A comment on Speaking Latin: In the pedagogical context of today’s Latin teaching and learning, which may not be so very high or excellent, I personally have come to two classroom conclusions or principles based on feeble inspiration, lengthy observation and painful experimentation: 1) in order to speak, converse in any kind of Latin, one simply has need of very much, long practice of some living Latin language – just as foreigners for a certain period of time in a new country’s language –; … [Read more...]

14 November is Happy Birthday Reggie day. Reginaldo felix esto! You may wish to contact him by post or phone. Reginald Thomas Foster 3553 S 41st St. no. 403 Milwaukee WI 53221-5744 U.S.A. cell: one (four one four) seven five five - nine six eight six Happy Birthday Reggie Felix esto tibi. Esto tibi felix. Felix esto Reginaldo. Tibi felix esto. Here is Reggie's newest Facebook page advertising his Latin Summer  2014 The art work was sprayed pinted on the wall in Rome … [Read more...]

Aestiva Milvauchiae Latinitas MMXIV Latin summer with Reginald Foster Monday June 2 - Saturday July 26 2014 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, write: Reginald Thomas … [Read more...]

An update on Ossa Latinitatis Sola: The Mere Bones of Latin as of 27 September 2013. Note:  receive periodic email updates by subscribing to Reggie’s blog via email located on the home page of this web-site in the lower right column. Ossa Update The Director of Catholic University of America Press has overcome one of the major obstacles in preparing the typescript for publication. He has completed the initial preparation of the reading sheets, which Reginald is now reviewing for accuracy of … [Read more...]

This event is confirmed. More information to come soon. Would you like to read the letters of Cicero with Reginald Foster in anticipation of  the publiation of the book Ossium carnes multae. The Bones' Meats Abundant? I send this email out to explore whether is any interest in attending these sessions with Reggie proposed to be hosted by St Benedict's Abbey, Atchison, Kansas. The daily readings of Cicero's letters will include both those we have prepared for publication in our book and … [Read more...]

You are invited to St Catherine University (link) in St Paul, Minnesota, to attend Latin encounters with Reginald Foster on Friday 20 September from 7:00-9:00 PM and again on Saturday afternoon 21 September. The encounters are free and open to the public. Spoken Latin On Saturday afternoon the Classical Association of Minnesota will host a "Spoken Latin" event at the same venue. You may download a PDF flyer by clicking on the image of Reginald. You may distribute the flyer to all … [Read more...]

The organizational meeting for the Latin course held during the academic year 2013-2014 will be held on the first Monday of October - 7 October 2013 - beginning at 2:00 PM in the school of: St Florian's Church 1215 S 45th St West Milwaukee, WI 53214 USA. Thereafter class sessions are held at the same parish school. According to our system the people who show up can change the schedule of our afternoon sessions within certain limits. It all depends on who is coming or not, who can or … [Read more...]

Papal tweets in Latin were featured on NPR (National Public Radio) at this NPR web-page. The piece by Sylvia Poggioli features Mgr Daniel Gallagher, Reginald's successor in the Latin office of the Vatican Secretariat of State. Play with Papal tweets You can use papal tweets in your classroom to teach Latin by asking the students to play with each brief sentence in ways they have learned to do. We give several examples of how to do this at these blog-posts: Playing with Papal … [Read more...]

Stay tuned here for an update on OSSA LATINITATIS SOLA, our first book described here. Sadly I have nothing new to report in the past year. If you wish to receive email notification of blog entries - and eventual notification of the book's imminent publication, you may subscribe to the blog via email (located in the bottom right box of our home page). We will not pass your email information on to anyone; you may unsubscribe at any time you wish; our blog postings are periodical, so we shall not … [Read more...]

Reggie summer 2013 includes the following activities: New York The recently completed tour and visit to New York with friends and play with Latin texts. Read about it on our web-site or by Claudia Parsons writing for Reuters also carried in the New York Times among others.   AESTIVA MILVAUCHIAE LATINITAS MMXIII Latin summer school with Reginald Foster is soon to begin on Monday 3 June and run through Saturday 27 July. For more information go to our web-page linked … [Read more...]