Congratulations Br. Mel!

Br. Mel Stinson recently received the Charlie Johnson award for promoting tourism in the Arkansas River Valley area. Some of you may have not had the opportunity to see this. Students, if you see him, congratulate him.

Daily Summary - 10/30

Scripture
Discussed the beginning of Israel's journey in the desert. (Handout)

Religious Studies
Discussion the Incarnation and the Nativity. (Handout)

Oral Communications
Speeches tomorrow:
Yu-Tsu C.
Simeon S.
Baykal A.
Jonathon S.

• Speech evaluation form
• Outline sheet
• Speech structure checklist
• Soyouwanna Deliver an Effective Speech (from soyouwanna.com)

Get your free tacos!

The baseball coach in me loves the fact that my sport has earned everyone in America a free taco. During the World Series last week, Taco Bell said that if anyone stole a base, they would give everyone a free taco between 2 and 5 today. Thank you Jacoby Ellsbury.

Daily Summary - 10/29

Scripture
Discussed the 10 Plagues (Handout)

Religious Studies
Continued discussion of Christ in Salvation History. (Handout)

Oral Communications
Speech preparation in the library.
• Speech evaluation form
• Outline sheet
• Speech structure checklist
• Soyouwanna Deliver an Effective Speech (from soyouwanna.com)

Daily Summary - 10/26

Oral Communications
Quiz #1 over the names of the new students.

Speeches begin on Wednesday
• Speech evaluation form
• Outline sheet
• Speech structure checklist
• Soyouwanna Deliver an Effective Speech (from soyouwanna.com)

Daily Summary - 10/25

Scripture
Discussed Moses and the Burning Bush. (Handout)

Religious Studies
Continued discussion of Christ in Salvation History. (Handout)

Oral Communications
Quiz #1 over the names of the new students will be Tomorrow.

Speech preparation in the library.
• Speech evaluation form
• Outline sheet
• Speech structure checklist
• Soyouwanna Deliver an Effective Speech (from soyouwanna.com)

Scripture Resource

I found a very interesting and useful Scripture reference online yesterday. It is called The Jerome Bible Commentary; named not after St. Jerome, but after the son of its creator. It has a large number of simple commentaries and reflections arranged in lists. My favorite piece of content is the list of prophecies for the Christ that he has indexed.

Daily Summary 10/24

Scripture
Discussed Moses and the Hebrews' stand against the oppression of Egypt. (Handout)

Religious Studies
Discussed Christ in Salvation History. (Handout)

Oral Communications
Class A - Discussed requirements for PowerPoint presentations.
Class B - Began speech preparation in the library.

Quiz #1 over the names of the new students will be Friday.

Here is the speech order for speech round #3.

Wednesday - 10/31
Yu-Tsu C.
Simeon S.
Baykal A.
Jonathon S.

Friday - 11/2
Sam B.
Bruce I.
Michael F.
Young Chan S.
Andrew W.
Sak L.
Cole K.
Simseok Y.
Bill M.

Monday - 11/5
Seth B.
Jin Y.
Terry J.
Chance K.

Wednesday - 11/6
Jae Hong L.
James L.

Daily Summary 10/23

Scripture
Discussed the rise of Joseph (Handout)

Religious Studies
Discussed the importance of the Incarnation. No handout.

Oral Communications
Discussed Carnegie section 2.6.

Quiz #1 over the names of the new students will be next Friday.
I still need affirmations of classmates from some students.

Daily Summary - 10/22

I apologize for this being a day late. I was one of the many people around the Academy who was feeling under the weather yesterday.

Scripture
Discussed Jacob and his sons (Handout)

Religious Studies
Discussed the Hypostatic Union (Handout)

Oral Communications
Discussed Carnegie section 2.5.
Reflection on Carnegie section 2.6 is due tomorrow.
On Wednesday we will begin preparing for our next round of speeches. For this speech, all students will be required to make a PowerPoint presentation.

Quiz #1 over the names of the new students will be next Friday.
I still need affirmations of classmates from some students.

St. Isaac Jogues

Today is the feast of my favorite saint, St. Isaac Jogues, and a group called the North American Martyrs. This is the feast day for Br. Isaac, residential dean in the Main Building. It is also the feast day for my son, whom my wife and I named after St. Isaac. I have had a devotion to St. Isaac since I was a freshman in high school, and I visited the National Shrine to the North American Martyrs, which is the place where Isaac was killed. It is beautiful shrine in Auriesville, New York.

Say a prayer today to St. Isaac and his companions.

St. Isaac Jogues and the North American Martyrs - Pray for us!

Daily Summary 10/19

Oral Communications
Section A - Read Carnegie section 2.5 for Monday. Students do not have to turn in the reflection questions, but be ready to discuss on Monday.

Section B - Read Carnegie section2 2.4 and 2.5 for Monday. When answering the reflection questions, treat them as one section.

Daily Summary - 10/18

Scripture
Wrote petitions for next week's Mass.

Religious Studies
Discussed Jesus as the Word (Handout)

Oral Communications
Section A:
Discussed Carnegie section 2.3.
Reflection on Carnegie section 2.4 is due tomorrow.

Section B:
Discussed Carnegie sections 1.3 and 2.1.
Reflections on Carnegie sections 2.2 and 2.3 are due tomorrow.
Reflections on Carnegie sections 2.4 and 2.5 are due Monday.

Quiz #1 over the names of the new students will be next Friday.
I still need affirmations of classmates from some students.

Is there a new Cardinal in your hometown?

VATICAN CITY, OCT. 17, 2007 (Zenit.org) - "Benedict XVI announced the names of 23 new cardinals for the Church, including a historic move to bestow the first red hat to the head of a Texas archdiocese."



Archbishop Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, Texas will be the first Cardinal from the state of Texas. Cardinal DiNardo is now also a cardinal elector, meaning that he will have a vote in the election of the pope.

"Archbishop DiNardo, whose diocese consists of 1.3 million Catholics, said in reaction to his appointment: 'I am deeply grateful to the Holy Father for his kindness in appointing me and for his trust in allowing me to be placed in the College of Cardinals. May I immediately add that it is also very humbling and surprising! I promise him my fullest communion, loyalty and obedience.'" (Read more from ZENIT Catholic News)

Congratulations to those of you from the Galveston-Houston Diocese.

Daily Summary - 10/17

Today is a national testing day. All students took standarized tests in the morning, and we had our school Mass at 1:00.

Oral Communications
Reflection on Carnegie 2.3 due tomorrow.

Daily Summary - 10/16

Scripture
Discussed Jacob and Esau. (Handout)
Students should be reading chapter 6 and answering the review questions on page 125. This does not yet have a due date.

Religious Studies
Began our discussion of Jesus. (Handout)

Oral Communications
Discussed Carnegie section 2.2.
Reflection on Carnegie section 2.3 is due tomorrow.
I still need affirmations of classmates from some students.

Daily Summary - 10/15

Scripture
Discussed the Patriarch Isaac. (Handout)
Students should be reading chapter 6 and answering the review questions on page 125. This does not yet have a due date.

Religious Studies
Wrote petitions for this week's Mass.

Oral Communications
Discussed Carnegie section 2.1.
Reflection on Carnegie section 2.2 is due tomorrow.
I still need affirmations of classmates from some students.

Quote

"Everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was."
- Pope Paul VI

I think this is a great quote for us here at Subiaco. With so many students from so many backgrounds, we are all at a different place in life when we arrive here at Subi. Pope Paul is reminding us, that we are all on a journey of faith, and no matter where we are right now, God is calling all of us to grow. To grow in respect, responsibility, maturity, and to grow in faith. I hope that for all of you, Subiaco is a place that truly allows you to do that.

Daily Summary - 10/12

Oral Communications
Discussed Carnegie section 1.3.
Read Carnegie section 1.4 from Monday. You do not have to turn in written answers to the reflection questions, but be able to answer them for our discussion.
Affirmations of classmates are due on Monday.

Daily Summary - 10/11

Scripture
Test
Read #21 on reading list for Monday.

Religious Studies
Test

Oral Communications
Discussed Carnegie section 1.2.
Reflection on Carnegie section 1.3 is due tomorrow.
Affirmations of classmates are due on Monday.

Daily Summary - 10/10

Scripture
Reviewed for tomorrow's test.
Completed notes are due tomorrow.

Religious Studies
Reviewed for tomorrow's test.
Completed notes are due tomorrow.

Oral Communications
Discussed Carnegie section 1.1.
Reflection on Carnegie section 1.2 is due tomorrow.

Catholic Podcasts

Check out SQPN. I had a link to some Catholic Podcasts on the sidebar already, but I think this is an even better site. It is also listed now in the sidebar as "Podcasts 1." You can download these to iTunes, play them from the site, or subscribe to the feed.


Catholic Insider is just one of the many podcasts featured on this site.

Thank you to the parent who sent me this link.

Daily Summary - 10/9

Scripture
Discussed Abraham's attempt to sacrifice Isaac. (Handout)
Page 104 is due Tomorrow.
Test on Thursday

Religious Studies
Reviewed for test.
Test tomorrow.
Handouts for this section:
• Call to Holiness
• The Trinity
• The Trinity as a Family
• Omni- characteristics of God
• God the Father
• The Father's Blessings

Oral Communications
Introduction to How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie.
Reflection on Carnegie section 1.1 is due tomorrow.
• Writing prompts for the daily Carnegie assignments.

St. Lucy of Syracuse

I came across this picture today on a blog called Smallpax. It a blog of Catholic Illustrators, and I have a link to it in the "Christian Artists" section below. You can read more about St. Lucy here.

Daily Summary - 10/8

Scripture
Discussed Sodom and Gomorrah. (Handout)
Page 104 is due Wednesday.

Religious Studies
Discussed God the Father. (Handout)

Oral Communications
Continued second round of speeches.
• Speech evaluation form
• Outline sheet
• Speech structure checklist
• Soyouwanna Deliver an Effective Speech (from soyouwanna.com)

Daily Summary - 10/5

Oral Communications
Continued second round of speeches.
• Speech evaluation form
• Outline sheet
• Speech structure checklist
• Soyouwanna Deliver an Effective Speech (from soyouwanna.com)

Daily Summary - 10/4

Scripture
Discussed God's 2nd promise to Abraham. (Handout)
Page 104 is due next Wednesday, October 10.

Religious Studies
Began discussing God the Father. (Handout)

Oral Communications
Continued second round of speeches.
• Speech evaluation form
• Outline sheet
• Speech structure checklist
• Soyouwanna Deliver an Effective Speech (from soyouwanna.com)

Daily Summary - 10/3

Scripture
Discussed God's Covenant with Abraham. (Handout)
Page 104 is due next Wednesday, October 10.

Religious Studies
FInished discussion the "Omni-" qualities of God. (Handout)
Hail Mary quiz will be taken again Thursday.

Oral Communications
Began second round of speeches.
• Speech evaluation form
• Outline sheet
• Speech structure checklist
• Soyouwanna Deliver an Effective Speech (from soyouwanna.com)

Scripture Reading List

To make sure that everyone in Scripture class is staying up-to-date with his reading assignments, we will be having 5-point quizzes over the reading every day for a while. The reading for tomorrow is #17 on the list.

Daily Summary - 10/2

Scripture
Discussed Abraham the Patriarch. (Handout)

Religious Studies
Discussed the "Omni-" qualities of God. (Handout)
Hail Mary quiz will be taken again on Thursday.

Oral Communications
Speech preparation in library.
Speech round #2 begins tomorrow with Andy, Seth, Sak, and Terry.
Speech forms and handouts:
• Speech evaluation form
• Outline sheet
• Speech structure checklist
• Soyouwanna Deliver an Effective Speech (from soyouwanna.com)

Daily Summary - 10/1

Scripture
Discussed the passing of the Covenant blessing and the re-spreading of sin after the Flood. (Handout)

Religious Studies
Discussed the connection between families and the Trinity. (Handout)
The Monk interview assignment is due tomorrow.
Hail Mary quiz will be taken again on Thursday.

Oral Communications
Speech preparation in computer lab.
Speech round #2 begins Wednesday.
Speech forms and handouts:
• Speech evaluation form
• Outline sheet
• Speech structure checklist
• Soyouwanna Deliver an Effective Speech (from soyouwanna.com)

Speech Order - Round 2

Wednesday - 10/3
Andy
Seth
Sak
Terry

Thursday - 10/4
Baykal
Simeon
Cole
Jae Hong
All of Oral Com B

Friday - 10/5
Chance
Bill
Jin
Jonathon

Monday - 10/8
Simseok
James