Education – Jon Haines

21 Jul

Bishop Conley Reflects on Land O’Lakes and Catholic Liberal Education

By Jon
In Education, Higher Education

Bishop Conley is the Bishop of Lincoln, Neb. A version of these remarks was offered at the Institute for Catholic Liberal Education’s Regional Catholic Classical Schools Conference on July 5, 2017, in Denver, Colo. Fifty years ago this month, in July

01 Mar

“Is Intelligence Impractical?” Fr. James Schall SJ

By Jon
In Higher Education, ReasonBright (Topics in Philosophy)

The well known and eminent scholar Fr. James V. Schall, American Jesuit Roman Catholic priest, teacher, writer and philosopher, spoke earlier this semester at the University of St. Thomas. Â The talk wasÂ entitled, â€œIs Intelligence Impractical? â€“ Reflections of a â€˜Rigidâ€™

19 Apr

“Don’t Judge!” Part II – University Edition

By Jon
In Education, Higher Education

A new video from the Family Policy Institute of Washington gives some perspective on what it means to apply the logic of modern ‘tolerance’ consistently.(c/o LSN) It reminds me of Fulton Sheen’s comment. Modern science alone isn’t going to give

13 Nov

Exaggeration of Postmodern Style Education

By Jon
In Education

Modern education here refers to a style of “education”, not the institutions that exist in modern day. This style of education claims less and less often that there is a correct answer to anything outside of math problems. As an example,

27 May

I’m Moving To Houston – Starting at the Center for Thomistic Studies in Fall 2015

By Jon
In Education, Personal

In April of this year I was accepted to pursue doctoral studies at the only school I wanted to attend – The Center for Thomistic Studies in Houston, USA. I looked into the Angelicum (Rome), Leuven (Belgium) and others, but this

08 Dec

The Twist On Academic Freedom

In a recent interview the President of Catholic University of America, John Garvy stated that “At Catholic universities there isn’t a rule that you can’t talk about God or faith or those kinds of subjects alongside whatever you’re doing in your

28 Apr

Feser’s New Book!

By test
In Education, Philosophy

If you are interested in philosophy and there is one book that you must buy in the coming weeks….it is this it: Scholastic Metaphysics: A Contemporary Introduction (Editiones Scholasticae) Feser has done a great job in the past explaining complex

14 Nov

Pontifical Academy of Latin Established

By Jon
In Catholicism, Education, Higher Education, Language, Religion

The long and short of it is that the Church's doctrine has always been available in many languages, even during its development in the Roman empire. However, the language which everything has been translated into and used as official was Latin. To not maintain

09 Nov

“Universities Are Holdouts Against Bishops”

By test
In Catholicism, Compromise/Dissent/Heresy, Higher Education, Religion

From the mouths of babes, the famous Fr. McBrien at Notre Dame: Many “progressive Catholics” remain in the Church only because they have found refuge on college campuses “where the long arms of a bishop cannot reach,” writes Fr. Richard

29 Aug

The Final Destination of Modernist Catholicism: Humanism

By Jon
In Catholicism, Compromise/Dissent/Heresy, Education, Enlightenment, Faith and Reason, Religion

Where do we end up after years and years of downplaying and making theology deliberately more vague and humanist? Well, eventually the state just recognizes what everyone else already does….the schools that aren't Catholic anymore. Who cares what the Church