OLV is excited to announce that Mrs. Stacey Bowman has been selected as the school’s first executive director. Mrs. Bowman brings a wealth of legal and school management experience, a heart for Catholic classical education, and a real passion for serving our teachers and families.
Read MoreArchbishop Aquila celebrated Mass at OLV, and the school prepared to graduate its first four-year class, with Msgr. James Shea as the graduation speaker
Read MoreThe CSN and Franciscan University of Steubenville have entered a partnership that would allow our OLV students to earn Franciscan credits for our Chesterton classes (three college hours/credits each for our year-long 11th and 12th-grade theology and philosophy courses).
Read MoreChesterton Academy of Our Lady of Victory is excited to announce its new location for the 2022-23 school year: the campus of Littleton Church of Christ at 6495 S. Colorado Blvd. in Centennial.
Read MoreSo much that happens in the classroom depends upon the conversations between faculty, as we sharpen and refine one another. Mr. Reuter, our Latin teacher, and I recently discussed Dietrich von Hildebrand’s concept of values as radiating from objective goodness.
Read MoreI wish you could have been there: At faculty-formation meetings the week before the school year began on Monday, August 30, we gathered early for Mass and late for prayer. A few parents joined us for lively discussion about how we--the faculty--can better serve families in their vocation of raising their children in the love and life of God.
Read MoreBeauty’s meaning has been restricted in the modern world, focusing on what immediately pleases us, particularly through the senses. The deepest beauty, however, flows from transcendent principles: the right ordering, perfection, and harmony of things. Truth and goodness are beautiful and, when our minds attune to them, our lives become marked by beauty. With this understanding, math can be seen as beautiful, not drudgery, and even the visual arts take on a great significance as they manifest deeper truths about human life and the true good.
In Our Lady of Victory’s first year, we’ve seen the beauty of Catholic education unfolding within our community.
Read More“In the world you have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world” (Jn 16:33). This Lent has become intense. The world is always full of tribulation, but Jesus is calling us to trust him even more intensely. Tribulation makes you think about what’s most important. We are helping our students to stay focused on their studies and on the higher things. We know that you are all striving to do the same: helping teach your own kids at home, working remotely, and following Mass and prayer online.
Read More"Everything is so splendid that . . . I am lost in admiration." This sentiment, from Telemachus, Odysseus' son, expresses beautifully our aim in classical education. Our students are currently tackling Homer's Odyssey, depicting that ten-year journey across the Mediterranean. As we follow Odysseus's wanderings, we discover so many essential elements of human life and culture: piety, pride and humility, hospitality, endurance, faithful love, and wonder.
Read MoreToday, Denver’s new and first Catholic classical high school has chosen Our Lady of Victory as its patroness, with the mission of developing the whole person and forming students who are holy, well-educated and prepared to engage the present culture and contribute to society.
Read MoreThe doors have finally opened! Thank you to all who supported Our Lady of Victory to help us to this moment. The students just returned from a three day backpacking trip that set the tone for the school year and gave the new community a chance to bond. Thanks to Creatio for their help in planning and leading this trip and to Fr. Paul Kostka of the Servants of Christ Jesus for serving as chaplain.
Read MoreIn just six months, an idea has become reality. We open our doors for Our Lady of Victory's inaugural school year on August 20th! We anticipate a full class of 20 students and, as word spreads, we have a growing list of families interested in our second class next year. We are grateful for our founding families, initial board members who have sacrificed much time and effort, and the support of the community. Ultimately, we are grateful to God for providing for all of the needs of this new and growing community and for Our Lady's miraculous help in overcoming the many hurdles we have faced.
Read MoreIt’s no longer obvious to state that schools exist to communicate the truth. St. Thomas defined truth in common sense fashion as conformity of the mind to reality. Schools should help us to recognize and receive the meaning of life by placing ourselves under the truth as its students. Catholic classical education forms the mental habits necessary to perceive the truth: wonder, deep reading, logical thinking, clear communication.
Read MoreAll parents desire to provide their children with the foundation to grow into mature adults and make a contribution in the world. As Catholics, however, we need to ensure that they become holy and prepared to transform our secular culture. What kind of education do they need not only to survive but to thrive in our society? How can we offer the robust formation they need to become servant leaders?
Read MoreChesterton Academy’s House system is drawn from the 1,000 year-old tradition of Christian education exemplified in the colleges at Oxford and Cambridge. The Houses provide real, tangible community within the larger school.
Read MoreBecause we seek to transform our culture, from the beginning one of the great principles of Chesterton Academy has been a commitment to thrift. Our dream is a return to the days when a strong, classical Catholic education was affordable for any middle- or working-class family, large or small, living on a single income.
Read MoreChesterton Academy is named for the great English writer and Catholic convert, G.K. Chesterton (1874- 1936). Chesterton is a model for our school because he exemplified the Catholic faith through a life filled with joy, wonder, and gratitude.
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