Weaving a collection of memorable magazine columns, John Clark has a heartwarming reflection on family, beginnings, and possible destinations.
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John Clark March 12, 2024 2,524 Views
Weaving a collection of memorable magazine columns, John Clark has a heartwarming reflection on family, beginnings, and possible destinations.
Read More »Contributing Writers September 13, 2022 1,104 Views
Seton's new director of Guidance and Records shares the story of the miracle that changed his family forever and the part that Seton played.
Read More »Contributing Writers November 4, 2020 3,480 Views
The new Seton Book Report Workbook is key to mastering reading comprehension skills, thinking and analysis skills, and composition and mechanics skills.
Read More »John Clark December 16, 2016 15,309 Views
In reading Charles Dickens' famous story, "A Christmas Carol," John Clark discovered that not only had it aged well, but became more relevant than ever.
Read More »Seton Home Study School August 23, 2015 1,381 Views
We are announcing a 2015 Catholic short story contest for our high school students!
Read More »Dr. Mitchell Kalpakgian February 26, 2015 5,285 Views
by Dr. Mitchell Kalpakgian | In the story an old home that dates from several hundred years ago lies in a state of neglect and in need of repair.
Read More »Dr. Mitchell Kalpakgian December 11, 2014 7,662 Views
This famous short story that often appears in Christmas anthologies perfectly captures the Christian ideal of the joy of giving and the virtue of poverty of spirit. A young husband ...
Read More »Dr. Mitchell Kalpakgian January 30, 2014 8,192 Views
How easy it is to neglect these amenities of manners that consist of attention to seemingly minor things of no consequence: a thank you note, a compliment, a visit. How convenient it is to use the excuse of busyness with important affairs to avoid attention to small details.
Read More »Dr. Mitchell Kalpakgian October 3, 2013 13,519 Views
In the story the merchant’s son who wasted his money finds himself in desperate circumstances until a friend gives him a magical flying trunk. When he flies with it and descends from the sky, he introduces himself as a Turkish god who has come from above to marry the king’s daughter. Honored with this privilege, the king gladly agrees to the marriage: “Yes, you shall certainly marry our daughter.”
Read More »Lorraine Espenhain September 24, 2013 8,655 Views
Unlike lovely flowers in gardens, which require constant tending, “gentle dew,” and “spring breezes,” the cactus has a much stronger constitution, for it does not need these things in order to survive and thrive. Because of the toughness of the cactus, it is able to take root and flourish in an environment where nothing can grow without a struggle.
Read More »Dr. Mitchell Kalpakgian August 15, 2013 6,841 Views
In O. Henry’s short story “The Social Triangle,” Ikey Snigglefritz, a simple tailor’s apprentice, receives his week’s wages and on his way home enters the Café Maginnis. There he accidentally ...
Read More »Bob Wiesner October 1, 2012 7,855 Views
Many Seton graduates choose to include their Confirmation names on the diplomas. By a wide margin, the most popular patron among Seton’s young women is St. Thérèse of Lisieux, the ...
Read More »John Clark December 1, 2009 6,151 Views
Whether it comes in the persons of Odysseus and Penelope, Romeo and Juliet, or Jamal and Latika, from the ancient Greeks to modern times, every society has glamorized love stories. ...
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