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Peter Sampo

Magdalen College: From the Summit

Anthony Esolen

Mary Eberstadt

Jordan Almanzar

Mary Mumbach

Ryan Messmore

Eric Buck

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In this dialogue, Dr. Peter Sampo, the college’s founding president, takes up the principles that should guide any renewal of Catholic education.  Foremost is the spirit of joy: "Pursuing the life of the mind is the most joyful thing there is and everything that comes with that should be joyful as well ... The spirit of the whole place should be a celebration."    He also considers how we can emulate the intellectual excellence of the great Catholic universities of the Middle Ages, the role that the curriculum should play in guiding the institution's every dimension, and considers the place of Catholic ritual within the institution:  "we must be surrounded by Catholic ritual because that points to transcendence ... the life of the mind includes pursuing the transcendent as well as the immanent."  And he considers the friendship that should exist between teacher and student, the tradition of paideia, the role of beauty in the cultivation of the intellect, and more. Links of potential interest: Peter Sampo on "Paideia" Magdalen College of the Liberal Arts

In this dialogue, Dr. Peter Sampo, the college’s founding president, takes up the principles that should guide any renewal of Catholic education.  Foremost is the spirit of joy: "Pursuing the life of the mind is the most joyful thing there is and everything that comes with that should be joyful as well ... The spirit of the whole place should be a celebration."    He also considers how we can emulate the intellectual excellence of the great Catholic universities of the Middle Ages, the role that the curriculum should play in guiding the institution's every dimension, and considers the place of Catholic ritual within the institution:  "we must be surrounded by Catholic ritual because that points to transcendence ... the life of the mind includes pursuing the transcendent as well as the immanent."  And he considers the friendship that should exist between teacher and student, the tradition of paideia, the role of beauty in the cultivation of the intellect, and more. Links of potential interest: <a href="https://magdalen.edu/paideia/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Peter Sampo on "Paideia"</a> <a href="https://magdalen.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Magdalen College of the Liberal Arts</a>

Peter Sampo: "On the Renewal of Catholic Education"

With "Good afternoon, my fellow Americans," Dr. Peter Sampo, the college’s founding president, begins this address on the occasion of the college's forty-first commencement exercises at which he received an honorary degree.  In this address Dr. Sampo considers the extraordinary education the college offers within the broader landscape of contemporary culture, concluding with a call to live lives of extraordinary courage. Links of potential interest: Peter Sampo on "Paideia" Magdalen College of the Liberal Arts

With "Good afternoon, my fellow Americans," Dr. Peter Sampo, the college’s founding president, begins this address on the occasion of the college's forty-first commencement exercises at which he received an honorary degree.  In this address Dr. Sampo considers the extraordinary education the college offers within the broader landscape of contemporary culture, concluding with a call to live lives of extraordinary courage. Links of potential interest: <a href="https://magdalen.edu/paideia/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Peter Sampo on "Paideia"</a> <a href="https://magdalen.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Magdalen College of the Liberal Arts</a>