Thoughts on Christmas from Brother Francis
[I realize that the Christmas season just ended; but one of our Sisters gathered these quotes, and I don't wish to wait another year to share them with you. Sr. M. Ph.]
Dominus dixit ad me, Filius meus es tu; ego hodie genui te. The Lord said to my Lord, Thou [...]
The Sisters are taking evening classes in Philosophy, going through Brother Francis’ Philosophia Perrenis lectures on tape with the assistance of a tutor-at-a-distance (using a speaker phone). We are almost to the end of the course on Cosmology, and there is never a lecture that doesn’t touch on something we can use in the classroom. [...]
Our third level of education is the human or liberal — the training of man as man (how to think, how to act, and how to express oneself eloquently with both tongue and pen). A liberal education presupposes the earlier levels. If you can’t stay alive, you won’t be able to train your intellect. [...]
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Posted 07 December 2009
† Sister Maria Philomena, M.I.C.M.
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Toward a Deeper Understanding of the Powers of Life as They Transcend the Material: The Acquisition of Wisdom and the Transmission of Culture
by Sister Maria Philomena, M.I.C.M.
[This talk was given at the 2009 SBC Conference, October 31, 2009. It was very well received (with a standing ovation). What is posted here are my notes from [...]
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Posted 06 December 2009
† Sister Maria Philomena, M.I.C.M.
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Also tagged: Aristotle, child, education, faculty, Fakhri Maluf, philosophy, power, sister, student, teacher, training, truth
For a gallery of pictures from Brother Francis’ wake and funeral, please click here and then scroll down.
Did you know Brother Francis? Were you taught by him? Do you have any anecdotes or memories to share? We would like to hear from you. Short or long, any contributions would be most welcome. You may email me through the contact us page. Thank you!
Our superior and beloved teacher, Brother Francis, went to his reward yesterday morning. It was the feast of Saint Lawrence Justinian and a First Saturday (dedicated to making reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary). You can Brother Andre Marie’s brief comments, get information on the wake and funeral, and read Brother’s biography here.
Brother Francis [...]
MATHEMATICS AND CHRISTIAN EDUCATION (part two of two)
by Brother Francis Maluf, M.I.C.M.
Now in an attempt to determine the influence of mathematics on the mind of a Christian, it would be folly to ignore the fact that after twenty centuries of Christian living, it is impossible to name one single patron saint for mathematics. There are [...]
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Posted 19 December 2008
† Sister Maria Philomena, M.I.C.M.
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MATHEMATICS AND CHRISTIAN EDUCATION (part one of two)
by Brother Francis Maluf, M.I.C.M.
[Editor's note: This article was originally published in From The Housetops back in the 1940's. Brother Francis has been teaching mathematics longer than any subject (for more than eighty years); he certainly knows its uses. However, in this article, Brother points out what happens [...]
by Brother Francis Maluf, M.I.C.M.
Plato and Liberal Education
III. The Epochs in Plato’s Educational System
The key for Plato’s system of education is the Greek word μουσικε (sounds like “musikay”) which has survived in our modern languages in such words as “music” and “museum”. To the Greeks the term had a wider signification, including within its comprehension [...]
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Posted 03 December 2008
† Sister Maria Philomena, M.I.C.M.
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