About Light of the Faith: Catholic Formation for Classical Educators
Mother of Divine Grace School has always been committed to the Catholic and classical formation not only of children, but also of families. We want to support you in your mission to raise your children in a living Catholic culture.
We hope that this "Light of the Faith" webinar series will revitalize you in your mission to lead yourselves and your families ever closer to God.
www.modg.org (http://www.modg.org)
Welcome to the kickoff of season 7 of our Light of the Faith series.
Our Theme this year is the Importance of Family Life! In this episode, MODG Founder Laura Berquist discussed how having the end in mind is so necessary for shaping our homeschooling year with her talk “The Importance of the Whole.”
“In my experience, children need four things to gain mastery of their actions. They need a sacramental life, they need regular heroic example, they need encouragement, and they need conversations.”- Laura Berquist
Timestamps:
0:00-6:17 Intro music ( You can listen to our entire playlist of classical hymns here (https://modg.org/resources/ourcatholichymns).)
6:18-Introduction from Director of Advancement, Christopher Sebastian
10:42- Laura's talk on order and organization begins
13:25- Four types of order explanation (order among parts of a whole, order of parts to the whole, order of one whole to another whole, and lastly the order of creature to his Creator)
14:20- The order of creature to his Creator
21:56- The 4 things children need to gain mastery of their actions
24:00- Conversation with your children- gaining the hearts of your children
25:48- The order among the parts of a whole-Adam's headship-the father as the head of the family and final source of judgment
25:57-Father and mother together as one principle of authority
29:50- The order of parts to a whole
35:13- The order of one whole to another whole- the family to the society
36:50- "Haystack Full of Needles" by Alice Gunther- book recommendation from Laura
40:10- Seeing Christ in all of those around us
42:50- Consecrating each daily action to God
44:26- Laura's talk ends
45:00- Ending commentary and Q&A begins
29 Sept 2026
Coach Like Socrates: Orbiting Around Powerful Questions
With Dan Selmeczy and Nicole Tittmann, from Tam Nova Coaching.
4:35 Living our life with hearts and minds on fire, like St. Augustine
11:52 Helpful questions that can help you learn who you are and define your goals
24:25 What is your vision? How to hone it in and make it specific.
45:09 Your vision and your current reality. Identifying the gaps that need to be closed. Love the gap.
“We understand freedom to be the ability to do the good. We can consult St. Augustine, St. Thomas, and others as well. So a way to understand coaching is that it helps you to be able to do the good.” -Dan Selmeczy (10:20)
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MODG exists to help Catholic families raise their children in a living Catholic culture in their homes, mentoring them in using the MODG Catholic classical curriculum to lead their children to good judgment concerning the good, true and beautiful.
Visit our Virtual Open House and learn how we can help you build a Catholic culture in your home, too!
https://modg.org/virtualopenhouse (https://modg.org/virtualopenhouse)
22 Sept 2026
Goals for Growth: Organizing Your Life to Become Who You Want to Be
With Christopher Sebastian, MODG Director of Advancement and teacher of the Learning Support Literary Analysis for many years.
4:37 What is your “Why”?
13:13 Setting goals based on your values
22:36 4 steps to making growth stick. Performance laws.
46:38 What are your commitments? What are your assumptions about yourself?
1:00:17 Let’s build.
1:15:37 Q&A hosted by Laura Berquist
(For a visual of the Immunity to Change process, please see our video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs1wvg3_Bbo&list=PLY5QJpOxKCCkW1HqslaeGref7hUa_RPPw&index=21) of this presentation on YouTube, starting at the 46:38 mark.)
“Having a community of accountability, of people striving together, of different insights, is a way for you to hold on to the change that you want to address.” -Chris Sebastian (53:29)
Interested in seeing Goals for Growth in action? Watch our Goals for Growth Workshops (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDJf3BLi--A&list=PLY5QJpOxKCCkW1HqslaeGref7hUa_RPPw&index=20), and listen to Chris take us through several real-life case studies with audience participation.
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MODG exists to help Catholic families raise their children in a living Catholic culture in their homes, mentoring them in using the MODG Catholic classical curriculum to lead their children to good judgment concerning the good, true and beautiful.
Visit our Virtual Open House and learn how we can help you build a Catholic culture in your home, too!
https://modg.org/virtualopenhouse (https://modg.org/virtualopenhouse)
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