Our next class will be Sunday, December 1.
(No class this Sunday, the 24th. Happy Thanksgiving!)
Last time:
We began by reading through rest of the first act of the play Robert & Emma, entitled: Choosing Andrew. We discussed it in light of what we have learned about happiness, success, and quality of life. The discussion handout is linked in the resources post. We will be hearing further installments of the story later in the year.
If you missed class or want to review:
https://youtu.be/7lfaSmDxVZQ
https://youtu.be/8jhcxOhIMAQ
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Dear Students & Parents,
Fr. Robert Spitzer, one of the authors of the Principles & Choices curriculum that I'm using this year, gave the Commencement address at Christendom College earlier this year.
In his talk, he goes into some of the most important principles we have covered in our class so far this year, on happiness, success, purpose, and love. Fr. Spitzer actually takes some of the key ideas and turns them into a short daily decision that he uses -- and invites us to use -- to follow Christ more closely every day.
You may find the video and audio here: https://media.christendom.edu/2019/05/fr-robert-spitzer-commencement-address/
Our next class will be Sunday, November 17.
No class this Sunday.
Last time:
At our last class meeting, we began by reviewing four different kinds of love, or four different but related ideas that in English all go by the same name of "love"; the Greek names of storge (affection), philia (friendship), eros (romantic), and agape (self-giving) allow us to distinguish them easily. Note that these are different kinds of love. We also discussed how they may operate at four different levels, corresponding to the levels of happiness and success that we previously studied. As you might suspect, love at levels 3-4 is more challenging but also much more mature and fulfilling.
If you missed class or want to review:
