Contributing Writers
November 30, 2011
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Question from a Seton Mom: What do those homeschooling moms out there with both school-age children and toddlers do to keep the little ones occupied? I have a child in ...
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Contributing Writers
November 17, 2011
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by Clare Schmitt Yoke yourself under the law of God, so that you may be in truth a free man. ~ St. Ephraem the Syrian For most of you, two ...
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Contributing Writers
November 10, 2011
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by Clare Schmitt “To live without faith, without a patrimony to defend, without a steady struggle for truth, that is not living, but existing.” ~ Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati You’ve ...
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Contributing Writers
November 4, 2011
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Dr. Clark, I hope you don’t mind that I’m emailing you directly, but I wanted to reach out to you, as head of Seton, to tell you a little bit ...
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Contributing Writers
November 4, 2011
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The following is a brief part of a speech the late Dr. William Marra gave in Toronto in 1993. In homeschooling, aim at a certain academic excellence. I claim that ...
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Dr. Mitchell Kalpakgian
November 3, 2011
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Simone Weil, a noted Jewish philosopher, remarked, “Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring. Imaginary good is boring; real good is always new, marvelous, ...
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Contributing Writers
November 2, 2011
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by Clare Schmitt Every Christian must be a living book in which others can read the teaching of the Gospel. ~ St. Joseph of Leonessa October is over – how ...
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John Clark
November 1, 2011
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Philomena (10) and Dominica (8) recently began playing in a girls’ softball league. Before one of their games, I took a bucket of balls and began to pitch to them ...
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Contributing Writers
October 17, 2011
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by Draper Warren “Monday, Monday, so good to me”… Start the week with a positive attitude and remember we have the greatest assistance we could possibly want: “The Helper, the ...
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Contributing Writers
October 13, 2011
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by Draper Warren Parent to Parent tip of the week: “Praise God for the wonderful days when your child has finally gotten through his letters without any errors, the house ...
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Contributing Writers
October 11, 2011
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by Draper Warren Parent to Parent tip of the week: Enjoy your kids. Be open to learning yourself. And relax.” Note: these tips are FROM parents TO parents. We did ...
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Contributing Writers
October 10, 2011
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by Draper Warren Happy Monday! We hope you all had a wonderfully relaxing weekend. As you begin your school week, remember that when you are educating your children you are ...
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Seton Home Study School
September 4, 2011
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My Seton is a part of the Seton Home Study School website which is customized for your family. A wide range of information and services are available.
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John Clark
September 1, 2011
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In times of difficulty, people often turn to art to inspire them. For instance, on the wall of my office, I have a painting called The Triumph of the Innocents. ...
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Contributing Writers
August 4, 2011
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by Father Charles C. Fiore Every Catholic knows the primacy of love in the Christian life. Jesus’ words (Mt. 19:19 and 22:37) about love of God and love of one’s ...
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Seton Home Study School
August 4, 2011
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Unless you do penance you will likewise perish… (Lk. 13:3) Inquisitive young people have often asked, “What is the purpose of doing penance in Lent?” Some have been told that ...
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Dr. Mitchell Kalpakgian
August 3, 2011
6,512 Views
In A Wonder Book and The Tanglewood Tales Hawthorne retells some of the famous classical myths in an imaginative and charming style that captures the universality and moral wisdom of ...
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Dr. Mitchell Kalpakgian
August 3, 2011
6,227 Views
One of the greatest of Catholic poets, Gerard Manley Hopkins, S.J., is best known for his appreciation of the beauty, variety, and individuality (“this-ness”) of God’s creation. As a poet ...
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John Clark
August 1, 2011
6,435 Views
In ancient times, the Egyptians, lacking an advanced alphabet, used a combination of pictures to express their ideas. That might amuse us in this day and age, but it seems ...
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Dr. Mitchell Kalpakgian
July 3, 2011
10,594 Views
“It’s knowing what to do with things that counts.”—Robert Frost, “At Woodward’s Gardens” In Frost’s poem, “At Woodward’s Gardens,” a boy visiting a zoo carries a magnifying glass. From his ...
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Seton Magazine Catholic Homeschool Articles, Advice & Resources
Bob Wiesner earned a B.A. in Philosophy from Christendom College and his M.A. in Theological Studies from Maryknoll School of Theology. He has worked in many capacities in his twenty years with Seton,most recently in Guidance and Curriculum. His passions include classical music, iconography and history.
