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Note from the Managing Editor |
Happy feast of Saint Margaret of Scotland!
This week, we bring you several pieces on the education of children. "Restoring the Catholic in Catholic Schools" by Gary Houchens is an excellent primer on the orientation of Catholic educaiton towards God.
And Michael Knox Beran's "In Defense of Memorization" is necessary reading for anyone who has come into contact with modern educational philosophies.
For your own edification, I highly recommend Amy Giuliano's beautiful art essay of the month from Magnificat on the Pieta. It serves both as instruction and as meditation on Michaelangelo's masterpiece.
God bless you all this week! - Meaghen Gonzalez
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"[Learn] to think rigorously, so as to act rightly and to serve humanity better." - John Paul II
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To Attain Perfection We Must Patiently Endure Our Imperfection |
St. Francis de Sales, Consoling Thoughts on Trials of An Interior Life |
We must have our mind settled on two points: one, to expect the growth of weeds in our garden; the other, to have courage to witness their removal, and to lend a hand ourselves. |
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In Defense of Memorization |
Michael Knox Beran, City Journal |
Progressive educators call it "drill and kill," but learning poetry by heart empowers kids. |
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In Memoriam: Ian Ker (1942-2022) |
Edward Short, CWR |
The great biographer of Newman, a convert from Anglicanism, always inspired fondness in those who reveled in his wit, his bonhomie, his learning, and his very real, if inconspicuous pietas. |
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Boys: Fighters So They Can Be Fathers |
John Cuddeback, LifeCraft |
"Whether these people will endure it, I do not know; but I know very well that no man will who has a sword!" - Lucius Verginius, in Livy's History of Rome |
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Three pontificates and Vatican II |
CWR |
Pope Francis has spoken of his respect for the Council. Yet the present pontificate has diverged from the Council's teaching in several ways. |
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Love of the World |
Pilgrim Priest |
How can we love individuals in the world while despising the world itself? |
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How Weed Became the New OxyContin |
Tablet |
Big Pharma and Big Tobacco are helping market high-potency, psychosis-inducing THC products as your mother's 'medical marijuana.' |
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The Grave Evil of "Recomposting" |
Crisis Magazine |
There is a movement to promote "recomposting" humans after death, but this process inherently devalues the human person by actively choosing to break down the difference between a person and a thing. |
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