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Essay
Self-Mastery and Interior Freedom
by Alvaro de VicenteSelf-Mastery and Interior Freedom
The following essay first appeared as an article in Alvaro de Vicente’s Substack publication, Men in the Making. For more articles like this one, you can visit his page here. Subscribe to stay up-to-date on his writing. Parents and teachers often limit the goal of education to transferring information about the world and training in skills to prosper within it. Certainly, these are important parts of a complete education, but they are not the whole. A more complete understanding of a boys’ school’s mission involves the formation of the whole...
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Podcast
Foundations of Hope: Raising Optimistic Men Fully Alive
featuring Alvaro de VicenteFoundations of Hope: Raising Optimistic Men Fully Alive
This week on HeightsCast, we feature a recording of the first Heights Lecture event of the new school year, featuring Alvaro de Vicente: What is optimism? Is it naive to be optimistic? How is optimism related to hope? How, in the end, do we raise sons who can look life’s challenges squarely in the face with the the hint of a smile on their lips, knowing that all is in good hands? Join our Headmaster, Alvaro de Vicente, for an evening lecture on how to raise optimistic, hopeful young men....
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Essay
Forming Men of Faith
by Alvaro de VicenteForming Men of Faith
The following essay first appeared as an article in Alvaro de Vicente’s Substack publication, Men in the Making. For more articles like this one, you can visit his page here. Subscribe to stay up-to-date on his writing. Parents want their sons to be happy. For Catholic parents, an indispensable part of helping their boys live happy lives is forming them into men of faith. Despite parents’ noble aspirations for their sons, however, the vast majority of children raised in a Catholic family unfortunately do not remain Catholic after leaving the home. According to...
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Podcast
Alex Havard on Magnanimity
featuring Alexandre HavardAlex Havard on Magnanimity
This week's episode features Mr. Alexander Havard, an internationally recognized authority on leadership and virtue. Mr. Havard gives us, as parents and teachers, a beautiful introduction to the virtue of magnanimity.
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Podcast
R. J. Snell on Hope and Despair
featuring R. J. SnellR. J. Snell on Hope and Despair
This week on HeightsCast, we welcome back Dr. R.J. Snell, the Director of Academic Programs at the Witherspoon Institute and the editor-in-chief of Public Discourse. In the episode, Dr. Snell discusses his recently published book, Lost in the Chaos.
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Podcast
On Pieper's Prudence Part I
featuring Colin GleasonOn Pieper's Prudence Part I
Lower School Head Colin Gleason leads a discussion with Tom Cox and Austin Hatch on Prudence, as presented by Josef Pieper. Often we understand this virtue as nothing more than a cunning tactic, when in reality, prudence is far more. The virtue encompasses a capacity for silence, a understanding of reality, and an ability to make right decisions. Prudence is a virtue for the magnanimous. Listen in to learn more. Resources Mentioned in Podcast: The Four Cardinal Virtues, Josef Pieper Tell All The Truth But Tell It Slant, Emily Dickinson...
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Podcast
On Pieper's Prudence Part II
featuring Colin GleasonOn Pieper's Prudence Part II
Lower School Head, Colin Gleason, continues a discussion with Tom Cox and Austin Hatch on Prudence, as presented by Josef Pieper. Often we understand this virtue as nothing more than a cunning tactic, when in reality, prudence is far more. The virtue encompasses a capacity for silence, an understanding of reality, and an ability to make right decisions. Prudence is a virtue for the magnanimous. Listen in to learn more. Resources Mentioned in Podcast: The Four Cardinal Virtues, Josef Pieper Phaedo, Plato Little Women, Louisa May Alcott Summa Theologica, St....
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Podcast
Fortitude: Forming Wise Courageous Risk Takers
featuring Alvaro de VicenteFortitude: Forming Wise Courageous Risk Takers
Why all the tree climbing, virtue talk, and fancy old books? It’s all part of our grand conspiracy to form wise, courageous, risk-takers. Hear our Headmaster, Mr. Alvaro de Vicente, discuss how The Heights goes about teaching boys to manage risk in a virtuous, intelligent manner. The process isn’t mud-free, and we can guarantee mistakes–your sons’ and our own. But the end result, with prayers and God’s grace, is a “man fully alive,” who understands that living isn’t the sole purpose of life.
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Podcast
Superhabits: Bringing Classical Virtues to Modern Readers
featuring Dr. Andrew AbelaSuperhabits: Bringing Classical Virtues to Modern Readers
It turns out that modern psychology, neuroscience research, “habit hacks,” and popular self-help literature can all be summed up in one very classical idea: the virtues. So asserts Dr. Andrew Abela, founding dean of the Busch School of Business at The Catholic University of America. This week on HeightsCast, he helps us unpack his new book, Superhabits, in which he rebrands the virtues as “superhabits” to suit the contemporary discourse. Then, with the help of Thomas Aquinas and about a dozen gripping stories, Dr. Abela shows us how these superhabits...