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2008
CHAPLET Homeschool Conference
Featured Speakers for the 2008 Conference
Saturday April 12, 2008
Mater Ecclesiae, Berlin, NJ 08009
Mary
Daly:
“Evolution:
What It Is, How It Happens, Where It's Going, Who Cares ...”
Subtitle: Therefore also: Evolution: what it isn't, what cannot
happen, why it quits, and what it says
about Mary. For 150 years, evolution has been the attack engine of
secularist scientists; but is it really
opposed to our faith? A plain examination of various insights reveals
unexpected vistas, neither
Darwinian nor creationist in the fundamentalist sense. Our Father is full
of surprises.
Mary is the fourth
of nine children, born and raised in a Catholic family near Washington DC.
She has a BA in math from New College in Sarasota, Florida where she was a
member of the
charter class. The real powerhouse
behind much of her work in science is not her formal
education, she says, but her father, long an astronomer at NASA. His
knowledge was
encyclopedic, and he taught us to seek the truth with confidence.
Mary has five children,
four in or beyond college, and one still at home. She teaches science
in her local homeschool
support group, and they make sure that she maintains a steep learning curve.
Virginia
“Ginny” Sueffert:
“Recipe to
Raise Catholic Leaders for the Third Millennium”
The goal of every Catholic parent must be to raise
men and women, of strong character and
high ideals, ready to assume leadership in their families and communities.
Ginny Seuffert,
homeschooling mother of twelve, lists the necessary ingredients including a
supportive home life,
an organized Catholic curriculum and rigorous Faith formation.
Ginny, a native
New Yorker and mother of twelve, currently resides in Illinois with her
husband. While in New York, Mrs. Seuffert
lectured, debated, and wrote a number of articles
for the Pro-Life movement. After moving to Illinois, she became a founding
member of the
Network of Illinois Catholic Home Educators, helped establish the “Round
Table” (a Catholic
homeschool leadership discussion group), and became a founder and officer
of the Catholic
Homeschool Network of America. Mrs. Seuffert has
appeared on EWTN, and has spoken at
numerous Catholic family conferences throughout the US and Canada. She is
the author of
various articles on home education, particularly stressing the teaching of
virtues and discipline.
Mrs. Seuffert wrote the chapter on “Home
Management” in Dr. Mary Kay Clark’s book,
Catholic Homeschooling: A Parent’s Guide.
Claire
Thomas:
Workshop: “Living
the Liturgical Year; Beyond the Advent Wreath”
Practical guidance for families striving to
participate in the mysteries of Christ and seeking His splendor reflected
in the virtues of the saints. In our
discussion, we will first define “liturgy” and highlight the central feasts
and seasons. Our main focus will be
how we and our children can participate more fully in the public prayer of
the Church and how we can grow in personal sanctity through the
Liturgy.
Claire has a BA from Wellesley College in Medieval Renaissance Studies and an MA in
Classics from Northwestern University. Her Catholic
formation began in Pittsburgh where
her parents gave her a solid doctrinal foundation. During her higher education and early
years as a secondary teacher, she received doctrinal and spiritual
formation from Opus Dei. As members
of Mater Ecclesiae Parish since 2003, she and her husband and their four
children have benefited from the richness of the Extraordinary Rite of the
Catholic Church. They reside in the Philadelphia area where they have been homeschooling for nine
years.
Additional
Guest Speakers TBD …
For more information contact our Conference
Leaders.
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