What are we doing?

This blog is a supplement to Saint Agnes School's Senior Capstone Seminar, a course in which senior students have elected to read some of the greatest books of the Catholic intellectual tradition and discuss them in a Socratic seminar format. This blog will attempt to track our conversations throughout the year as well as post articles and news of related interest to the content of the course.

Sunday, October 7, 2012

2012 Rosary Procession

It was great to see so many Saint Agnes faces at the 2012 Rosary Procession!  The procession began at the Capitol and ended at the Cathedral with a prayer service lead by Bishop Piche.  Saint Agnes students, parents, faculty and staff were on hand to pray with the clergy for the Marriage Amendment.


Here I am with Faustina, my daughter, and Joseph, a seminarian from Uganda.  We have "adopted" Joseph during his time at the St. Paul Seminary.

 

Friday, October 5, 2012

Book VII, The Confessions of Saint Augustine


Oct. 5, 2012
Students are grappling with the big, existential and philosophical questions.

Monday, October 1, 2012

The Problem of Evil

Book VII of The Confessions of Saint Augustine is absolutely fascinating!

Augustine's considerations of the problem of evil have immense ramifications for man.

Questions students are considering and discussing:
1.    Did God create evil?
2.    Is Satan/Lucifer evil?  Was he created as evil?
3.    Is evil a substance?
4.    Is God material or pure spirit?  Why?
5.    Are created things evil or good or a combination?  Why/how?
6.    Can human persons choose to do or love evil things?  Why/why not/how?
7.    From what does evil come or originate (according to Augustine)?
       a.    What do you think of Augustine’s answer?
8.    How does human freedom and God's providence fit into Augustine's consideration of evil?

A Fantastic Fall