Peter Crawford, Author at St Jerome Institute

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Above All Else: Humility

November 5, 2018ByPeter CrawfordBlog

As I mentioned during my talk, Recasting the Drama of Catholic Education in the Spring, the term “education” has a much deeper meaning than is often intended in its contemporary usage. When we hear the word “education” we often envision a process by which students acquire knowledge. What is intended in the education that we provide at SJI...

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Crafting a Cathedral

October 25, 2018ByPeter CrawfordBlog

The Gothic cathedral is wonderful to behold. What is it about these ancient buildings that demands our attention and awe? At the outset it is their sheer, majestic beauty. As we learn more about them, the radical nature of their architectural genius— expressed in the pointed arch, the flying buttress, and the ribbed vault –...

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Liberal Arts: The Best Foundation for STEM

October 22, 2018ByPeter CrawfordBlog

Last summer, at the 2018 National Catholic Classical Schools Conference organized by the Institute for Catholic Liberal Education, St. Jerome Institute board member Mike Ortner gave a powerful and significant testimony. Hear why Mike believes the classical liberal arts are the best foundation for STEM:

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Recasting the Drama of Catholic Education

August 30, 2018ByPeter CrawfordBlog

My reflection today is intended primarily for Catholic parents, or really anyone interested in the topic of Catholic education – whether your students are homeschooled, go to a private Catholic school, non-Catholic private school, charter school, district school – certainly any Catholic or Christian family, as a school first and foremost should act as an...

St. Jerome Institute (SJI) is a classical liberal arts high school that reinvented traditional education to meet the challenges of our time.

Our curriculum opens the most fundamental questions of the human heart at the very moment when young men and women are longing to understand themselves and their place in the world.

Shoulder to shoulder with great thinkers, writers, artists, and saints, and led by the light of the Catholic intellectual tradition, we embark on a grand journey of academic excellence and joyful self-discovery.