Domus Dei

02/28/2026

01/04/2026

Various names are dropped in educational endeavours to designate their distinct use of conversation in the classroom. Socratic Seminar, Socratic Discussion, Socratic Dialogue, or whatever you call it, is nearly omnipresent. But rarely does one read the same description of the methodical working out of the chosen label. Read Hilda's contribution to the conversation about conversation.

by Hilda 3rd January, 2026, Christmastide Feria A concise exploration of pedagogically focused conversations known by various names (seminar, Socratic discussion, dialogue).     What is their purpose?  How are they different for different subjects and ages?  Wha

01/02/2026

“If we don’t educate our children,” Fr Ronald Knox once warned, “someone else will. In our day, of course, the someone else is the State; and the State, we can be quite certain, will make a hash of it.”
https://thecatholicherald.com/article/on-the-christian-education-of-youth?fbclid=IwY2xjawPEyBtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA80MDk5NjI2MjMwODU2MDkAAR7iayYlYWB_m3oIL2mHr5BcdVn1KDUL4nDWS4EspqNQHc0tl40PJlq1QizrSA_aem_tBF2CPeZ4WPnP56OL2MWDg

Ninety-six years after Divini illius magistri, Pius XI’s bracing account of Catholic education remains strikingly timely

10/28/2025

"The language utilized within a Catholic educational setting should convey a salvific message of conversion, where students begin to know and understand that they are children created in the image and likeness of God, have infinite value from our Father in heaven, and that He wants everyone to join Him in heaven."

In the letter to the Hebrews,[1] the author makes a statement of faith that presumes two things about the exercise and practice of a faith in God. One, an active faith proposes a belief in God the Father, and that our hope rests on God, and two, an active faith exercises docility to the will of God,...