by John Clark | Pope Francis is one of the most mistranslated people in the history of the world.
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John Clark November 14, 2014 45,295 Views
by John Clark | Pope Francis is one of the most mistranslated people in the history of the world.
Read More »Seton Home Study School August 26, 2014 8,459 Views
History has always been a favorite course at Seton. Dr. Anne Carroll who founded Seton School in Manassas, Virginia, and her husband, Dr. Warren Carroll, who founded Christendom College in Front Royal, were two avid lovers of history as well as authors of several history books.
Read More »Seton Home Study School July 5, 2014 6,618 Views
by Nick Marmalejo | A new course framework for teaching AP US History is being rolled out in schools across the country.
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by Dr Anne Carrol | Home schooling parents are often faced with the “I hate history” syndrome. But they can transform antipathy into enthusiasm. Everything we teach our children should have as its ultimate purpose the glory of God and the good of souls, and history is no exception. How specifically can we teach history so that it fulfills these purposes?
Read More »Seton Home Study School September 20, 2013 9,308 Views
Since I am a professional historian, I am dismayed when I hear anyone say, “I hate history.” Their lament almost always means that the person is as yet unprepared to face history's challenges, the first and foremost of which is the ability to retain a great deal of data. To succeed in that undertaking, we must understand that retentiveness is a by-product of intellectual exercise.
Read More »Dr. Mitchell Kalpakgian August 30, 2013 8,416 Views
The ancient Greeks identified the sign of fruitfulness as proof of the art of living well, as the true mark of civilization. On the shield of Achilles in the Iliad ...
Read More »Ginny Seuffert September 6, 2012 6,271 Views
Ginny Seuffert helps counsel parents here at Seton, and often shares with them different places to visit for hands on experience to learning history!
Read More »Seton Home Study School July 12, 2012 7,287 Views
In responding to Blessed John Paul II’s call to the New Evangelization, let’s take as our model St. Maximillian Kolbe (1894-1941). With the Immaculata friars, he used the most modern ...
Read More »Bob Wiesner July 4, 2012 9,669 Views
Margaret Elizabeth Doolin was born in August of 1900. A native of St. Louis, Missouri, she became a nurse and was working in the Philippine Islands when World War II ...
Read More »Ginny Seuffert May 17, 2012 6,518 Views
Last weekend, my daughter graduated from college. (Summa cum laude — those Seton grads do okay for themselves!) The commencement ceremony was being held in Springfield, Illinois, home to Abraham ...
Read More »Ginny Seuffert April 28, 2012 8,603 Views
My two previous columns (available in the online newsletter archive) gave a brief history of the rise, and sadly the partial decline, of Catholic education in the United States. To ...
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