St. John Paul II Classical Catholic School

St. John Paul II Classical Catholic School is dedicated to educating students in beliefs, practices and traditions of the Catholic Faith.

[St. John Paul II Classical Catholic School @stjpiiccs]

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[St John Cantius @SJCantius]

Come listen to the beautiful chants of Harpa Dei here at St. John Cantius on November 14th.

Harpa Dei tries to collect the most beautiful songs from different traditions to glorify God and to transmit to people the beauty of the Lord that shines so eminently in sacred music.

Learn more here: https://t.co/bgO1nuzo5U

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Listen to this excellent interview with @vanessadenha and Father Bechill and Mrs. Manczak on @AveMariaRadio !

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[Dcn. Garlick, Chancellor 🇻🇦 @HarrisonGarlic1]

Education is not reducible to the transference of data.

True education teaches us to love what is beautiful.

And the teacher is a lover of the soul and wants the soul to become beautiful by pursuing beauty.

[Dcn. Garlick, Chancellor 🇻🇦 @HarrisonGarlic1]

Education is the teaching the student to love what is beautiful.

We move from lesser beauties (pleasure) to greater beauties (nobility, honor, glory) to the beauty of wisdom.

The hierarchy of beauties reflects the hierarchy of the soul.

[Jeremy Wayne Tate @JeremyTate41]

Once you make the connection once you will never unsee it.

When Catholic preaching and education were robust and faithful our churches were otherworldly.

When the schools and preaching became beige the churches literally became beige as well.

Let’s bring back the 🔥

[Dcn. Garlick, Chancellor 🇻🇦 @HarrisonGarlic1]

A woman, the Blessed Virgin Mary, is the highest creature in all creation.

She is closer to God than even the angels.

Her Assumption is a testament to her role as the New Ark of the Covenant—the body that held God and gave Him flesh.

[Sachin Jose @Sachinettiyil]

Thousands of Catholics sing Ave Maria in Lourdes, France, marking the Feast of the Assumption of Mary

Video: Lourdes Sanctuary

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Blessed Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary!

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[Dcn. Garlick, Chancellor 🇻🇦 @HarrisonGarlic1]

You cannot improve yourself if you do not know yourself.

Know thyself is prior to virtue.

The body knows itself by looking into a mirror.

What is the mirror of the soul?

The student sees himself in the eyes of his teacher - he comes to know his soul through the soul of his teacher.

The teacher loves the soul of the student.

The wisdom of the teacher's soul, the most divine aspect, is the mirror to the soul.

It shows the student's soul beauty and invites it to become beautiful.

The greatest mirror of the soul, however, is God - the teacher of the teacher.

In coming to know God, the soul comes to know itself.

We become more ourselves in God not less.

And in this knowledge of ourselves, we grow in virtue - we become beautiful like Beauty-itself.

We are able to ascend.

[Classical Wisdom @ClassicalWisdom]

Always worth remembering... learning can begin or continue at any time!

[Magister Iācōbus @latinedisce]

Agnus Deī, quī tollis peccāta mundī.

[Ascend: The Great Books Podcast @TheGreatB00ks]

Howard Pyle was a late 1800s author and illustrator who produced wonderful works for children.

If you're not familiar, check out:

The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
The Story of King Arthur

Both texts are excellent and available as hardbacks at B&N.

[Ascend: The Great Books Podcast @TheGreatB00ks]

A Dominican friar teaching you about Homer.

What more could you want?

Check out Fr. Bonaventure this week on the podcast discussing Book Four of the Odyssey with Adam Minihan.

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[Tod Worner @ThinkerCatholic]

God has not called me to be successful; He has called me to be faithful.
— St. Teresa of Calcutta

[Ascend: The Great Books Podcast @TheGreatB00ks]

The intellectual life is for everyone. All are invited to cultivate a life of the mind.

And the great books are a great start.

[Bobbie @bo66ie29]

Pope Leo XIII who died on this day 20th July 1903. Born in 1810, he is the earliest born person ever filmed. Born in the same year as Chopin, he was a year younger than Lincoln and two years old when the War of 1812 started. Incredible film from 1896.

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