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Salvete amici, We would like to wish you a most blessed Triduum of the Passion, Death, and Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. Please note that the VSI offices will be closed from Holy Thursday through Easter Monday. We will respond to your messages later during Easter week. Thank you for your continued support. May […]

VSI was founded with the intent of helping priests, seminarians, and religious to learn to speak Latin and Greek according to the will of the Church. Here is an interesting article by a seminarian on Latin. https://dcpriest.org/news/finding-god-in-latin?fbclid=IwAR193-dzEX8o94TNaCj1x0aklc4oz_MywSWKyWb3VgYgyfbQQ-_UzIIkqWE

We would like to share an interview of our co-founder Fr Jason Barone by Sensus Fidelium that will premiere on Sunday, January 3rd at 8pm EST. Please like, subscribe, and share. https://youtube.com/channel/UCDfJ5zqc84uVCuiw4EiaE-w

As yet another salute to the legacy of one of the (if not simply THE) greatest Latinists of the last century, we would like to share with you an article by John Kuhner on Fr Foster. We note this article in particular because it shows the man as he was: a great mind aflame with […]

Sent December 26, 2020  Telegram by +Parolin to Fr. Saverio Cannistra OCD, Superior General of the Carmelite order, offering the Pope’s condolences on the death of Fr. Reginald Foster. Summus Pontifex Franciscus nuntium accepit Patrem Reginaldum Foster OCD de hoc mundo demigrasse ad Patris domum transiturum qui complures annos in secretaria Status exegit quique innumera […]

VSI Vice President and co-Founder Nancy Llewellyn on the passing of her mentor and teacher, legendary Latinist Fr. Reginald Foster OCD. Requiem aeternam dona ei, Domine. Et lux perpetua luceat ei. I’m trying to absorb the news of the death of Reggie Foster yesterday morning. Hearing it, I felt at once how fitting it was, […]

We have a late addition to the academic catalogue: LTL175: Divinum Officium: Breviary of the Extraordinary Form (Omnibus) — Dr Daniel GallagherTuesdays, 8-9 PM EST.

“Latin is a dead language.” How many of us latinophiles have heard that ad nauseam as if it were the refrain to the verse “I speak [study, teach, write in, etc.] Latin”? With no doubt, Latin and the classics in general are making a comeback in the academic world. There is a problem, however. The […]

How time has been flying by in the few weeks since our kickoff! The enrollments are steadily rolling in and we are moving forward with class prep. Check out this post about our kickoff event. https://catholicnewsherald.com/88-news/fp/6503-new-institute-created-for-clergy-laity-to-learn-latin-greek