November 11, 2018 Latin Word of the Week: miles (MEE-lays) – soldier. The common root of this word lives on in many of our own derivitaves, such as military, militia, militant, etc. Today is Veterans’ Day, hence our Latin Word of the …
November 4, 2018 Latin Word of the Week: donum (DOH-noom) – gift. This verb form of this word is probably already familiar to us, as it appears in prayers, often, “dona nobis pacem.” I’m sure you can all think of of …
October 7, 2018 Latin Word of the Week: voluntas (vohl-OON-tas) – desire, purpose, will. This word appears in prayers, often translated as “will.” For example, in “Our Father,” “Thy will be done” is translated as “Fiat voluntas tua.” There are examples …
October 7, 2018 Latin Word of the Week: regnum (REHN-yoom) – kingdom. You might remember a word from last year, rex, or king. Pontius Pilate famously asks Our Lord, “Tu es rex Judæorum?” (St. Mt. 27:7). This week’s word of course …
September 30, 2018 Latin Word of the Week: columba (COH-loom-bah) – dove. The Holy Ghost of course is described as a dove, as a columba in the Gospel of St. Luke. There are many names, saints and derivatives of this word – …
September 23, 2018 Latin Word of the Week: gladius (GLAH-dee-oos) – sword. There is a common derivative of this word in English — gladiator! It means the same in Latin and in English, really, that is, one who wields a sword. …
September 9, 2018 Latin Word of the Week: vita (VEE-tah) – life. There is a common derivative of this word in English — vital! I think it’s vital to learn Latin, do you? Can you think of any other derivatives? Fancy …
This Sunday, May 27th, is the last day of youth catechism class. We are grateful to all the parents for allowing us to assist you in building up your children in the faith. We will resume classes in August or …
May 13, 2018 Latin Word of the Week: semper (SEHM-pehr) – always. This is often used in mottos, such as the United States Marine Corps’ – Semper Fidelis, which means “always faithful.” You often hear it in the Mass and in …
April 29, 2018 Latin Word of the Week: auróra (ah-ooh-ROH-rah) – dawn. You must have heard this before in “English” — “aurora borealis”? That just means “northern dawn” (sometimes translated together as “northern lights” but the two words taken separately literally …