Kolbecast

AMDG.  John Cuddeback, a philosophy professor at Christendom College, family man, and homesteader, visits with Bonnie and Steven this episode about relationship, friendship, and home life.   With the insight of an ethics professor and the experience of a family leader, Dr. Cuddeback describes the importance of living well together, the distinction between education and academics, and the richness of our common stock of stories, images, and questions.  From Aristotle to agriculture, today’s episode highlights the expansion of experience and the experience of wonder available to families. 

Check out Dr. Cuddeback’s musings, videos, and courses at his website LifeCraft. 

Kolbecast episodes cover a range of topics relating to school at home, the life of faith, and Catholic education. Using the filters on our website, you can sort the episodes to find just what you're looking for. If you listen to the Kolbecast via a podcast app/player, we'd be so grateful to you for leaving a rating and review. That helps us reach more listeners. However you listen, please spread the word about the Kolbecast! 

What questions do you have about homeschooling, the life of faith, or the intersection of the two? Send your questions to [email protected] and stay tuned for answers. You may hear them answered in an upcoming Kolbecast episode! 

Interested in Kolbe Academy’s offerings? Visit kolbe.org 

AMDG. The conversations we started at Kolbe’s commencement events in Atlanta a few months ago continue to yield fruit. Today’s guest, Jennell Kvistad, joins us to continue one of those conversations today. The group first discusses helping teenagers and newly 18-year-old offspring ease into adulthood. From there, Jennell shares both her family’s road to homeschooling with Kolbe and her personal road to joining the Catholic Church just last year. With vivid specifics, plenty of humor, and even a bit role for the Kolbecast itself, Jennell’s conversion story is profound and encouraging. 

Kolbecast episodes mentioned and relevant: 

• 158 The Gift of a Mind (speeches from Commencement 2023) 

• 160 A Legendary Occasion Kolbe alumni and parents recorded live in Atlanta 

Kolbecast episodes cover a range of topics relating to school at home, the life of faith, and Catholic education. Using the filters on our website, you can sort the episodes to find just what you're looking for. If you listen to the Kolbecast via a podcast app/player, we'd be so grateful to you for leaving a rating and review. That helps us reach more listeners. However you listen, please spread the word about the Kolbecast! 

What questions do you have about homeschooling, the life of faith, or the intersection of the two? Send your questions to [email protected] and stay tuned for answers. You may hear them answered in an upcoming Kolbecast episode! 

Interested in Kolbe Academy’s offerings? Visit kolbe.org 

AMDG.  Today an experienced Kolbe parent named Lindsey, mother to four sons between eleventh grade and kindergarten, shares the reasons behind her loyalty and enthusiasm.  Speaking from her decade of ups and downs (but mostly ups), she describes the pragmatic and profound benefits her family has seen from Kolbe, how she juggles schedules for students in multiple grades, and the factors involved in balancing schoolwork with athletics.  Lindsey, Bonnie, and Steven also discuss hands-on tips for enrollment season and the beginning of the school year, as well the value of the sacrifice that homeschool parents make. 

Kolbecast episodes mentioned and relevant: 

• 120 Substance Matters with Classic Learning Test (CLT) founder Jeremy Tate 

• 103 Above and Beyond with Nancy from the Kolbe bookstore 

Other Kolbe resources mentioned: 

• Kolbe summer reading program 

• Student Support Services webinar 

Kolbecast episodes cover a range of topics relating to school at home, the life of faith, and Catholic education. Using the filters on our website, you can sort the episodes to find just what you're looking for. If you listen to the Kolbecast via a podcast app/player, we'd be so grateful to you for leaving a rating and review. That helps us reach more listeners. However you listen, please spread the word about the Kolbecast! 

What questions do you have about homeschooling, the life of faith, or the intersection of the two? Send your questions to [email protected] and stay tuned for answers. You may hear them answered in an upcoming Kolbecast episode! 

Interested in Kolbe Academy’s offerings? Visit kolbe.org 

AMDG. Our three-part series on language study wraps with a delectable flourish and an insightful conversation as Jenni Mammola, Kolbe’s language department chair and online French instructor; Therese Prudlo, Kolbe’s history department chair and online history instructor; Megan Lengyel, Kolbe’s chief academic officer; and Mary, incoming co-president of Kolbe’s French club, reminisce about a recent trip to France. We also get to hear from several Kolbe students who traveled with them. From trilingual lunch discussions to experiencing firsthand the close connection between France and Catholicism to the difference between being a traveler and a tourist, our discussion paints a beautiful picture of the value of language study, travel, and Catholic community. 

Kolbecast episodes mentioned & relevant: 

• 161 Fostering a Linguistic Consciousness 

Kolbecast episodes cover a range of topics relating to school at home, the life of faith, and Catholic education. Using the filters on our website, you can sort the episodes to find just what you're looking for. If you listen to the Kolbecast via a podcast app/player, we'd be so grateful to you for leaving a rating and review. That helps us reach more listeners. However you listen, please spread the word about the Kolbecast! 

What questions do you have about homeschooling, the life of faith, or the intersection of the two? Send your questions to [email protected] and stay tuned for answers. You may hear them answered in an upcoming Kolbecast episode! 

Interested in Kolbe Academy’s offerings? Visit kolbe.org 

AMDG.  In the second installment of our linguistic trifecta, Bonnie and Jordan revisit a conversation begun long ago on the Kolbecast, and Steven and Maggie Hayden join in.  More specifically, Jordan and Maggie share their enthusiasm for and expertise in Latin: what drew them toward the language, the hidden benefits of learning it, the practical benefits of knowing it, the correlation between studying it and standardized tests, the clarity of thought and writing it brings, and more. 

Kolbecast episodes mentioned and relevant: 

• 7 Et Tu, Iordane? 

Kolbecast episodes cover a range of topics relating to school at home, the life of faith, and Catholic education. Using the filters on our website, you can sort the episodes to find just what you're looking for. If you listen to the Kolbecast via a podcast app/player, we'd be so grateful to you for leaving a rating and review. That helps us reach more listeners. However you listen, please spread the word about the Kolbecast! 

What questions do you have about homeschooling, the life of faith, or the intersection of the two? Send your questions to [email protected] and stay tuned for answers. You may hear them answered in an upcoming Kolbecast episode! 

Interested in Kolbe Academy’s offerings? Visit kolbe.org 

AMDG. In this first of a three-part series on language study, Kolbe advisor and alumna Agostina Cavasotto, whom Kolbecast listeners met in episode 154 Passport: Argentina, returns to discuss her love of languages, the connections she makes among them, the value of studying a language in depth, and the way language study helps cultivate a habit of thinking that serves a person well in many facets of life. To help with the practical aspects of language study for homeschoolers, she offers many suggestions and refers to a rapidly growing section of the Kolbe website filled with helpful articles on a range of subjects relating to homeschooling and Kolbe Academy. (Check out the Academics and Advising section.) The conversation broadens to include discussion on lifelong learning and the discoveries Agostina has made about the many and varied ways to learn at any age and in any context. 

Kolbecast episodes cover a range of topics relating to school at home, the life of faith, and Catholic education. Using the filters on our website, you can sort the episodes to find just what you're looking for. If you listen to the Kolbecast via a podcast app/player, we'd be so grateful to you for leaving a rating and review. That helps us reach more listeners. However you listen, please spread the word about the Kolbecast! 

What questions do you have about homeschooling, the life of faith, or the intersection of the two? Send your questions to [email protected] and stay tuned for answers. You may hear them answered in an upcoming Kolbecast episode! 

Interested in Kolbe Academy’s offerings? Visit kolbe.org 

AMDG.  Newly minted alumni, siblings, and parents shared their time and thoughts with us at graduation in Atlanta, Georgia on May 25, 2023.  This episode features some of their excitement, wisdom, and insight as they describe different perspectives and common experiences.  Topics range from why it was important to make the trip to Atlanta to conversion stories, with themes of loving learning, finding closure, and preparing for next steps. 

Kolbecast episodes mentioned and relevant: 

• 158 The Gift of a Mind  

• 108 Time Stood Still  

Kolbecast episodes cover a range of topics relating to school at home, the life of faith, and Catholic education. Using the filters on our website, you can sort the episodes to find just what you're looking for. If you listen to the Kolbecast via a podcast app/player, we'd be so grateful to you for leaving a rating and review. That helps us reach more listeners. However you listen, please spread the word about the Kolbecast! 

What questions do you have about homeschooling, the life of faith, or the intersection of the two? Send your questions to [email protected] and stay tuned for answers. You may hear them answered in an upcoming Kolbecast episode! 

Interested in Kolbe Academy’s offerings? Visit kolbe.org 

AMDG.  A podcaster, a Latin teacher, a development director, and an attorney walk into the same room... It’s not a joke, although there’s plenty of joking—it’s a live-recorded episode from Kolbe’s commencement festivities in Atlanta, GA!  Bonnie, Jordan, Steven, and Bonnie’s sister Hope (original Kolbecast host, current behind-the-scenes podcast crew member, and Kolbe alumna) gather around one mic to describe and explore the experience of meeting to celebrate newly minted alumni.  They give listeners some context on the schedule of events, describe the ambiance and value of a virtual school’s in-person commencement, and forecast a bit of what’s next for the caretakers of Kolbe. 

Kolbecast episodes mentioned and relevant: 

• 158 The Gift of a Mind (speeches from Commencement 2023) 

Kolbecast episodes cover a range of topics relating to school at home, the life of faith, and Catholic education. Using the filters on our website, you can sort the episodes to find just what you're looking for. If you listen to the Kolbecast via a podcast app/player, we'd be so grateful to you for leaving a rating and review. That helps us reach more listeners. However you listen, please spread the word about the Kolbecast! 

What questions do you have about homeschooling, the life of faith, or the intersection of the two? Send your questions to [email protected] and stay tuned for answers. You may hear them answered in an upcoming Kolbecast episode! 

Interested in Kolbe Academy’s offerings? Visit kolbe.org 

AMDG.  Kolbe celebrated its class of 2023 in person in Atlanta, Georgia, on May 25, 2023.  During the commencement ceremony, four individuals spoke: two graduating seniors, Ellen Foreman and Peter Prudlo; faculty member Dr. Carl Hasler; and keynote speaker, University of Dallas President Dr. Jonathan Sanford.  Today we bring you their speeches, recorded live during the event.  Ellen reflects on the importance of progress over awards and describe the concept of ikigai as the reason for being.  Peter describes the pursuit of knowledge in service to God, not ourselves, and includes special shout-outs to fellow students and teachers.  Dr. Hasler emphasizes that all of us are called to be saints and that thinking is the best way to travel.  And Dr. Sanford challenges graduates and other listeners to reflect on two questions--where have you been and where are you going—while highlighting five virtues to carry into the future: gratitude, docility, humility, magnanimity, and compassion. 

Relevant Kolbecast episodes  

• 144 The Word Made Known with Mark Brumley 

• 22 Imagine Being Homeschooled with Peter Prudlo 

Kolbecast episodes cover a range of topics relating to school at home, the life of faith, and Catholic education. Using the filters on our website, you can sort the episodes to find just what you're looking for. If you listen to the Kolbecast via a podcast app/player, we'd be so grateful to you for leaving a rating and review. That helps us reach more listeners. However you listen, please spread the word about the Kolbecast! 

What questions do you have about homeschooling, the life of faith, or the intersection of the two? Send your questions to [email protected] and stay tuned for answers. You may hear them answered in an upcoming Kolbecast episode! 

Interested in Kolbe Academy’s offerings? Visit kolbe.org 

AMDG. Patrick Reilly of the Cardinal Newman Society rejoins us to discuss renewal and reform in Catholic education during the 30th anniversary year of the Newman Guide.  He describes the aspects of competition and emulation he sees in Catholic schools, examples of God’s providence at work, and the missing foundation in most secular education.  He also shares with enthusiasm the ideas that everything in nature has a cyclical effect and the four pillars of his taskforce for Eucharistic education: literacy, liturgy, devotion, and living.  Listen through the end for pragmatic thoughts on dual enrollment and demonstrating college readiness. 

Kolbecast episodes referenced and related: 

• 84 The Essence of Catholic Education 

• 109 A Lifetime Venture with Dr. George Harne of The University of St. Thomas 

Links mentioned: 

• Kolbe’s College & University Partners 

Articles from the Kolbe blog written by Kolbe alumni who’ve gone on to Newman Guide schools: 

• A Reflection on Life at The University of Mary  

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What questions do you have about homeschooling, the life of faith, or the intersection of the two? Send your questions to  [email protected] and stay tuned for answers. You may hear them answered in an upcoming Kolbecast episode! 

Interested in Kolbe Academy’s offerings? Visit  kolbe.org