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The Acquisition of Wisdom and the Transmission of Culture

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. [...]

As They Transcend the Material

Our Lord Himself is the Educator par excellence and in the Great Commission, which was His last directions to the apostles before His ascension, He gave His Mystical Body a teaching mission: “Going, therefore, teach ye all nations, baptizing them in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. [...]

Requiescat in Pace – Brother Francis Maluf, M.I.C.M.

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 [...]

John F. McManus – The Forgotton Virtue of Hope – Graduation 2009

Graduation Speech, St. Benedict Center, Immaculate Heart of Mary School
Trinity Sunday, June 7, 2009
By John F. McManus
[Mr. McManus has an amazing background in the Marines, engineering, and public relations. He has been the president of the John Birch Society since 1991 -- as well as a friend of the Center and Third Order member of [...]

The Christian Training of Children – Co-operation with Pastor and Teacher

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 XI. – A Christian Mother’s Co-operation with Pastor and Teacher
The first aids of a mother in her arduous task of properly rearing her children are derived from [...]

Sursum Corda Society

On Palm Sunday, Sister Marie Therese presided over a lovely little ceremony in the chapel of our new convent. Over a year ago, the Sisters started a prayer society for the young ladies in our community: the Sursum Corda Society. After a winnowing process, two young ladies renewed their promises, two more were re-instated, and [...]

Religious Professions

Please rejoice with us over the first vows of two of our Sisters: Sister Maria Rosaria and Sister Marie Gabrielle. They made their professions on March 25 (Feast of the Annunciation), taking vows for three years as Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Semper Deo gratias et Mariae!
(A special thank you to Carolyn Kamuda [...]

Mathematics and Christian Education – Part Two

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 [...]

Mathematics and Christian Education – Part One

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 [...]

The Importance of the Education of Children

[Editor's note: This is an excerpt from: Marriage and Parenthood - The Catholic Ideal, by Rev. Tholmas J. Gerrard,  published by Joseph F. Wagner, NY, 1911.]
The young intellect may be made or marred forever, according as its first operations are well or ill directed. The boy is the father of the man. The results of [...]