A myth was retold. On March 1st, Dr. Michael Sloan, PhD, Professor of Classical Languages at Wake Forest University, N.C., led a Cheshire Lecture based on the Greek tragedy Bacchae by Euripides.
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On March 8th-10th some members of the Regnum Christi movement participated in a retreat organized by Fr. Kermit Syren, LC. Some of the men were accompanied by their sons who had a mini-retreat led by some of the brothers studying humanities.
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On Thursday, February 14, the Humanities community paid a visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, located on Fifth Avenue in New York City.
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In the month of January, after our Christmas break, we had our period of semester exams. This was a great opportunity to review all the knowledge received during the semester and to assimilate the contents. It was also a good moment to work more intensely on our spirit of dedication, responsibility and organization.
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In order to remind people that Christmas is about God becoming man, we organize a Christmas Concert every year. This year it took place on December 15th. The theme of the concert was happiness: the happiness that flows from the certainty that we are loved by God to such an extreme that He, the Immortal and the All-Powerful, has become mortal and vulnerable in the body of a baby. God has become approachable. Who would ever be scared of a baby?
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Our Legionary family here in Cheshire opened up our doors on the night of November 11, 2018 for the Ninth Annual Benefit Dinner, in support of the continued work of the seminary.
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On November 28th some members of our community went to the Hartford Cathedral to celebrate with our local church the 175th anniversary of its foundation.
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Turkey, football, and family: these three shape what Thanksgiving is for many Americans. This also holds true in our seminary here in Connecticut. We have these aspects—we eat turkey, play football, and come together as a Legionary family – not for their own sake, but to thank God for the gifts He has bestowed on us. These three elements revolve around God who gives them meaning. On this day, we give thanks to God and He receives our gratitude by allowing us to celebrate and have fun as a family.
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For the first time ever, we recently held a public presentation of Capstone papers here at the Novitiate and College of Humanities. In order to obtain our associates degree from studying here, in our last year, we write a fifteen-to-twenty page Capstone paper about a humanistic topic.
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Over the weekend on which we commemorate those who fought and died for our country, twelve young men visited the seminary here to see if God might be calling them to fight and die, for the salvation of souls, within the ranks of the Legion.
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Through his interpretation of Renault's painting,
Automedon with the Horses of Achilles, Br. Emmanuel writes about the powerful bond between nature and man. He shares with us a deep appreciation for the way various authors and artists represent this God-made relationship.
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Wind and a slight chill met us on April 26
th when 21 of us went to visit some museums in Boston, Massachusetts. We spent the morning at
Museum of Fine Arts, touring between more than 450,000 works of art spanning over four millennia, from ancient Egypt to Rothko.
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