A Carpe Diem Snapshot : Carpe Roma! We officially began the semester this morning on the Janiculum hill that overlooks the Caput...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot : It's a full house at Villa Magnolia this semester with 42 students from Ave Maria University! We hit the ground...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot : Carpe cappuccino! Yes, indeed, we have arrived and consumed our obligatory cappuccino and cornetto straight...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot : Can you guess by this snapshot taken today that we are Romeward bound? This industrious sister was working away...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot : Happy Michaelmas Day! Traditionally this was a type of thanksgiving holiday during the end of the harvest and...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Carpe Lacus! We seized the moment of warmer than usual temperatures and went out on the water yesterday evening....

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: "May God Give You Holy Friendships Who Bless You With Their Belief In You." Liturgical: Saturday of the 25th Week...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: We entered the Wardrobe yesterday and took a deep dive into Narnia, with Professor Wesley Reynolds guiding our...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot : One of the educational practices encouraged by Charlotte Mason I am always reminded of when I visit our...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Carpe Flamma! Variety is the spice of life, as the saying goes, and what better way to experience it than through...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot : Carpe Arbore! The tree-huggers in this photo are measuring one of the oldest trees in the State of Michigan, ...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Happy Autumnal Equinox! Although for the purposes of our curriculum we follow the meteorological way of...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot : The past 24 hours have provided a plethora of potential Carpe Diem snapshots, each with its own story. In this...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot : Carpe Crucem! On our way to Paradise yesterday, we passed by the Cross-in-the-Woods shrine at Indian River, a...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Carpe Aranea! September is Spider Season! I captured a snapshot of this huge beauty yesterday afternoon and was...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: 'Tis the season of all things pumpkin! This year we found a new use for the decorative miniature pumpkins during...

Early this morning I received my idea for today's Carpe Diem Snapshot when I received a message from my friend Marco Respinti , who...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: What a catch-- Carpe Salmo! The Latin word for salmon is salmo , which is also the root of the English word...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: For yesterday's Sunday Feast, Providence provided us with a very special guest, our new friend Madeleine, who...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Tanti Auguri, Papa Leone XIV!! In honor of his 70th Birthday today, I had these "Make Augustine Great Again...