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A Man is a Revolution
A Man is a Revolution
Charlotte OstermannAugust 28, 2024Comment
Our Journey So Far
Our Journey So Far

At the first-ever CASPN Graduation celebration, Board Chairman Ollie Bockwinkel reflected on the long journey that led to this amazing, miraculous moment…

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Community Life, Quotable QuotesOllie BockwinkelAugust 21, 2024Graduation, SpeechComment
A Vision for Christian Renewal
A Vision for Christian Renewal

On September 19 James Matthew Wilson will speak in the Faustina Building auditorium! Here’s a quick article to get your thoughts and questions percolating for that discussion!

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Culture, Education, Intellectual LifeCharlotte OstermannAugust 15, 2024poetry, art, beauty, education, cultureComment
Charlotte OstermannJuly 17, 2024Josef PieperComment
Our Very Own Artist at Work!
Our Very Own Artist at Work!

CASPN’s Art teacher, Mattie Karr, shares the creative process of painting two huge altar pieces for her church.

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CultureCharlotte OstermannJuly 14, 2024art, faculty, sacred artComment
Charlotte OstermannJune 12, 2024Stratford CaldecottComment
Come Cultivate Your Lively Mind!
Come Cultivate Your Lively Mind!

Our school emerged from a context - friends with lively minds who love learning and hope a learning community will continue to enrich the context of education that surrounds our students. Please come!

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Community Life, Education, Culture, Intellectual LifeCharlotte OstermannMay 21, 2024Sertillanges, Intellectual life, convivialityComment
Charlotte OstermannMay 15, 2024Fr. SchallComment
Tonight: Journey to Truth with Us!
Tonight: Journey to Truth with Us!

When you start yearning for community, being energized by conversation, and discovering Christ in the between of two or more, you’ll get what these discussions are all about!

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Community Life, CultureCharlotte OstermannMay 13, 2024Giussani, CommunityComment
Headmaster Announcement (Part 2 of 2)
Headmaster Announcement (Part 2 of 2)
Ollie BockwinkelMay 6, 2024
The Soul in Every Legend
The Soul in Every Legend

“Now pantheism means that nothing is thus separated; that the divine essence is equally distributed at any given moment in all the atoms of the universe; and that he who would see it imaginatively must see it as a whole.”

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Gilbert Keith ChestertonMay 6, 2024ChestertonComment
True Grit: Something New To Ponder Each Time
True Grit: Something New To Ponder Each Time

True Grit is a favorite reread of mine, and it’s one of only a few books that, upon finishing it, I want to turn right back to the first page and read it all over again.

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Community Life, Education, Family, Intellectual LifeNicki JohnstonMay 3, 2024BooksComment
Reciprocity and Us
Reciprocity and Us

Is it a gift, or an obligation?

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Charlotte OstermannMay 1, 2024Comment
Charlotte OstermannApril 24, 2024Comment
As Large as Life in Dickens
As Large as Life in Dickens

“Dickens … has been a great deal handicapped by the common habit among his admirers of praising him for the wrong things. He is praised for being `true to life', while his true merit is not that he is true to life, but alive.”

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Gilbert Keith ChestertonApril 22, 2024ChestertonComment
Vocation, vocation, Self-Gift and Leisure
Vocation, vocation, Self-Gift and Leisure

“Stevens talks about his vocation in multiple instances, but his understanding of his job pales in comparison to my understanding of my Vocation to marriage and family life.”

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Community Life, Education, Family, Intellectual LifeNicki JohnstonApril 17, 2024Comment
Headmaster Announcement (Part 1 of 2)
Headmaster Announcement (Part 1 of 2)
Ollie BockwinkelApril 15, 2024
You Say You Want a Revolution...
You Say You Want a Revolution...

What’s a nice grandma like me doing with a book on revolutionary tactics??

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CultureCharlotte OstermannApril 12, 2024Chesterton, Tolkien, freedomComment
The Mother's Web
The Mother's Web

Charlotte’s Web really is not a modern story at all, and it has much more in common with the ancient myths, scriptures, and fairy tales. In short, the story is really not about lovable farmyard talking animals. Instead, it is about the ancient pattern of how the feminine saves ‘from above’.

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Community Life, Culture, Education, Intellectual LifeMiguel SalazarApril 10, 2024 Comment
Tonight: A Recapitulation of the Human Person!
Tonight: A Recapitulation of the Human Person!

See you at the school tonight for a discussion of JPII’s thoughts on the human person, conveyed by the saint’s long-time friend Stanislaw Grygiel. It is not necessary to have, or to read the book!

6-8 p.m.

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Community Life, Culture, Education, Intellectual LifeCharlotte OstermannApril 8, 2024Comment
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