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Living Latin: Teaching Latin in Latin

Adding a conversational component, dialogues, listening exercises, and recitation are only the first steps to making a Latin class more living. Eventually, the goal is to eliminate all use of English from the Latin classroom. This will mean learning (1) how to introduce vocabulary without giving the English equivalent; (2) how to facilitate students learningContinue reading “Living Latin: Teaching Latin in Latin”

Picture Study & Liturgical Living Synchronization – July

12 July – Saint John Gualbert A Painting of an Episode from the Life in the Metropolitan Museum of Art The Merciful Knight by Edward Burne-Jones Stories of the Saints for Children Second Series by Mary Seymour. 15 July – Saint Henry II of Bavaria Basel Antependium Sacramentary of Henry II Gospel Book of Henry II Continue reading “Picture Study & Liturgical Living Synchronization – July”

24 June – Nativity of Saint John the Baptist

Modern Hagiography Bibliotheca Sanctorum Martyrologium Romanum Roman Martyrology Sanctorale Catholicum Lives of the Saints by Alban Butler. Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould. The Liturgical Year by Dom Guéranger. Character Calendar Pictorial Lives of the Saints La vie des saints La vie des saints Our Birthday Bouquet Culled from the Shrines of the SaintsContinue reading “24 June – Nativity of Saint John the Baptist”