Capstone Academy at LC College

For the first time ever, we recently held a public presentation of Capstone papers here at the Novitiate and College of Humanities. In order to obtain our associates degree from studying here, in our last year, we write a fifteen-to-twenty page Capstone paper about a humanistic topic. Legionaries in their fourth year here have been writing Capstones for several years, but now for the first time they showcased their work to the rest of the College in a group presentation, in two sessions.

On May 15, 2018, the first round took place. Nine fourth-year brothers presented their theses. These first capstones were all related to education, but in different historical contexts. There were presentations about the purpose of Mathematics in the Humanities, the purpose of education in Antiquity, the role of Jesuit Drama during the Counter-Reformation, and so on.

The second round was given on May 28, 2018, and was titled Evolutions and Revolutions. It was named thus because the topics were all related to cultural change. Ten brothers presented topics that included the failure of the French revolution, H.G Well’s War of the Worlds and how it promoted social Darwinism, how Romanticism took the myth of Prometheus and developed our modern idea of an Anti-hero in fiction, etc.
            The capstone paper is one of the greatest opportunities we have in our program of studying a topic of interest in depth and sharing what we have discovered with others. These presentations were the fruit of a lot of hard work and research, and to display them in a group academy proved an enriching experience for those who attended.