"Beauty is Evidence of Truth"

Before I go into that profound idea, a brief explanation for the almost 1 year absence from this blog. Basically, I got too busy with being pregnant, teaching adult education classes, guiding 3 different homeschool clubs, being a business owner, being a wife and mom to say nothing of being (admittedly a mediocre) homemaker that I just didn't take the time to blog. But lots happened last year and we had loads of fun!

So...on to this year! I am opening up an Aquinas Learning Center here in the St. Croix Valley! An Aquinas Learning Center is an educational mentoring program consisting of homeschooling families who meet together once a week to learn together and then spend the rest of the week in their homes (and beyond!) expanding on the ideas introduced on the Aquinas Learning Center Day. The program provides each family with a nearly complete curriculum to use at home throughout the week.

One of the reasons I am so excited about this new project is because of AL's goal of weaving truth, beauty and goodness throughout their curriculum. This is where the quotation above fits in. I am reading Fr. Thomas Dubay's Deep Conversion, Deep Prayer. In the section I read today, Fr. Dubay commented that "beauty is evidence of truth." This statement hit me forcefully. Reflecting on "beauty" reminded me of the great portraits--the beauty we identify in these works of art give witness to the beauty of one of God's masterpieces--the human body. We see in great portraits the truth that each human being is a masterpiece. There is great wisdom in this phrase: "Beauty is Evidence of Truth." I am eager to plunge deeper into beauty, goodness and truth this year with my family and the other brave families who have boldly decided to join us in this new endeavor. May God bless this new center and all who learn together!