My good, good husband offered to stay home this weekend with our two youngest kids and our dog, while I went into Rome with our oldest girls plus one of their friends. Rome is on a “fire sale,” with rock-bottom deals on hotels and such, since there is no one there. So we found…
Read MoreHere’s a short clip of our family Thanksgiving in Italy–as Ron said, “Party in a Box”
Read MoreI am taking Christology at the Angelicum this semester. Right now we are reading Thomas Aquinas’ Summa Theologiae. One passage struck me as one of the most amazing texts I have had the privilege of seeing in a long time. ST III. 8.3: Whether Christ is the head of all men? …
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First grade in Italy is notoriously hard. I had not idea what to expect, but taught Sebastian all his letters and a little early reading this summer. I thought we might be adequately prepared. Oh how I was wrong. The class is doing a cursive-intensive. They are not taking a letter…
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