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A Model for the Mind
A Model for the Mind

What did the medieval view of the cosmos have to do with medieval and Renaissance literature, science, philosophy and art?? Come find out!

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Community Life, Culture, Education, Intellectual LifeCharlotte OstermannMay 12, 2025Comment
Enjoy Art!
Enjoy Art!
Charlotte OstermannMay 7, 2025Comment
How to Write a Detective Story
How to Write a Detective Story

What if your summer assignment was to write a detective story? G.K. Chesterton here tells you how, and why this would be a great project to enjoy!

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Education, Intellectual LifeGilbert Keith ChestertonApril 30, 2025ChestertonComment
Why Classical Education?
Why Classical Education?

What does “classical” really mean for you, for your kids, for the culture?? Come, let us reason together!

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Community Life, Culture, Education, Intellectual LifeCharlotte OstermannApril 14, 2025Comment
April is National Poetry Month
April is National Poetry Month
Charlotte OstermannApril 9, 2025Comment
Learning in War Time
Learning in War Time

This is one of the most rousing speeches ever made to students!

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Education, Intellectual LifeCharlotte OstermannMarch 26, 2025C.S. LewisComment
The Superstition of School
The Superstition of School

“Without a gentle contempt for education, no gentleman’s education is complete.”

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Education, Intellectual LifeGilbert Keith ChestertonMarch 19, 2025ChestertonComment
Fight to Win!
Fight to Win!
Charlotte OstermannMarch 12, 2025Comment
The Meaning of Woman, Part Two
The Meaning of Woman, Part Two

This makes a great date night!

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Community Life, Culture, Education, Intellectual LifeCharlotte OstermannMarch 10, 2025Comment
What is Education?
What is Education?

If education is not school, what is it?

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Education, CultureCharlotte OstermannFebruary 26, 2025Stratford CaldecottComment
Just Listen
Just Listen
Charlotte OstermannFebruary 12, 2025Comment
New Heavens, New Earth!
New Heavens, New Earth!

“Reading this book was one of the greatest graces of my life.” St. Therese of Lisieux

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Community Life, Culture, Education, Intellectual LifeCharlotte OstermannFebruary 10, 2025Comment
The Separatist and Sacred Things
The Separatist and Sacred Things

Necessary distinctions in a world of homogenization…

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Education, Intellectual LifeGilbert Keith ChestertonFebruary 5, 2025ChestertonComment
Why Argue?
Why Argue?
Charlotte OstermannJanuary 15, 2025Comment
Save These Dates!!
Save These Dates!!

We are finding that rollicking conversations about important books makes for a real “learning community”. Please join us! You are welcome to drop in for one, or all of these truth-fests, and to invite your friends.

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Intellectual Life, Education, Culture, Community LifeCharlotte OstermannJanuary 15, 2025Intellectual life, conversation, conviviality, cultureComment
Parental Influence on Marriage
Parental Influence on Marriage

Who has the most influence on your kids' marriage? The conventional wisdom is wrong!

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Community Life, FamilyDino DurandoDecember 9, 2024MarriageComment
Look on the Impossible!
Look on the Impossible!
Charlotte OstermannDecember 4, 2024Comment
A Ray of Your Brightness
A Ray of Your Brightness

Before you write, or study, pray this prayer!

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Intellectual LifeCharlotte OstermannNovember 27, 2024Aquinas, PrayerComment
Think, Creatively
Think, Creatively
Charlotte OstermannNovember 13, 2024Comment
The Truth About Education
The Truth About Education

Three chapters from Chesterton’s What’s Wrong With the World

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Education, Intellectual LifeGilbert Keith ChestertonNovember 6, 2024ChestertonComment
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