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HeightsCast: Forming Men Fully AliveAlvaro de Vicente on Reframing Our Desire to Be Liked We often speak of a pedagogical friendship between teacher and student: the earnest desire for the student’s good, the collaborative adventure through difficult material, and the trust built thereby. But we shouldn’t oversimplify this friendship: it’s not merely to be liked by our students. From rookie teachers to decades-long veterans, we can all feel that pull to be the “favorite teacher.” But what kind of frameworks should we keep in mind as we serve our students well? This week, Heights Headmaster Alvaro de Vicente unpacks the very human desire to be liked, the perils of seeking...2025-04-1738 min
HeightsCast: Forming Men Fully AliveDr. George Harne on Receiving BeautyWhat is beauty? Is it definable? What is it for, how are we drawn to it—and why do we sometimes resist it? This week we welcome Dr. George Harne, president of Christendom College and an accomplished medieval and music history scholar. Drawing on his perspective as head of a vibrant Catholic liberal arts college, he speaks to us about the liberal arts as a path of study driven by beauty and contemplation, in pursuit of a true vision of reality. Chapters: 2:02 Liberal arts: what free people study 5:51 Versus “humanities” or “classica...2024-10-3142 min
HeightsCast: Forming Men Fully AliveOrder and Surprise: Lionel Yaceczko on Beauty and the Western TraditionIt sounds nice to say, using Dostoevsky's words, that beauty will save the world. But is this claim true? If so, in what sense is it true? What even is beauty? And what would it mean for it to save the world? This week, we welcome Dr. Lionel Yaceczko back to HeightsCast to discuss beauty: what it is and what the Western tradition can tell us about it. Today’s episode is rooted in a previous discussion we had with Dr. Yaceczko, in which he spoke with us about Western civilization. In that episode, we considered what We...2022-08-0541 min
HeightsCast: Forming Men Fully AliveA Study for All Seasons: Lionel Yaceczko on the Western TraditionIn his first letter to the Corinthians, Paul tells us that he has “become all things to all people,” so that he might better share the blessings of the Good News with more people. To become such a man who can be for all seasons, however, one must have been educated for all seasons. A preparation of this sort is precisely what the Liberal Arts, rooted in the Western Tradition, afford those who wish to pursue them. In Cicero’s own words, these arts are apt for both all seasons and all settings: Though, even if there were n...2022-07-0547 min
HeightsCast: Forming Men Fully AliveOn Christianity and the Classical Education: Lionel Yaceczko on Ausonius GrammaticusThis week, we sit down with Dr. Lionel Yaceczko to discuss his new book on the fourth century Roman grammarian, Ausonius of Bordeaux. In looking at his life, we dive deeper into various aspects of classical education. As Ausonius lived through an important period of religious, political, and cultural change, considering his life also affords us the opportunity to think about how the advent of Christianity affected (and continues to affect) classical education. With Christmas fast approaching, perhaps this discussion may serve to remind us that teaching is pointing and that its ultimate purpose is to point us t...2021-12-1744 min
HeightsCast: Forming Men Fully AliveWhat is literacy? Lionel Yaceczko on "How to Read a Book"Ray Bradbury once remarked that, to destroy a culture, burning books is not necessary; all that is needed is to convince people to stop reading them. And, of course, the easiest way to sway people from reading is to keep them illiterate. Indeed, this is also the best way to rob them of their liberty. Frederick Doublas once remarked that “once you learn to read you will forever be free.” Now, it may be true that more people are literate today than ever before. Some statistics indicate that around eighty-six percent of adults in the world can read a...2021-08-1736 min
The Well-Read Catholic10. Ausonius' Mask of Seven Sages with Dr. Lionel YaceczkoPatrick discusses the Roman poet Ausonius (4th cent. A.D.) with Dr. Lionel Yaceczko, teach of Latin and Greek at the Heights School in Potomac, MD.
For those looking to read this brief poem, the Loeb edition is out of copyright and can be found here. It begins on p.310.2020-04-2440 min
HeightsCast: Forming Men Fully AliveThe Grindstone Skills: On Latin in Education, Part IIThis week on HeightsCast, Dr. Lionel Yaceczko discusses the study of Latin as the best way to develop our students' "grindstone skills": the abilities to "think" and "communicate," which will allow them to both thrive in a constantly evolving job market, and to engage the greatest minds of their tradition.2019-06-1437 min
HeightsCast: Forming Men Fully AliveThe Grindstone Skills: On Latin in Education, Part IThis week on HeightsCast, Dr. Lionel Yaceczko discusses the study of Latin as the best way to develop our students' "grindstone skills": the abilities to "think" and "communicate," which will allow them to both thrive in a constantly evolving job market, and to engage the greatest minds of their tradition.2019-06-0731 min
Made for LoveEp 18: NFP: Part TwoThis Natural Family Planning awareness week (July 22-28), we talk about NFP, but this time more about how NFP methods can help couples to get pregnant. This episode features Sister Helena Burns, fsp, Chris and Becky Wilson, Dr. Lionel and Janet Yaceczko, and Dr. Karen Poehailos (M.D.).
2018-07-2628 min
USCCB ClipsMade for Love Ep 18: NFP, Part TwoThis Natural Family Planning awareness week (July 22-28), we talk about NFP, but this time more about how NFP methods can help couples to get pregnant. This episode features Sister Helena Burns, fsp, Chris and Becky Wilson, Dr. Lionel and Janet Yaceczko, and Dr. Karen Poehailos (M.D.).2018-07-2628 minMade for LoveEp 15: Humanae Vitae 50 Years Later: Part 1On today’s Made for Love, we look at Humanae Vitae from the perspective of fifty years of change. What is HV all about? Have Pope Paul VI’s predictions come true? This episode features Bishop Ricken (Green Bay), Bishop Rassas (Auxiliary in Chicago), Dr. John Grabowski of CUA, Sister Helena Burns, fsp, Theresa Notare of the USCCB’s NFP office, and Lionel and Janet Yaceczko.
2018-06-2933 min
USCCB ClipsMade for Love Ep 15: Humanae Vitae 50 Years Later: Part 1On today’s Made for Love, we look at Humanae Vitae from the perspective of fifty years of change. What is HV all about? Have Pope Paul VI’s predictions come true? This episode features Bishop Ricken (Green Bay), Bishop Rassas (Auxiliary in Chicago), Dr. John Grabowski of CUA, Sister Helena Burns, fsp, Dr. Theresa Notare of the USCCB’s NFP office, and Dr. Lionel and Janet Yaceczko.2018-06-2933 min