One of the causes of the chaos of modern schools and homeschools is false thinking about the goal of education. The goal of education is not to lead students to practice the skills of wise men or successful professionals, but to teach them the objective content of the arts and sciences needed to do so … Continue
Dear friends, I have posted the entire text of the Summa Theologica on the Classical Catholic Library in a single, unformatted page to allow students to search the entire Summa with the use of Ctrl+F shortcut on their keyboard. Having this available provided students with a great resource when they begin writing in higher studies. … Continue
In the book of Psalms, David speaks of contenment with one’s lot in life: The lines are fallen unto me in goodly places: for my inheritance is goodly to me. (Psalm 16:6) In modern society, there is often a strong separation between our spiritual lives and our practical lives in the world. Sure, we may … Continue
Dear friends, I’m happy to announce that the Classical Liberal Arts Academy’s–new and improved–Petty School Reading course is now open for enrollment. The Petty School courses were extremely popular from 2009-2016 until the video format they used (Adobe Flash) became obsolete on the internet. This year, we are re-producing the entire Petty School series in … Continue
During enrollment season, we get calls and messages from parents asking about homeschool accreditation. The answer is very simple–NO–for two very simple reasons: First, there is no accreditation agency that measures the standards of a classical Catholic study program. (If there was, it would be us.) Second (and more importantly), homeschool parents have no need … Continue
St. Benedict of Anian was the son of Aigulf, Governor of Languedoc, and was born about 750. In his early youth he served as cupbearer to King Pepin and his son Charlemagne, enjoying under them great honors and possessions. Grace entered his soul at the age of twenty. He resolved to seek the kingdom of … Continue
Deciding to homeschool your children is a noble decision in this generation. If you are willing to learn, you will find that you can provide your children with a far better education at home than they could ever receive in a modern school. One of the first challenges is establishing a productive and sustainable routine, … Continue
RE: Free Classical Catholic Library Dear friends, We have entered into our 13th year, giving full-time service to our mission “to research, restore, publish and teach the classical liberal arts.” We have succeeded in restoring the classical liberal arts curriculum, along with the classical philosophy and Catholic theology studies to make a complete program of … Continue
In this passage, from De Doctrina Christiana, St. Augustine discusses the relation between the study of Natural Philosophy and Sacred Scripture, which is relevant for CLAA students. “There is also a species of narrative resembling description, in which not a past but an existing state of things is made known to those who are ignorant … Continue
Of St. Scholastica but little is known on earth, save that she was the sister of the great patriarch St. Benedict, and that, under his direction, she founded and governed a numerous community near Monte Casino. St. Gregory sums up her life by saying that she devoted herself to God from her childhood, and that … Continue