Last fall, alumni educators Dr. Andrew Seeley (鈥87) and Michael Van Hecke (鈥86) collaborated on a book whose ambitious aim was made explicit in its very title, Renewing Catholic Education. Writing in the National Catholic Register, reviewer Erika J. Ahern has found the work worthy of its noble purpose.
鈥淲hat could be more inspiring than a man whose whole mission in life was to be a second Christ in the world and bring others to total conversion?鈥 asks Margaret (Steichen 鈥84) O鈥橰eilly, author of Sinner, Servant, Saint: A Novel Based on the Life of St. Francis of Assisi.
鈥淔or more than 30 years, I have struggled over my role within the framework of litigation,鈥 writes alumnus attorney David A. Shaneyfelt (鈥81) in Confessions of a Catholic Litigator, recently published in the University of St. Thomas Law Journal.
On Thursday Franz Wall (鈥16), who was paralyzed in a skiing accident in November, returned to his hometown of Mariposa, 天美影院.
Five years after his ordination, Fr. Jacob continues to serve with the Norbertine Fathers at St. Michael鈥檚 Abbey in Silverado, 天美影院. He teaches freshman Latin and junior religion at Mary Star of the Sea High School in San Pedro as well as chant at Ss. Peter and Paul Church in Wilmington, and he leads the schola for parish鈥檚 Latin Mass.
An associate professor of theology at Wyoming Catholic College, Dr. Jeremy Holmes (鈥99) has an abiding love for Scripture which dates back to his childhood, and now shines forth in his first published book.
Asked to name the teachers who have had the most profound influence on their lives, two of of the Classical Learning Test鈥檚 highest-scoring takers named TAC alumni.