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From the 16th century until the early 20th century, catechesis (the art of reciting simple questions and answers to reinforce basic truths) played an important part in the efforts of Christian educators to communicate fundamental articles of the Christian faith to their students. Catechesis has largely become obsolete in our day, but Arma Dei's Logic School Teachers are reviving the art with a twist: they are having students sing rather than recite the catechism! In Chapel, our Logic School students performed several questions and answers from the catechism and shared some of their thoughts about how the catechism impacts their studies,…

10 Reasons to study Latin ~ by Dr. Christopher Perrin ~ https://classicalacademicpress.com/10-reasons-to-study-latin/   You may have heard that Latin is a dead language. This is a strong, negative pronouncement to most ears. Scholars, however, use the term in a technical sense that leaves plenty of room for life. A “dead” language is one that is no longer the native language of any community, even if it is still in use in other ways. An extinct language, by contrast, is one that no longer has any speakers or any written use. Some languages are also called liturgical languages, because they continue to…