memorial of Saint Bonaventure, Bishop and Doctor of the ChurchProper of SaintsPsalter: Common of Pastors or Doctors Wednesday, July 16Wednesday of Week 15 in Ordinary TimePsalter Week IIIOptional Memorial: Our Lady of Mount Carmel Thursday, July 17Thursday of Week 15 in Ordinary TimePsalter Week III Friday, July 18Friday of Week 15 in Ordinary TimePsalter Week IIIOptional Memorial: Saint Camillus de Lellis, Priest Saturday, July 19Saturday of Week 15 in Ordinary TimePsalter Week IIIOptional … Continue

Children Are Not Meant to Be “Out of the Way” One of the quiet temptations in family life today is the urge to keep children “out of the way.” A parent, overwhelmed by daily work or distracted by the pace of modern life, may look for ways to keep children quiet, still, and out of trouble. In such moments, a screen—bright and silent—seems a gift. A tablet or phone placed in the hands of a fussy child can calm the room and give a parent time to catch up, think clearly, or just sit still. But this habit, though understandable, … Continue

In the Classical Liberal Arts Academy, students are often required to demonstrate their mastery of assigned readings by composing written outlines. These outlines are not mere assignments to be completed for a grade; they are meant to prove that the student has read the text thoroughly, understood its structure, and studied it with attention and care. An outline that is well composed shows both the form and the content of a text, and it allows the teacher to see clearly whether the student has truly understood what he has read. The first step in writing such an outline is to … Continue

We Became Mothers Because We Loved Our Husbands We did not become mothers by accident. Most of us did not begin our journey into motherhood with long-range plans to homeschool, raise many children, or manage a household full of activity and responsibility. We became mothers because we gave ourselves in love to our husbands. That was the beginning. This origin point matters. We must remember it because the heart of our vocation as homeschooling mothers is not only the care of children but also the love of our husbands. Marriage is not a support system for motherhood. Motherhood is a … Continue

Sunday, July 6 Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary TimePsalter Week II Monday, July 7 Monday of Week 14 in Ordinary TimePsalter Week II Tuesday, July 8 Tuesday of Week 14 in Ordinary TimePsalter Week II Wednesday, July 9 Wednesday of Week 14 in Ordinary TimePsalter Week IIOptional Memorial: Saints Augustine Zhao Rong and Companions, Martyrs Thursday, July 10 Thursday of Week 14 in Ordinary TimePsalter Week II Friday, July 11 Memorial of Saint Benedict, AbbotProper of SaintsPsalter: Common of Holy Men Saturday, July 12 Saturday of Week 14 in Ordinary TimePsalter Week IIOptional Memorial: Blessed Virgin Mary

How Catholic homeschooling mothers can use July to rest, simplify, and prepare for a peaceful school year. The summer month of July can be a gift from God for the homeschooling mother. It offers a pause between years of study, a season of sunlight and quiet, and a chance to reset both home and heart before the labors of the academic year begin again. For the Catholic homeschooling mother using the Classical Liberal Arts Academy (CLAA), July is not merely a break but a purposeful time for preparing the home, the schedule, and the soul. As Solomon says in Proverbs, … Continue

In the modern age of information, where nearly every question can be typed into a search engine or asked of an AI chatbot, we would expect truth to be more accessible than ever. The entire repository of human knowledge is, in theory, available to anyone with an internet connection. But despite this apparent abundance, there is a deep and troubling problem at the heart of our digital world: the systems we rely on for knowledge are not designed to give us what is true. They are designed to give us what is popular. This single flaw has led to the … Continue

The art of rhetoric, the discipline concerned with the effective use of language in persuasion, was studied and refined by the greatest minds of ancient Rome, with Marcus Tullius Cicero standing as its most influential teacher. For Cicero, rhetoric was not merely a skill useful in politics or law, but a vital part of the good life, an essential art for anyone aspiring to virtue and wisdom in public and private affairs. His formulation of the five canons of rhetoric has endured for over two millennia, providing the structural foundation for both classical and modern approaches to persuasive communication. These … Continue