Salve!

If you learn Latin, the primary key to at least the last 2,000 years of Western Civilization will be yours. Perhaps you’d like to learn Latin; I’d certainly like to teach you! My specialty is Church Latin: Ecclesiastical Latin, Medieval Latin.

It’s not quite Julius Caesar’s Latin–his Classical Latin is substantially different from what I teach–more here. But if the Latin of the glorious Age of Faith, of the Western intellectual tradition from about 400-1600, and of the Catholic Church even today is what you are interested in–well, this is what I do.

Future Courses:

Latin I starts MONDAY AUGUST 25, 2025. Classes meet via Zoom Mondays and Thursdays 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. CST.

Latin 1: This is the first year course for those who want to learn to read Latin texts, by reading a lot of Latin practice texts. Latin by the Natural Method is a phenomenal program, requiring commitment, focus, and persistence. Highly recommended for those who really want to learn Latin as an intelligible means of communication! August 2025-May 2026.

Latin 2: This course continues students’ work with Latin by the Natural Method Vol. I, building on the cases and tenses learned in the first year course, especially acclimating students to the use of the Subjunctive Mood. August 2025-May 2026.

Latin 3/Latin Reading: Having finished with the textbook LNM I, students are ready to read late Latin and medieval Latin prose texts such as the Vulgate, sermons of the bishop Jacques de Vitry, saints’ lives, and many other things. August 2025-May 2026.