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St. Josemaría on Education with Dr. Madonna Murphy

Familiaris Podcast for Catholic School Leaders

Visit familiaris-consulting.com to learn more about consulting, workshops, and speaking engagements. Dr. Madonna Murphy, Professor Emerita at University of St. Francis joins Dr. Jaime Madison Vasquez to talk about her new book A Treasure for the Church: St. Josemaría on Marriage, Family, and Education. The book draws on thirty videos of get-togethers with educators and parents filmed during Saint Josemaría’s catechesis trips through Spain and Latin America in the 1970s, translated from Spanish and available to English readers for the first time. The topics and questions remain relevant today in Catholic schools: the partnership between parents and teachers, the formation of character, helping young people grow in freedom and responsibility, and nurturing bright and cheerful family life. What You’ll Learn: * Why St. Josemaría told parents unhappy with their children’s school to get on the school board first, and to start their own school only if that failed * What St. Josemaría said to teachers about their work—artists and potters who take off what is superfluous and add what is lacking, examining every day the good qualities their students already have * Why he ranked a school’s priorities as parents first, then teachers, then students, and why he told teachers to help parents in their job of parenting * What he told parents about piety in the home: morning and evening prayer, a family rosary young children are free to join or leave, and example over enforcement Resources: A Treasure for the Church: St. Josemaría on Marriage, Family, and Education by Madonna Murphy (Scepter, Bookshop, Amazon) Chapters: * 00:00: Meet Dr. Madonna Murphy and A Treasure for the Church * 00:57: Three Principals, Aristotle, and a Career in Teacher Formation * 03:51: Notes from the Get-Togethers, Translated into English * 05:17: What a Get-Together Is and Where the Films Came From * 09:26: Thirty Videos, Now in English for the First Time * 11:35: The Schools He Founded and the Ones He Told Parents to Start * 14:50: Parents as Primary Educators, Schools as Partners * 17:48: What He Said to Parents and to Teachers * 21:33: Parents First, Then Teachers, Then Students * 27:41: Bright and Cheerful Homes * 32:27: Acts of Piety Without Burden * 35:06: The Father’s Share and the Blessing That Ends the Book Join the conversation * Leave a comment and subscribe at familiaris.substack.com * Become a paid subscriber at familiaris.substack.com/subscribe Paid subscribers gain access to monthly collaborative office hours. Office hours are hosted on Zoom and are not recorded. Pop in to ask a question, get feedback on what you’re working on with families, hear what other leaders are doing in their schools. Visit familiaris-consulting.com to learn more about consulting, workshops, and speaking engagements God bless! Produced by Saint Kolbe Studios To receive new Familiaris posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Familiaris at familiaris.substack.com/subscribe