Latin Summer 2017

Latin Summer 2017 with Reginald Foster Monday 5 June - Saturday 29 July 2017 Aestiva Milvauchiae Latinitas MMXVII Latin Summer 2017 Click on image to download a poster you may print & post or email: For more information I have a whole packet with • a Latin presentation of the whole undertaking, • an English presentation of the Summer program, • the daily calendar, • the academic contract, • the preliminary assessment for both levels of ‘iuniores’ and ‘seniores’. To inquire, … [Read more...]

OSSA in print

OSSA in print - in stock OSSA LATINITATIS SOLA AD MENTEM REGINALDI RATIONEMQVE The Mere Bones of Latin according to the thought and system of Reginald As promised the volume was printed around 29 September, and has now been shipped to the publisher's warehouse. From there it may take another two weeks to be shipped to Amazon and to other distribution centers so that orders may be fulfilled around the beginning of November, later to more distant places. Wednesday, 19 October … [Read more...]

Latin Course 2016-2017

Download here the curriculum for Reginald's Latin experiences held during school term. Study Latin with Reginald Foster in Milwaukee throughout the academic year. The organizational meeting for the Latin course held during the academic year 2016-2017 will be held on the first Monday of October - 5 October 2016 - beginning at 2:00 PM at: St. Anne's Salvatorian Campus, 3800 N 92nd St Milwaukee, WI 53222-2504 USA Reginald will wait in the front lobby of St. Anne’s Salvatorian Campus … [Read more...]

OSSA published

Ossa published soon: 29 September! The publisher expects to receive printed copies of Ossa Latinitatis Sola: The Mere Bones of Latin on 29 September 2016. Shortly thereafter they will ship copies from the warehouse in the USA. For overseas orders, it may take a week or two for the distributor to ship them to international distribution centres. The publisher charges only US $39.95, but it is even less on Amazon, all 870 pages! Download a flyer for the Ossa book here Post it. Share it. … [Read more...]

Review done

Reggie and I have completed our review of the final proofs of Ossa Latinitatis Sola, The Mere Bones of Latin. We sent our final comments to the publisher and do not anticipate the need for another review by us - all 880 pages! October publication date The publication date is given as October on the publisher's web-page for OSSA. Now that the publisher has the final corrections, he may wish to refine the final date, so stay tuned. Reggie is in the midst of teaching his Latin summer school in … [Read more...]

Latin Summer 2016

Latin Summer 2016 with Reginald Foster Monday 6 June - Saturday 30 July 2016 Aestiva Milvauchiae Latinitas MMXVI Latin Summer 2016 Click on image to download a poster you may print & post or email: For more information I have a whole packet with • a Latin presentation of the whole undertaking, • an English presentation of the Summer program, • the daily calendar, • the academic contract, • the preliminary assessment for both levels of ‘iuniores’ and ‘seniores’. To inquire, … [Read more...]

Proofs of OSSA Latinitatis Sola

Another publication date has come and past, so I wish to update you on our progress on the OSSA book. Some of you may have hoped to be teaching with this book already. Publishing this text has been a monumental task, and we appreciate your patience as we continue to push ahead. First, I called Reggie recently and he sounds stronger than when I left him on Christmas day. He has begun teaching again and welcomes people to come and read Latin texts with him. Reggie and I spent most of … [Read more...]

3 January UPDATE

UPDATE 11 February 2016: Reggie was released from hospital after a short stay. I called him yesterday and he sure sounds good, stronger than when I last saw him on Christmas day. He continues to hold class sessions, now in the same building as his residence, which is so much easier for him. UPDATE 03 January: Reggie was admitted this afternoon to the Intensive Care Unit of Froedtert Hospital, Milwaukee, where he remains in stable condition. BACK TO SCHOOL 05 December: Reggie is scheduled to … [Read more...]

Writing with Reggie Foster

My personal story about writing with Reggie is available below, in the current issue of Kansas Monks on pages 11-12. If you cannot read the article above, it is available here, on pages 11-12 of the present issue of Kansas Monks also available here. Writing with Reggie From the beginning it was clear that Reggie could lead me into the knowledge of Latin like no other teacher I had could for any other language. So I stuck with Reggie and Latin. Through thick and thin we both have … [Read more...]

update OSSA: The Mere Bones of Latin

For you who have pre-ordered and perhaps hoped to be using it already in your teaching, here is an update OSSA: The Mere Bones of Latin Several weeks ago Reggie and I sent the 120 pages of corrected sample proofs back to the publisher with our corrections, suggestions. The publisher is currently updating those pages and preparing the remaining 750 pages and send them to us. Reggie and I will take some time to review the approximately 870 pages, assembled for the first time as one … [Read more...]