Kolbecast

199 Jason Craig: Do Good Work and Read Good Work

AMDG.  If you want to make boys into men, it requires a brotherhood of men to set a disciplined example.  Jason Craig joins the Kolbecast today to visit about calling men to conversion and brotherhood.  He, Bonnie, Steven, and Jordan discuss disorders of loneliness in today’s society, the imbalanced emphasis on mothers to the exclusion of fathers in various homeschooling discourses, and the necessity of living out mercy and community locally.  He also compares and contrasts centripetal and centrifugal forces in current life, shares about the organization Fraternus, and describes his experience of homesteading.  All in all, his message is that the classical world is a lived culture that requires men as well as women. 
Relevant Kolbecast episodes: 
79 Doors to Your Memories, featuring Jordan discussing his book When the Earth Was Flat: One Boy’s Life at the Edge of the Millenium, to which Jason refers 
111 What Treasures Remain 
116 Things I Would Tell My Students 
Learn more about Fraternus here. Catch the first couple of episodes Till and Keep here and look for it in your favorite podcast app soon! 
Jason’s books: 
The Traditional Virtues according to St. Thomas Aquinas: A Study for Men   
Leaving Boyhood Behind 
The Liturgy of the Land: Cultivating a Catholic Homestead 
Jason also mentions a forthcoming book on localism to which he contributed: Localism: Coming Home to Catholic Social Teaching 
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198 The Sign of Our Salvation: Dr. Gilbert Lavoie on the Shroud of Turin

AMDG.  The Shroud of Turin—a burial cloth evidencing Christ’s passion, death, and resurrection—has become a research focus for Dr. Gilbert Lavoie, a physician who’s been practicing medicine for many years. In this episode, Dr. Lavoie takes an unflinching, clinical, and forensic approach to recount how he used his medical training in service of examining and understanding the Shroud. He discusses with Steven, Jordan, and Bonnie the process he went through to reveal the sign of our salvation hidden in the Gospel of John that awaits us. 
Listener note: the topics discussed include clinical descriptions of the sufferings of Jesus evident from the Shroud.  
Relevant links: 
Dr. Lavoie’s book The Shroud of Jesus and the Sign that John Ingeniously Concealed 
Kolbecast episode 194 Visual Literacy with Amanda Shepard 
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197 Tools in a Toolbox: Kolbe Academy's Student Support Services

AMDG.  Children don’t come with instruction manuals, so having resources to help road map out various challenges can benefit everyone in a family.  In this episode, Karen Allgood and Krysten Pizzurro join Bonnie and Steven to describe the vast array of services available through Kolbe’s student support services and special education offerings.  They describe the individualized attention they provide and the confident communication they foster in situations where families may be uncertain they can fulfill a child’s need.  They also touch on the importance of documentation and accommodations, the concerns about being labeled or just needing to try harder, and the importance of the fact that each child is exactly how God willed him or her to be. 
Helpful links 
Student Support Services page on the Kolbe website 
Student Support Services webinar 
2024 Schoolwide Address, including information about the new Foundations courses 
Information about Kolbe’s financial aid options 
Kolbe’s testing services 
Related Kolbecast episodes 
196 Adaptable Asynchonous & Dynamic Digital Homeschool Options 
145 Subsidiarity, Support, and Resources 
140 Burnout Happens 
188 Challenges as Opportunites with Dr. Kevin Majeres 
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196 Adaptable Asynchronous & Dynamic Digital Homeschool Options

AMDG.  Today’s episode demystifies the self-paced program and describes upcoming changes that will streamline and improve Kolbe’s asynchronous course offerings. Chrissy Almanzar, Bonnie, and Steven discuss how self-paced classes fit into Kolbe’s three ways to educate; weaknesses in the older versions of self-paced courses that Kolbe is currently revising; and ways the upcoming changes support parental autonomy, accountability, and practicality for families. 
Check out the webinar about the asynchronous program for more details.  
Kolbecast episodes mentioned & relevant: 
118 Odysseys in Catholicism 
38 Pro Omnibus Contendit, containing a discussion on the principle of subsidiarity 
29 The February Staredown 
140 Burnout Happens 
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195 Greatness Awaits featuring Bobby & Dan Angel

AMDG. Brothers Bobby and Dan Angel visit with Bonnie and Steven today about how the human soul is meant to be challenged toward greatness.  Through a discussion ranging from video games to running marathons, they touch on ideas such as the fact that we’ll never grasp the fullness of truth in this life; the call the humans feel toward adventure, fellowship, and community; and the importance of anchoring ourselves in body and soul reality.  
For more information: 
Bobby’s book Gaming and the Heroic Life 
JackieandBobby.com 
Kolbecast episodes mentioned & relevant: 
146 Stepping into the Arena: Bobby Angel on the Universal Call to Holiness 
179 Translation Tug of War with Dr. Matthew Minerd 
148 Engage & Apply 
177 Tabletop Theology with Alexi Sargeant 
193 STEM, State Schools, and Sibling Dynamics 
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194 Visual Literacy with Amanda Shepard

AMDG. This episode is all about the accessibility of art history. Friend of the Kolbecast Therese Prudlo and co-host of the Catholic Art History Podcast Amanda Shepard (also the vice president of the Fort Wayne Museum of Art) visit with Bonnie and Steven about experiencing art and introducing it to children. Topics along the way include the sacramentality of creativity, the conversation modern art engages in with its predecessors, ways to approach sensitive subject matter, and Kolbe’s new art history course offering. 
Links mentioned & relevant: 
Books: 
Beauty in the Light of the Redemption – Dietrich von Hildebrand 
On Beauty and Being Just – Elaine Scarry 
How Catholic Art Saved the Faith – Elizabeth Lev 
Art 
Lamentation over the Dead Christ (various versions on this theme) https://www.uffizi.it/en/artworks/lamentation-over-the-dead-christ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jacopo_Tintoretto_-_Lamentation_over_the_Dead_Christ_-_WGA22469.jpg 
Christ in the House of His Parents https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/millais-christ-in-the-house-of-his-parents-the-carpenters-shop-n03584 
The Penitence of St. Jerome: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437261 https://www.nortonsimon.org/art/detail/M.2009.2.P/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Jerome_in_Penitence_%28Titian,_1531%29 
Not mentioned in the podcast: 
All-ages, visually rich painting to ponder any time: 
The Finding of the Savior in the Temple: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Finding_of_the_Saviour_in_the_Temple 
A perennial favorite, La Pieta https://michelangelo.ace.fordham.edu/exhibits/show/vatican-pieta/item/26 
Museums: 
Detroit Museum of Arts 
Fort Wayne Museum of Art 
Kolbecast episodes mentioned & relevant: 
20 Head, Heart, and Hands 
111 What Treasures Remain 
Find the Catholic Art History Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and other podcast platforms. 
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193 STEM, State Schools, and Sibling Dynamics

AMDG. We cover a trifecta of topics today that homeschooling parents tend to fret about: STEM, state schools, and sibling dynamics. Kolbe alumni Erin and Michael O’Donnell visit with Bonnie and Steven about their experience with Kolbe and how they transitioned to college, the tradeoffs that come with various kinds of college settings, and how the adjustments for a homeschooled college freshman overlap with those for a brick-and-mortar-schooled freshman. They also talk about the shift in workload from Kolbe to college, how they practice and explain their faith in a setting where Catholics are a minority, and what they would say to homeschooling parents. 
Erin and Michael make reference to Chi Rho, Raider Catholic’s service fraternity. 
Kolbecast episodes mentioned & relevant: 
189 Fit Mind, Fit Body 
85 Vibrant Campus Ministries 
92 Protect, Guide, Prepare, Empower with Cathy & Nicolai Lund 
170 A Spiraled Art highlighting Kolbe’s writing approach 
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192 Kitchen Doings

AMDG.  Creativity and frugality, experimentation and reflection, community and solitude, fasting and feasting...the kitchen is a place for all of these pairings and more.  Today’s episode invites Kolbe online instructors Neva Hernandez and Chelsea Plesko into conversation with Bonnie and Steven about feeding family.  With voices representing multiple stages of parenthood, from toddlers waving in shopping carts to teenagers readying to fly the nest, the group’s discussion reflects the liturgical year and the practicalities of daily living. 
Kolbecast episodes mentioned & relevant: 
182 Festive Holidays Ahead: Preparing, Adapting, Delighting  
181 Chef Dad 
178 Cultivating Kitchen Stewards with Katie Kimball 
47 Among the Pots and Pans 
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The Kolbecast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast apps. By leaving a rating and review in your podcast app of choice, you can help the Kolbecast reach more listeners. The Kolbecast is also on Kolbe's YouTube channel (audio only with subtitles).  Using the filters on our website, you can sort through the episodes to find just what you're looking for. However you listen, spread the word about the Kolbecast! 
Have questions or suggestions for future episodes? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey.