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Wednesday, February 1, 2017

Joan of Arc Colloquia


What are your weaknesses that God could make strengths?

How would he go about doing that?  How did he do that for Joan? 

What helped her do all the hard things she had to face? 

Why was she given so many miracles?  

What does it mean that she won, but winning doesn't necessarily mean alive. 


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Image:  http://www.biographyonline.net/women/joan-of-arc.html



The Five Miracles of Joan    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnPyS6BCrdg


Quizzes:  http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/biographies/joan_of_arc/quiz3868.html





1. Who is "The Sieur Louis de Comte?" What is his status at the beginning of the story? Where do we
find him at the end?

2. Describe life in Domremy. How did this peasant community help prepare Joan for her mission in life?

3. Describe the first public wrongful accusation against Joan? How did she get out of it?

4. Who are Joan's "Voices?" From whom does Joan receive her orders?

5. How long was the public part of Joan's career?

6. What was so extraordinary about Joan receiving an escort of soldiers from the Commandant of
Vaucouleurs?

7. What was so extraordinary about Joan raising the French Army during this period of history?

8. How did Joan identify the true King the first time she met him?

9. How many English soldiers did Joan kill?

10. Describe the Dauphin's character.

11. How was Joan ultimately "stopped" and placed under trial?

12. Describe Joan's captivity and Bishop Cauchon, her captor.

13. How did Cauchon ultimately achieve Joan's condemnation?

14. Why did the King fail to come to Joan's aid?

15. How did Joan win her martyrdom?


Questions from free source, Chesterton Academy blog

As St. Paul says, “God chose the weak things of the world to build them strong.”

1 Corinthians 1:27   27 And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them.

Monday, October 10, 2016

John Brown Study

John Brown 1800-1859      Harper's Ferry

http://www.history.com/topics/harpers-ferry/videos/john-browns-raid?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false


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Books:

John Brown, The Legend Revisited  by Merrill Peterson

John Brown Raid by

Cloudsplitter
           a historical novel by Russell Banks


Poetry:

John Brown's Body by Benet
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brown%27s_Body_(poem)

Painting in Kansas Capitol mural of 
John Brown - Tragic Prelude

Image result for tragic prelude by john steuart curry

https://www.kshs.org/p/kansas-state-capitol-online-tour-tragic-prelude/16595

Torrington CT Post Office 














Metropolitan Museum of Art:  Kissing the Negro baby

[Depiction of John Brown on his way to the gallows-3.]



Interesting History Channel Video
http://www.history.com/topics/harpers-ferry/videos

Interesting discussion with a John Brown author
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Hh7D4mUp2g


Fun Movie 1940
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Hh7D4mUp2g


John Brown's problem?   Pottawatomie Massacre