DarjeelinGirl

Yesterday Hugh Hewitt interviewed Father Jospeh Fessio, Provosty of Ave Maria University in Naples, Florida, and student and friend of Benedict XVI and the founder of Ignatius Press. Mr. Hewitt thought the most exciting part was their discussion of Islam. I admit, it was good, but this is the part that caught me:

JF: Well, Hugh, I’ve got one of the very few things that I’ve said, which I’m proud of, because it’s become kind of almost a slogan to some, is that home schools are the monasteries of the new dark ages. That is…and you non-Catholic Christians have a lot more of them than we Catholics do, but we’ve got a lot. And I think that is where families are having children. They’re passing on the faith to their children. They’re giving them wisdom and the knowledge of our culture. And we have an advantage here…

You can read the whole transcript here.

I had to giggle, though, when I thought of my kids as monks. Monkeys is more like it… ;-D

Case in point: tonight at dinner:

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