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Capax Omnia
Capax Omnia
Charlotte OstermannOctober 16, 2024Comment
Have a Cognition Cocktail
Have a Cognition Cocktail

How thinking about thinking can help you think more thoughtfully about everything you think about.

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Charlotte OstermannOctober 2, 2024Comment
Two Brothers, One Boat
Two Brothers, One Boat

Who knows where to look in our Academy to find this image?? It's worth your while - there's a lot going on you might not have realized!

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Community Life, CultureMiguel SalazarSeptember 25, 2024iconographyComment
Philosophy for the Schoolroom
Philosophy for the Schoolroom

Education must teach the ‘four sanities’.

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Education, Intellectual LifeGilbert Keith ChestertonSeptember 23, 2024ChestertonComment
Answering 8 Objections to Classical Education
Answering 8 Objections to Classical Education

Dr. Peter Kreeft nails it with his responses to typical misconceptions about classical education!

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EducationPeter KreeftSeptember 18, 2024Comment
From Our Community of Readers
From Our Community of Readers

Reflections from a homemaker and educator on Kazuo Ishiguro’s character, Stevens, a middle-aged English butler…

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Nicki JohnstonSeptember 18, 2024Comment
The Context of Truth
The Context of Truth
Charlotte OstermannSeptember 11, 2024Comment
Our Students Teach Each Other
Our Students Teach Each Other

Matilda Scholl addressed her fellow students at the May, 2024 Graduation Ceremony, on behalf of CASPN’s first three graduates…

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Matilda SchollSeptember 4, 2024Comment
Save the Dates!
Save the Dates!

Our Academy is not just a school, but a learning community. Everyone is welcome to the fun of these discussions!

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Community Life, Intellectual Life, Culture, EducationCharlotte OstermannAugust 30, 2024Comment
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
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