Sentimental Literature

“…people who are sentimental day and night are among the most atrocious of the enemies of society. Dealing with them is like seeing an interminable number of poetical sunsets going on in the early morning.”

Gilbert Keith ChestertonAugust 28, 2023ChestertonComment

Tonight at 6: Radiance of Being

Please come to the discussion of Stratford Caldecott’s Radiance of Being!

Charlotte OstermannAugust 14, 2023Comment

You are Invited!

Please put second Mondays on your calendar!

Stratford Caldecott Memorial Scholarships

And the winners are…..

Intellectual Life, CultureCharlotte OstermannJuly 1, 2023Stratford Caldecott, scholarshipComment

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A Feast is a Miracle!

St. Joseph, pray for us!

Community Life, Culture, FamilyCharlotte OstermannMarch 20, 2023saints, festivity, communityComment

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Preparation for a Great Education

We already have parents wondering if their little ones will be ready for a Chesterton education! So, we’ve planned a discussion of that very topic.

Charlotte OstermannFebruary 22, 2023Comment

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Your Verbal Infrastructure

Words are living things! Parts of speech correspond to your own becoming. Your freedom begins in words.

Education, Intellectual LifeCharlotte OstermannFebruary 8, 2023words, grammar, freedomComment

Among Gemstones and Potsherds

Idealism meets Reality in Middlemarch and The Song of the Lark

Are you making of your life a work of art?

Lindsay BockwinkelJanuary 31, 2023Comment

Charlotte OstermannJanuary 18, 2023Comment

Read, Respond, Repeat

Will you be reading with, or without conversation? We’ll be taking notes and, definitely, reading with conversation!

Spring Enrichment Dates for Your Calendar

Parents, teens, friends of the community: ask interesting questions, have interesting conversations!

Community Life, Culture, Education, Intellectual LifeCharlotte OstermannJanuary 10, 2023reading, education, conversation, art, beauty, booksComment

On the Road with Flannery

Part Two in the travels of a literature-loving family to see the places made meaningful by association with Flannery O’Connor.

Family, Culture, Intellectual LifeNicki JohnstonJanuary 9, 2023Flannery O'Connor, Literature, travel, familyComment

Quotable QuotesCharlotte OstermannDecember 12, 2022ChestertonComment

A Writer's Desert

In the desert I discovered the answer to the question, “Why bother writing?”

Intellectual LifeCharlotte OstermannDecember 9, 2022writing, art, poesis Comment

Travels with Flannery

Community Life, Education, FamilyNicki JohnstonNovember 28, 2022travel, Flannery O'Connor, Literature, historyComment

The Radiance of Being

I dare Catholic teachers to find a way to work spousal union into their next science, art, philosophy, or history class!

Intellectual Life, EducationCharlotte OstermannNovember 18, 2022Stratford Caldecott, books, evangelization, cultureComment

Wonder & Joy

Parents, teens, friends of the community: ask interesting questions, have interesting conversations!

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