If you’ve ever found shop-bought Advent calendars a little lacking, and want an easy way to be guided through the season with some spiritual reading and daily challenges to put your faith into action in the run-up to Christmas, you might like…
The build up to Christmas is often such a busy and hectic time that we struggle to make space for the quiet reflection that Advent calls for in our own lives as adults, let alone in the lives of our children. That’s…
A Neo-Romantic Approach to Apologetics By Stratford Caldecott († 17 July 2014) Photograph © Dean Evans 2019 In the work of evangelization we rely to a very great extent on what is called “apologetics”, or the art of explaining and defending the…
Stratford Caldecott’s Metaphysical Perspective By Rev. Jacob A. Strand During my first parish assignment in my home Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, much of my priestly ministry transpired in school as well as in church. Teaching the elementary school students and ministering the sacraments…
Grace and the Liberal Arts By Clare Hornsby and Sebastian Morello The liberal arts belong to the very identity of Christian civilisation. It is true, of course, that they predate the Incarnation, and their genesis took place beyond the Old Covenant; but, like…
New Resources from Second Spring By Teresa Caldecott Cialini Things may have seemed quiet at Second Spring this year with our Summer School on hiatus (10 years running: we needed a break!), but in fact a lot has been happening behind the…
A New Springtime for Europe By William Griffiths The “Second Spring” metaphor used by Blessed John Henry Newman for the revival of the Catholic Church and the culture deriving from it in Great Britain is inspiring indeed. But we are blessed with the…
Home-Education in the U.K. By Madeleine Carroll Making the initial decision to educate our children at home was one of the most daunting, but also natural choices my husband and I have had to make. We chose to teach our children at…
St George and the Dragon By Marie Meaney The topic couldn’t be more dramatic: a maiden in distress, attacked by a vicious dragon who is defeated by Saint George. Yet, the maiden in Paolo Uccello’s (1397-1475) painting from around 1470…
