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Mount Wonder – a novel inspired by IHP

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Dec 2022
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My dad wrote a novel called Mount Wonder. It’s a romance based on his personal experiences in the Integrated Humanities Program (IHP) at KU in the 70’s. Given how influential that program has been for American Catholicism and with all of the issues in academia today, and because it’s a totally wild adventure, you’ll enjoy […]

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Gregory the Great Crowdfunding Campaign – Land of Song

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Apr 2016
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Dear Friends, Gregory the Great Academy is gearing up for their annual crowdfunding campaign Land of Song – The Place of Music in Education. You might recall last year’s crowdfunding campaign. They are calling for people to signup to be a part of it in order to get the word out. The title of the […]

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Top 10 Catholic Paintings

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Mar 2016
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Limiting this list only to sacred art paintings, I’ve come up with a list of the top ten most famous, influential, historical, beautiful, and edifying Catholic paintings. The list is limited to paintings with explicitly religious themes painted by artists for a Catholic audience. In the end it was difficult to narrow it down to a top 10, […]

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