Ite Domum
Our
School
Use your senses to get the sense of Latin and Greek
Our
Students
If you're diligent - by which we mean, if you're ready to work at this labor of love - then let's get to understanding Latin and Greek from Day One.
Our
Mission
A.M.D.G.
The students will learn to understand the language by listening and looking, and they will learn to respond appropriately in writing and speech. They will encounter manageable amounts of grammar in context and master it.
Our Teachers
Jonathan Arrington: amateur (freshly in love) of sacred, liturgical and modern languages; did his doctoral studies in patristics at the Augustinianum in Rome, Italy; sings tenor; has a lovely and growing family.
More information about our classes below
Language Classes
Beginning Latin: loads of Catholic and Classical Comprehensible Input (oral and written); proverbs from the saints and Scripture, together with maxims and sayings from the ancients; we’ll memorize and understand progressively more challenging prayers and idioms each week. For 6-106 year-old students.
Intermediate Latin: assumes some previous study of the language, such that the student might understand a fair amount of the Gospel of St. John in Latin; we will build on this, reviewing what is fundamental to any further progress in Latin, as well as adding the skills necessary to understand the great authors of all time. For 10-100 year-old students.
Beginning Greek - loads of Catholic and Classical Comprehensible Input (oral and written); proverbs from the saints and Scripture (Septuagint and Greek New Testament), together with maxims and sayings from the ancients; we’ll memorize and understand progressively more challenging prayers and idioms each week. For 6-106 year-old students.
Intermediate Greek: assumes some previous study of the language, such that the student might understand a fair amount of the Gospel of St. John in Greek; we will build on this, reviewing what is fundamental to any further progress in Greek (Homeric, Attic, Koine: you name it!), as well as adding the skills necessary to understand the great authors of all time. For 10-100 year-old students.
Latin Readings: Ambrose, imitator of Cicero; Augustine: Tractates in Ioannem
Greek Readings: Basil and Gregory for teachers of Epic and Drama; Irenaeus: peaceful progress