Bishop Alphonsus Cullinan speaks about the debate concerning the new SPHE programme for secondary schools. Well done to the brave teacher who started this debate. The SPHE programme she highlighted is totally unsuitable for anyone let alone a young person. I hope this video offering helps. Header image: Waterford & […]
Education
Is Your Child Being Truly Educated? The Classical Education Formula
Sister Mary Francis, Head of Curriculum Development, discusses Classical education and the development of the curriculum at Queen of All Saints Academy. 00:00 What makes education Classical? 06:55 What does a Classical lesson look like? 13:00 Importance of moral analysis 15:20 Importance of carefully selecting good content 23:25 Are romantic […]
Why is IVF a Problem if You’re Pro-Life?
Quote: This clip is taken from a BONUS episode of Pints with Aquinas, my live interview with Lila Rose about her conversion to Catholicism. You can watch the full episode here: • From Protestant to Catholic w/ Lila Rose Can you be Pro-Life and be in favor of IVF (in vitro fertilization)? Find out in this short […]
In Science, How “Assumed Atheism” Harms Religious Students
Source: Robert Shedinger via Evolution News Reprinted with permission Methodological naturalism is truly today a defining characteristic of science. Given this, are there any good reasons to make a meaningful distinction between methodological naturalism and metaphysical naturalism, as some still try to do? Since scientists can be religious believers, we […]
Dr. Keri D. Ingraham on the Crisis in American Education
(Used with permission) Source Humanize Center for Human Exceptionalism via Humanize.today It’s no secret that American education is in a profound crisis. From dismal academic performance, to bitter contention over gender ideology taught in elementary school, the damage caused by COVID school lockdowns, a collapse in discipline, and fear of […]
“The Jeremiah Option” from Catholics in Exile
Source: St. Paul Center via YouTube.com Based off of his newest book, “Catholics in Exile: Biblical Wisdom for the Journey Home,” Dr. Scott Hahn presents seven tips from the prophet Jeremiah about how to live a Catholic lifestyle in a seemingly hopeless world. Visit catholicsinexile.com to learn more! Thanks for […]
There Is No Thinking without Memorising
Source: Jon D. Schaff via thepublicdiscourse.com Originally appeared int Public Discourse, the journal of the Witherspoon Institute of Princeton NJ, and is reprinted with permission. We deploy faddish educational notions such as “critical thinking” to the detriment of our students. What is often derided as “rote-learning” is actually essential to sophisticated analysis. […]
Why Choose Mystery Over Ideology?
Source: Margarita Mooney Suarez via comment.org. This article originally appeared on October 15th, 2021 in Comment, a publication ofCARDUS: www.cardus.ca. When I took a wrong turn while driving with students in Rhode Island in the summer of 2019, we found ourselves driving over a bridge clouded in fog, seemingly going […]
Moving From A Crisis of Beauty To A Culture of Reverence
Source: Margarita Mooney Clayton via thewayofbeauty.org Reprinted with permission. The present time of crisis in higher education may tempt us away from pondering fundamental questions about the human person that are essential to understanding what education is all about. But educators should not fall prey to cultural or societal pessimism—it […]
What Do We Mean by Liberal Education?
Source: Wilfred M. McClay via thepublicdiscourse.comReprinted with permission. “We shall not cease from exploration,” wrote T. S. Eliot in “Little Gidding,” “And the end of all our exploring / Will be to arrive where we started / And know the place for the first time.” Such is the task of […]
Indoctrination: How Woke Conquered the Classroom
Source: The New Culture Forum via YouTube. The New Culture Forum proudly presents “Indoctrination: How Woke Conquered the Classroom”, the tenth episode in our acclaimed documentary series: #NCFHERESIES. It is written and presented by Fr. Calvin Robinson, broadcaster and commentator but also a former teacher and school governor closely involved […]
University Life Depends on the Moral Life
Source: John F. Doherty via thepublicdiscourse.com. Printed with permission.Originally appeared in The Public Discourse, the journal of the Witherspoon Institute of Princeton NJ. Reason cannot become right reason unless the will is in love with the Truth; intellectual formation requires moral formation. And yet, as my previous essay argued, the […]