Seton Magazine Catholic Homeschool Articles, Advice & Resources

by Dave Armstrong | "How do you know your 'scripture alone' tradition and belief is true, while others are false?" "Because we are the most biblical." "How do you know yours is the most biblical?"

Dr Mary Kay Clark shares the struggles and inspiration behind Elizabeth Ann Seton's homeschool idea as a blueprint for saving our future.

by Dave Armstrong | It baffles me, Joe, how you Catholics can believe you're saved by works, when the Bible says "whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life"

by Dave Armstrong | Calvin: Good! I think they might convert you to Reformed Protestantism. Plato: Falsehoods (even partial ones accompanied by much truth) are not allowed in heaven, so that is not possible.

by Dave Armstrong | Contrary to the claims of some Protestant apologists, Catholics actually have a wide freedom to read and interpret the Bible.

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, U.S. Catholic School Pioneer, always emphasized to parents that they must be concerned about teaching and living the Faith at home.

Amanda Evinger draws on her own experience as a Protestant teenager to share 6 suggestions for teachable moments with inquiring teens.

by Dave Armstrong | Non-Catholic Christians and the secular world have used the Inquisitions, the Crusades, and the Galileo incident, as “clubs” to bash the Church for almost 500 years. I did so myself, in my Protestant apologist days. But such critics almost invariably distort the known facts in order to do so.

Most Marian apparitions provide a message and a miracle. However, Mary did not speak during her visit to Knock, Ireland, in 1879.

by Dave Armstrong | "The Bible never shows anyone praying to anyone other than God! We can never communicate with the dead!" ...right?

by Dave Armstrong | Once upon a time, virtually no Christians denied that Mary the mother of Jesus was perpetually a virgin: including Protestants. Of the early leaders of that movement, virtually all fully accepted this doctrine: including Luther, Calvin, Zwingli, Bullinger, and Cranmer.

by Dave Armstrong | Our Protestant friends in Christ often challenge us to find “proofs” of our doctrines in the Bible. When it comes to the doctrine of the Assumption, almost all of them think or say: “there is nothing whatever in the Bible about that!”

Ginny Seuffert strikes back with more suggestions and ideas to the top 4 questions posed at conferences last year. Has she answered yours?

by Dave Armstrong | My pastor friend argued that context indicated faith before the baptism occurred. I quickly conceded this point, but noted...

by Dave Armstrong | Our Protestant friends often tell us that “the Church is the invisible sum total of all true believers.” The Bible teaches us that the Church is a visible, identifiable institution.

For our family, the decision to homeschool our soon-to-be seven children includes ALL of the aforementioned reasoning. We believe homeschooling is truly the straight-and-narrow path to the arms of Our Heavenly Father. For our family, homeschooling is, “The way, the TRUTH, and the life” (John 14:6).

by Dr Anne Carrol | Home schooling parents are often faced with the “I hate history” syndrome. But they can transform antipathy into enthusiasm. Everything we teach our children should have as its ultimate purpose the glory of God and the good of souls, and history is no exception. How specifically can we teach history so that it fulfills these purposes?

by Dave Armstrong | One of the most fascinating of Luther's beliefs has to do with the question of Mary's Immaculate Conception (her being preserved from original sin from the moment of her conception). Luther had a rather “high” Mariology in many respects.

by Dave Armstrong | The Eucharist was intended by God as a different kind of miracle from the outset, requiring more profound faith...

by Dave Armstrong | "Why is Mary so heavily infused into the Rosary?" One must understand the nature of the Rosary and the purpose of the repetition...