Happy National Catholic Schools Week!

Robert Mixa, Education Fellow at Bishop Barron's Word on Fire Institute, joins Nick and Tyler to discuss how to re-enchant Catholic education. Catholic schools are meant to participate directly and in a privileged way in the evangelizing mission of the Church, so how do we avoid becoming just secular institutions with religion tacked on as an after-thought? Mixa offers a compelling vision for how to re-engage students, teachers, and parents with the beauty of Catholic education through wonder, mystery, and just plain good pedagogy. If you love Catholic schools like we do, tune in to be re-inspired by the "what" and "why" of Catholic education.

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS

• What is beauty and how do you train students to appreciate it?
• How has modern education become "ugly" or non-aesthetic?
• Lady Gaga's Poker Face or Beethoven's 9th?
• Why is mystery an effective way to begin class?
• What is the role of the liturgy in education?
• What are some effective models or plans of education?
• Why you should start watching some Polish films and reading some Polish poetry!

LINKS

• Robert Mixa's personal website/blog: www.robertmixa.com
• Robert Mixa's work at Word on Fire: Robert Mixa, Author at Word on Fire
• The Dekalog TV series directed by Krzyszstof Kieslowski
• Educational Plan of St. Jerome
• Religious Parenting by Christian Smith
• Five Proofs of the Existence of God by Ed Feser
• The Art of Teaching by Gilbert Highet

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