Kairos, Clocks & Motherly Love Mrs. Sarah Reardon Pope John Paul II was allegedly once asked what he did with his free time. As the story goes, he responded, “All my time is free.” His time was free for him to give away in the service of God and others, and that is what he […]| Hearth & Field
The classical education movement, it may be observed, is enjoying something of a moment. It was not always so: for generations, the American educational establishment neglected liberal education (in favor of vocational training and STEM), and derided the western canon in the name of diversity and multi-culturalism. But recent years have seen that same establishment begin to collapse, like an octopus dragged to land, under its own bloated weight. With the corruption and incompetence of the est...| Hearth & Field
Praying With the Birds Miss Rachel Shrader I am convinced that every human being should have a hobby he’s completely fanatical about. A person needs a hobby that draws him totally outside himself, that commands his attention so thoroughly that he has no chance to slip into meditations on his own feelings, problems, and sorrows. […]| Hearth & Field
Preserving an Inheritance Mr. Kirk Wareham The seasons are turning, as they always are, and I am hiking in the Catskill Mountains with my seven-year-old granddaughter. We are on official business, which is to say that we are performing trail maintenance for the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference. Our job is to clear the trail […]| Hearth & Field
The opposite of chatting with an A.I. ghost is reading literature written in Latin. If the truth of this claim is not immediately obvious, dear reader, allow me to explain. It has to do with the purposes for which human beings use language.| Hearth & Field
As we enter the year of Our Lord 2025, those educators still interested in the pursuit of wisdom may well sympathize with Tolkien’s bewildered hobbit: we may have at last reached the end of our world, and what comes next is anybody’s guess.| Hearth & Field
