Dr. Kathryn
Faulkner is a British Catholic with a doctorate in medieval history
from the University of London. She is the
mother of three daughters, aged 11, 8 and 7 months, who have always been educated at
home. She first discovered Charlotte Mason several years ago and
has gradually incorporated more and more of her ideas into their
education. She also has a strong interest in children's literature in
general, and historical writing for children in particular. In addition
to working on Mater Amabilis she is working on a history of Catholicism
in England for children. She lives in Bedfordshire, England and is
married to Michael, who works in financial services.
Michele Quigley
Michele and her
husband Tim have been home educating their ten children (ranging in
age from newborn to 21 yrs. old) for the past twelve years. She
has been interested in the teachings and methods of Charlotte Mason
since early on in her home educating adventure and was one of the
founding members of the Catholic CMason (now Real Learning) e-mail
forum. She currently hosts a home education e-mail forum at Family-Centered Learning. In October of
2003 she travelled to Ambleside, England to research Charlotte Mason
before beginning work on Mater
Amabilis.
Kathryn
and Michele wish to acknowledge and sincerely thank the members
of the Mater
Amabilis Planning Committee without whose wisdom,
advice and practical help this ongoing project would not be possible.
Elaine
Evans
Karen Felicidario: Married to Martin
"Mark" for 13 years, the best 13 years of her life! Mom to 5, Alicia is
16, Brianna 12, Matthew 9, Emma 6, and Joseph 2. They've been
homeschooling for 6 years and have developed their own curriculum each
year pulling from a variety of resources, always trying to keep
education truly living.
Katie Krall: Married to Mike and mom
to four children (fifth on the way). The Kralls live in Texas where
Mike is a Physics and Engineering professor at Montgomery College and
Katie, a graphic designer by trade, homeschools their children, ages 10
to 2. They have used a variety of teaching methods in the past, from
classical to Charlotte Mason, and have happily found a living education
in Mater Amabilis.
Maria Rioux: A homeschooling mother
of eight living in Kansas with her husband, Jean. She met Jean, who
chairs and teaches in the Philosophy department at Benedictine College,
while attending Thomas Aquinas College in southern California. Together
they have taught their children using curricula of their own design for
the past fifteen years.
Jane Finigan de Villalobos: A
Catholic homeschooling mother of six children, ranging in age from 2
months to 22 years, who were adopted as infants, variously from
Britain, El Salvador, China and Hawaii. (She has recently been
approved to adopt another child.) She lives in the British midlands
where her husband is a senior research fellow in particle physics at
the University of Birmingham. She received her degree in Literae
Humaniores (philosophy and classics) at the University of Oxford and
taught English in France and Venezuela before having her family.
She has been homeschooling for nine years using an eclectic mixture of
classical and Charlotte Mason ideas
Copyright
© 2004 Kathryn Faulkner and Michele Quigley
