Help fund Brazil’s 1st Catholic Liberal Arts Institution!

THE NEWMAN INSTITUTE FOR CLASSICAL EDUCATION

OUR MISSION

The Newman Institute for Classical Education was born out of the ardent desire and great need to contribute to forming families, dioceses, Catholic schools and universities in Brazil. Drawing on the experience of the liberal arts universities in the United States, we offer courses and intellectual retreats for students to study and discuss the Great Books. Classes are taught using the Socratic Method and are based on the reading of primary sources.

WHERE WILL YOUR MONEY GO TO?
Scholarships Fund for the  Intellectual Retreat

The Newman Institute is organizing a 6-day intellectual retreat that will be held January 3-8, 2024 in Florianopólis, Brazil. For many students, it is the first time they will participate in a Socratic method discussion and analyse classical authors, such as Aristotle, Plato, Euclid, Aeschylus, St. Thomas Aquinas, Kant, Fabre, and Saint John Henry Newman, among others.  In addition to classes, they will enjoy a day trip to visit cultural sites, churches, and the beach. We are also offering a wide range of activities, including dancing, a talent show, a game night, and a wine and cheese party. Holy Mass (Usus Antiquior) will be celebrated daily.

Total cost of attendance: $ 600 (six hundred dollars) per student. It includes room and board, trips and books/supplies.

Unfortunately, most applicants do not have the financial conditions to pay for tuition. This is the reason we are asking for your generous support. Please remember that any SMALL donation will help!

Information on how our May 2023 Intellectual Retreat went can be found here.

Observation:

90% of donations to this fund will be used for scholarships.
10% of donations to this fund will be used for other purposes, such as translations, marketing, and other administrative work.

OUR PILLARS

Faithful to the teachings of the Catholic Church, the Newman Institute believes that an authentic education cultivates the soul, mind, body and heart to habitually contemplate and manifest the good, the true, and the beautiful. Our aim is to teach students to act according to their ultimate goal, that is, to be happy by participating in God’s likeness.

OUR WORK

1. Great Books – Trivium – Quadrivium

To discuss the Great Books and to contribute to the training of teachers through what is best of classical pedagogy, understood here as the Trivium (Grammar, Rhetoric and Logic) and the Quadrivium (Arithmetic, Music, Geometry and Astronomy).

2. Communication and Cooperation Network

To build a network between families, parishes, schools, universities and other associations interested in liberal education. To promote initiatives and collaborate to implement the best educational practices, whether in homeschooling or an educational institution.

3. Seminars, Forums and Workshops:
To organise seminars, forums and workshops aimed at training and discussing classical Catholic education and the teaching of the liberal arts.

ABOUT US

Anthony Tannus Wright | Cofounder and President of the Newman Institute
Anthony Tannus Wright is from São Paulo, Brazil. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Thomas More College of Liberal Arts, New Hampshire (USA) and a Bachelor of Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (Brazil). He received a Master’s degree in Philosophy of Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (Brazil). He studied at Gordonstoun School, a boarding school in Scotland, and has spent time in Italy working for the Holy See at the Pontifical Council for the Family as a researcher on pro-life and pro-family issues, and in Israel studying classical languages at The Polis Institute. From 2019 to 2022, Mr. Wright served as chief of staff at the Department of Literacy at the Ministry of Education in Brazil. He is a fellow of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI) and the International Catholic Legislators Network.

Jean Carlos Guerreiro | Head of Academics of the Newman Institute

Jean Carlos Guerreiro has a certificate in Liberal Arts from Hugh of Saint Victor Institute (Brazil) and holds a B.A. in Liberal Arts from Thomas Aquinas College (TAC). Mr. Guerreiro currently works as an admissions counsellor for TAC. He is an enthusiast of Catholic liberal education and has been teaching various courses from Logic to Mathematics using the Socratic method, as well as organizing in-person events and lectures during his trips to Brazil.

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If you would like to know more about the Newman Institute for Classical Education please check our website and Instagram account. 

If you require any further information, please feel free to contact us:
Phone: + 55 11 953804295 (Signal / Whatsapp)

E-mail: info@institutonewman.com.br