Monday, August 26, 2024

Who was Saint Joan of Arc?

Joan of Arc at the Coronation of Charles VII in Reims Cathedral, by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres  

see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_of_Arc_at_the_Coronation_of_Charles_VII



Friday, May 24, 2024

FHG Summer 2024 Reading Project


Saint Thomas Aquinas: The Dumb Ox
by G. K. Chesterton

Etienne Gilson on Saint Thomas Aquinas: The Dumb Ox ~ "I consider it as being, without possible comparison, the best book ever written on Saint Thomas." (quote from "What Every Catholic Should Know About Philosophy" by Peter Kreeft, 2023) 

Music by Saint Thomas Aquinas
Adoro te devote

Art work entailing Saint Thomas Aquinas
The Demidoff Altarpiece
by Carlo Crivelli





Thursday, January 11, 2024

Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

A Catholic online course called 'Bread of Life: The Eucharist in Galilee' included hagiography!

  • Saint Hilary of Poitiers
  • Saint Augustine
  • Saint Cyril of Alexandria
  • Theophylact of Antioch (Patriarch)
  • Saint John Chrysostom




... referenced from a multivolume set called 'Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture' 





Friday, December 15, 2023

Christian Heortology

What is Christian heortology? ... sometimes spelled as eortology 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heortology

... heortology as a branch of liturgiology (liturgical studies or liturgics)


Lets read a book about Christian heortology ... book report? 

https://www.amazon.com/Heortology-History-Christian-Festivals-Present/dp/1331684587

https://www.amazon.com/Heortology-History-Christian-Festivals-Present/dp/1014919363/





Thursday, July 13, 2023

Saints from Iraq

Human beings began writing around 3400 BC in Sumer, Iraq (Mesopotamia) with Sumerian script (Cuneform). *

* Getty Center https://www.getty.edu/news/where-did-writing-come-from/

Can you find the saints from Iraq? (they can be either from or of Iraq)

see:  https://www.ncregister.com/features/the-saints-of-iraq

St. Marolus of Milan (April 23 feast day) 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marolus


Friday, January 6, 2023

Enchiridion by Saint Augustine



We are going to read another book by Saint Augustine, and it is called "Enchiridion". I have read the first chapter, and it is a very interesting book!  Keep in mind there are several translations; We are also reading a commentary on this book by Fr. William F. Maestri to help us with the advanced reading level and also the advanced Catholicism.

Get a dictionary and look up 'enchiridion' (know what it means, know how to spell it, and know how to pronounce it) - in the realm of "livelihood education".  By adding the origin and transmission of the word, some academic approaches can be understood - that it is a Greek word that comes to us from late Middle English via late Latin (in the realm of "technical education" on word parameters can be found in certain dictionaries).  Please note that enchiridion is not the same word as compendium - they are two different words, and hence, two different things.  It is possible for a person to use the enchiridion with the compendium for enrichment and enlightment purposes.




Wednesday, October 26, 2022

a few saints who were twins

 


Twin Saints

click on the link to find more information about these twin saints



Saints Medard and Gildard (feast day June 8)

https://catholicism.org/saint-medard-and-saint-gildard-558.html




Saints Gervase and Protase (feast day June 19)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gervasius_and_Protasius




Saints Crispin and Crispinian (feast day October 25)

https://catholicexchange.com/sts-crispin-and-crispinian/