BC2 Assignments 2 February 2020
Latin Word(s) of the Week: labor (LAH-bohr) – work, effort. We have a lot of work in the next few weeks. This word has made it intact straight into English — called a loan word. There are many derivatives in …
Category: Catechism
BC2 Assignments 19 January 2020
Latin Word(s) of the Week: spiritus (SPEE-ree-toos) – soul. Like last week, this word applies to our current topic, the Sacrament of Penance. This is the sacrament that heals the sick soul, or now we know, aeger spritus. Bible Reading: …
BC2 Assignments 12 January 2020
Latin Word(s) of the Week: aeger, agra (EHY-jehr, EHY-grah) – sick. This word applies to our current topic, the Sacrament of Penance. This is the sacrament that heals the sick soul. Bible Reading: St. Matthew 18:15-18 Classwork: It’s been several …
BC2 Assignments 15 December 2019
Latin Word(s) of the Week: sine (SEE-neh) – without. Very similar to the word without in other romance languages, such as “sin” in Spanish, or “sans” in French. A legal phrase has made its way into regular English usage – …
BC2 Assignments 1 December 2019
Latin Word(s) of the Week: pura (PU-rah) – pure, clean. Clearly the English derivative or cognate of this word is pure. I chose this word in honor of Our Lady and the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. Although the Latin …
BC2 Assignments 17 November 2019
Latin Word(s) of the Week: donum (DOH-noom) – gift, sacrifice. We can see derivatives of this word in English clearly. Donate, donation, etc. When we think of a gift, we should always think of a sacrifice. Bible Reading: Malachias 1:10-11 …
BC2 Assignments 10 November 2019
Latin Word(s) of the Week: semper fidelis (SEHM-pehr FEE-deh-lees) – Always Faithful. This is the motto of the United States Marine Corps, which celebrates its 244th birthday today. The United States is 243 years old. Yes, the USMC is older …
BC2 Assignments 3 November 2019
Latin Word(s) of the Week: corpus (KOHR-poos) – body. Bible Reading: Matthew 26:26-28 Classwork: We are starting Lesson 26. I hope you all didn’t forget what we were working on, or neglect to read your catechism! Homework: Rewrite questions 343-349. …
BC2 Assignments 20 October 2019
Latin Word(s) of the Week: examen (EH-kzah-mehn) – test, exam. As I said last week, there is no Latin equivalent for quiz. Now that we have small from last week, and exam from this week, we can say “small exam” …
BC2 Assignments 13 October 2019
Latin Word(s) of the Week: parva (PAR-vah) – small, little. I am using this word this week, because I would have liked to provide you with the Latin for quiz, however, no such word exists! The best I can do …