Category Archives: Educational Philosophy

June Newsletter

The second of our school newsletters has now been emailed. To view it, please click here. If you would like to receive our monthly e-newsletter, please sign up to get it regularly.

May Newsletter is now published

The first of our school newsletters has now been emailed. To view it, please click here. If you would like to receive our monthly e-newsletter, please sign up to get it regularly.

TMC’s Way of Beauty

Mr. David Clayton, the artist in residence at Thomas More College of Liberal Arts, is hosting a weekly half-hour program, The Way of Beauty,  on Boston’s Catholic TV. The shows are available for viewing on-line at www.catholictv.com. (The only disappointment is that the viewing box is compressed vertically, throwing off some of the proportions.) Mr. [...]

Council for American Private Schools

The Council for American Private Schools (CAPE) has a great short video on its main page about the value and statistics of private education. Private Education on YouTube

Graduation – Class of 2010

Congratulations to our Class of 2010! This year’s Commencement Ceremony received rave reviews. Semper Deo gratias et Mariae! You can read the students’ speeches here and here. This posting is for pictures!

The Natural Law recognized by science

In a recent study, American scientists of the Infant Cognition Center of Yale University recognize that children have an innate moral sense (known to us as “the law of God on our hearts”, “conscience”,  or the “natural law). The Telegraph has an interesting article on the subject. This is just another reason to emphasize the [...]

The Christian Training of Children – Preparation for Holy Communion

Little Book of Instructions for Christian Mothers [continued] (from Mother Love – A Manual for Christian Mothers – by Rev. Pius Franciscus, O.M.Cap., 1926) On the Christian Training of Children Chapter XIV – How a Christian Mother Should Assist Her Children to Prepare for Holy Communion. The next great event in the young life of [...]

The Christian Training of Children – Catechetical Instruction

Little Book of Instructions for Christian Mothers [continued] (from Mother Love – A Manual for Christian Mothers – by Rev. Pius Franciscus, O.M.Cap., 1926) On the Christian Training of Children Chapter XII. – Catechetical Instructions Which a Christian Mother Should Frequently Explain to Her Children and upon Which She Should Often Question Them. [This chapter [...]

The Christian Training of Children – Maxims and Sayings

Little Book of Instructions for Christian Mothers [continued] (from Mother Love – A Manual for Christian Mothers – by Rev. Pius Franciscus, O.M.Cap., 1926) On the Christian Training of Children Chapter X. – Maxims and Sayings Which a Mother Might Teach Her Child. Pithy, pregnant maxims and sayings are wise thoughts expressed tersely and strikingly. [...]

The Christian Training of Children – Care of Young Adults

Little Book of Instructions for Christian Mothers [concluded] (from Mother Love – A Manual for Christian Mothers – by Rev. Pius Franciscus, O.M.Cap., 1926) On the Christian Training of Children Chapter XII. – A Christian Mother’s Care of Her Child after the Period of School-Life. The periods of childhood and school-life are soon past, and [...]