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Kolbe Academy Students Earn National Honors! We’re proud to recognize Kolbe students who earned honors on the 2026 National Latin Exam! 🏅 14 students — Gold, Summa Cum Laude 🥈 17 students — Silver, Maxima Cum Laude 📜 15 students — Magna Cum Laude 📘 6 students — Cum Laude In total, 52 out of 78 students earned awards, a testament to their hard work and the strength of a classical education. Latin isn’t just a language, it’s a gateway to deeper thinking, clearer communication, and a richer understanding of our intellectual tradition. Congratulations to our students and teachers! Read more here: kolbe.org/blog/kolbe-aca… #KolbeAcademy #ClassicalEducation #NationalLatinExam #CatholicEducation #Latin @ExamLatin

Looking forward to being a part of the conversation of choosing a university in this new age of AI. Formation matters. Let's talk about it.

A cutting reflection from Cardinal Ratzinger, Good Friday 2005: "Pilate is not utterly evil. He knows that the condemned man is innocent, and he looks for a way to free him. But his heart is divided. And in the end he lets his own position, his own self-interest, prevail over what is right. Nor are the men who are shouting and demanding the death of Jesus utterly evil. Many of them, on the day of Pentecost, will feel "cut to the heart," when Peter will say to them: "Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God... you crucified and killed by the hands of those outside the law." But at that moment they are caught up in the crowd. They are shouting because everyone else is shouting, and they are shouting the same thing that everyone else is shouting. And in this way, justice is trampled underfoot by weakness, cowardice and fear of the diktat of the ruling mindset. The quiet voice of conscience is drowned out by the cries of the crowd. Evil draws its power from indecision and concern for what other people think."

@AshleyLenz_ @KolbeAcademy @HallowApp Thanks for joining us!

@KolbeAcademy @HallowApp Was a joy to be on!

@HallowApp's Director of Children’s Content Ashley Lenz joins the Kolbecast to share the behind the scenes of the world’s most popular prayer app, the inspiration behind the Pray40 Lenten Challenge, and her guidance on where to start as a new member. Listen here: kolbe.org/blog/hallow-an… #hallowapp #catholic #prayer #lent #podcast

@OC_Scanner Missed this one tonight. Call me next time for goodness sake.

#BREAKING ONE MINUTE HEAD OUTSIDE

My new book is here, and it is so much more gorgeous in person! If you're excited to get your hands in the soil, I hope you'll pick up a copy of this a prayerful and practical guide to growing food for your family and cultivating seasonal abundance--wherever you are planted!

Every curriculum has a story behind it.

Proud to collaborate with @DIASchools and @KolbeAcademy in serving Duc In Altum member schools with flexible, mission-aligned academic solutions. Partnership matters. Mission matters. Grateful for both. 💪🏼

Daily Prayer for America 250 By Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke O Sacred Heart of Jesus, King of Heaven and Earth, I place today my nation, the United States of America, into Your Heart pierced for love of us. On the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, I acknowledge that true liberty is Your gift, and that our lasting homeland is the eternal Kingdom of God. Under the mantle of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness of the Americas, and through the intercession of her Immaculate Heart, bless my homeland anew, purify her from sin, and guide her leaders in truth, justice, and peace, so that she may safeguard all human life, respect the integrity of marriage and the family, and honor the practice of religion. Reign in my home and in my nation. Draw every heart into communion with You, that Your truth, love, justice, mercy, and peace may triumph in America and throughout the world. Amen.

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@sstephenson614 What's the best link to purchase?

My new book is out TODAY! Spending the day snuggling my feverish little one. No better launch party than that, and nowhere else I’d rather be. No matter how many words I write, none of it will ever compare to the eternal significance of loving my little ones. 💕

@alexathallow 🙏🏽

Hey y’all - could use your prayers. Some crazy stuff going on last couple of days. About to launch our biggest prayer challenge of all time by far. It’s the best content we’ve ever had. Makes me cry just finishing listening to it one last time. We finished the last audio edit on the day 2 prayer and right at the end of the scripture reading from Sr Miriam the audio became all distorted and ended up sounding demonic for like 30 seconds. Our audio engineer said he’d never seen this happen before. Then this morning all of our marketing campaigns just shut off for no reason. No one can explain why. Anyway - please pray. St Joseph terror of demons, pray for us. Lord, I trust in You. You have no rival. All things work for good for those who love You. I love You Lord. Thank you even for this. May Your will be done. May the hearts you want to reach be reached through this work. It is all Yours Lord. Take it.

Michele Ferrero, the Italian billionaire who founded the Ferrero group, one of the top chocolate manufacturers in the world, was a devout Catholic who held a special devotion to Our Lady of Lourdes. It's said that the company's chocolate brand, Ferrero Rocher, was named in reference to the grotto of Massabielle, where the Virgin Mary appeared in Lourdes. "Rocher" means "rock" in French, and the chocolate wrapper indeed resembles the surface of a rock, which could be a nod to the rock walls of Lourdes where Our Lady appeared. It's rumored that he placed an image of Mary in each of his factory buildings. On the occasion of the company's 50th anniversary, Ferrero remarked, "We owe Ferrero's success to Our Lady of Lourdes. Without her, we can do very little."

The Super Bowl commercial we would’ve ran this year had we done one Credit: @JonathanRoumie @FatherJohnBurns

@sstephenson614 @hemingquay Interesting.

Are embryos a form of human property? @hemingquay explains on the Brave New Us podcast.

@alexathallow So, I was about to buy a copy of The Brothers Karamazov... why should I get this version instead of a nice old hardcover?

LENT 2026: THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV Hardest thing we've ever done...but man so so worth it

Holy Innocents Catholic School in California held a Mass of reparation following the vandalism that occurred on Monday. Image: Holy Innocents School