The Path to the Academy

In this episode, Dr. Cyril Jenkins discusses with John Heitzenrater his path from hyper-traditionalist, observant Catholic to Orthodoxy, and what this actually tells us about him as the headmaster of St. Constantine in the Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania.

In this episode, Dr. Jenkins welcomes back the St. Constantine Headmaster, John Heitzenrater, to discuss what the school day will include for students, both what they will do in class, and what they will do outside (which will also be part of the class). Cyril and John also discuss what classical education does for our children, and why the Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania is a great place for this endeavor.

In this episode, Dr. Jenkins welcomes back the St. Constantine Headmaster, John Heitzenrater, to discuss what the school day will include for students, both what they will do in class, and what they will do outside (which will also be part of the class). Cyril and John also discuss what classical education does for our children, and why the Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania is a great place for this endeavor.

Prof. Jenkins, to his great delight, is joined by two of his former students, Mrs. Monica Chilbert and Mrs. Madeleine Hewitt, who are both classical school teachers and moms, who are also themselves fast friends, but above all, devoted lovers of learning.

Prof. Jenkins, to his great delight, is joined by two of his former students, Mrs. Monica Chilbert and Mrs. Madeleine Hewitt, who are both classical school teachers and moms, who are also themselves fast friends, but above all, devoted lovers of learning.

Giving more fuel to the conspiracy theory that AFR is just all the same podcast, Prof. Jenkins welcomes back Prof. Bill Tighe to speak about their week with high school students studying Tolkien, and to discuss what the great author has to do with classical education and liberal learning.

Giving more fuel to the conspiracy theory that AFR is just all the same podcast, Prof. Jenkins welcomes back Prof. Bill Tighe to speak about their week with high school students studying Tolkien, and to discuss what the great author has to do with classical education and liberal learning.

Dr. Jenkins welcomes Messers Frank Chilbert and Thomas Sims, who are themselves teachers at classical academy, and who were once Dr. Jenkins's students. The discussion ranges from the desire for the good, to Tom's unloading on what the answer to the question about "know thyself" should really be.

Dr. Jenkins welcomes Messers Frank Chilbert and Thomas Sims, who are themselves teachers at classical academy, and who were once Dr. Jenkins's students. The discussion ranges from the desire for the good, to Tom's unloading on what the answer to the question about "know thyself" should really be.

Dr. Jenkins sits down in-studio with John Heitzenrater, the new headmaster of St. Constantine School of Lehigh Valley to speak about what the new school will be like both as regards nut-and-bolts, but also the vision of what this means in the lives of our children, and in the life of the Church.