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In the Classical Liberal Arts Academy, some assignments are much easier to complete by hand than by typing (e.g., Algebra, Greek). Students will need to learn and practice preparing assignments conveniently is very important. 1. Complete work by hand. Using regular notebook paper, students can complete assignments that are too inconvenient to type well. Be sure to add a proper heading at the top of your paper, which includes you name and date on every page. 2.  Save Work as PDF After completing your assignment, it will need to be converted to a PDF document for submission and grading.  This … Continue

The painting above is titled “The Triumph of St. Thomas Aquinas” and was produced by the 14th century artist Andrea da Firenze.  This is quite an elaborate scene and it represents for us the truth of Catholic Philosophy conquering all heresy and enlightening all sciences.  I’d like to walk you through this painting, explaining the significance of the images. First of all, find at the center of the scene the Angelic Doctor, St. Thomas Aquinas.  In his hand, he holds a book which contains the Latin text of Wisdom 7:7, “Optavi, et datus est mihi sensus; et invocavi, et venit … Continue

It’s very common for students or parents to look over the CLAA curriculum and courses and ask: What should I study? What courses should I focus on? What courses are the most important? How much time should I give to this or that course? This dilemma comes from the realization that every course the CLAA offers is important and there is really nothing that can be ignored.  The CLAA is not like a modern school where students just pick what they want to satisfy graduation requirements.  There are real benefits to be gained from every course studied and real gaps … Continue

Dear students, At this time of year, the weather begins to change, the time changes, and we begin to think about the holidays.  While all of this is good, we are also tempted to stop working, which is bad. These are the times that separate the great students from ordinary kids.  Ordinary kids are always looking for an excuse take a break.  They do not live like people who believe they receive their life and health by God, to use for His glory, but as if these things are their right, to use as they please.  They have selfish desires … Continue

For Republicans, there are many positives heading into the mid-terms, but the biggest obstacle to Republican progress is the self-contradiction that arises during the party’s emotional moments, when it forgets that the cameras are rolling and shows signs that its motives aren’t pure. The illustrator Phil Hands captures this problem well in his recent cartoon (right). Americans are currently bored by their material prosperity because they have no transcendent mission to pursue.  This is, of course, owed to their abandonment of the Gospel, which sets the limits on our disagreements and reminds us that we will never be happy in … Continue

by St. Alphonsus Liguori To desire ardently to increase in the love of Jesus Christ. Often to make acts of love towards Jesus Christ. Immediately on waking, and before going to sleep, to make an act of love, seeking always to unite your own will to the will of Jesus Christ. Often to meditate on his Passion. Always to ask Jesus Christ for his love. To communicate often, and many times in the day to make spiritual Communions. Often to visit the Most Holy Sacrament. Every morning to receive from the hands of Jesus Christ himself your own cross. To … Continue

“A good conscience and a holy life is better than all.” St. Thomas a Kempis This quote is one that you should memorize and say to yourself again and again, every day.  There is nothing in this world that is better for you than a good conscience and a holy life.  A college degree is not  better.  A nice car is not better.  A beautiful wife or handsome husband is not better.  A nice house is not better.  A successful business is not better.  A vacation in the most beautiful place on earth is not better.  Nothing you can ever … Continue