Who was Fr. Reginald Foster?

Requiescat in pace, Reginaldus - R.I.P. Dec. 25, 2020

Gratias tibi ago Reginalo! - Fr. Foster passed away Dec. 25, 2020 - read many memorials and articles here

thelatinlanguage.org - Website of Fr. Foster

Reggie's Blog

Books on the method of Fr. Reginald Foster: Ossa Latinitatis Sola and Ossium Carnes Multae e Marci Tullii Ciceronis epistulis

Return to Learning Latin with Fr. Foster

Hear Fr. Foster on Vatican Radio: The Latin Lover

• With America’s Greatest Latinist in Milwaukee (2016) - a nice update
• Transition in the Easter Vigil (2014) - Fr. Foster provided the translations of the short prayers of the Easter Vigil
• Vivat Latinitas! My lively summer speaking a dead language - Slate (Aug. 2011)
• Milwaukee WITI-TV News Story (Youtube) (Nov. 2010)
• Reginald Foster, OCD - Update (April 2009)
• Interview on BBC Heart and Soul - "The Bible" (May 2009 - Fr. Foster starts at 20:25)
• In Tribute to the World's Greatest Living Latinist - Fr. Foster quotes (June 2009)
• 'Nulli secundus': Recovering U.S. priest leaves hole in Latin office - Catholic News Serive (Sept. 2009)
• Fr. Foster on You Tube (Oct. 2009)
• 'Don't waste a moment being upset' - Milwaukee Catholic Harold (Oct. 2009)
• Interview on BBC Today - "Latin 'would make Pope speak less'" (Dec. 2008)
• The Roman Forum (2007)
• Fr. Foster spoke at Notre Dame in2006
• USA Today (2005) (I'm quoted!)
• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (2005)
• The New York Times (2004)
• Reuters (2004)
• The American Magazine (2004)
• The Economist (2003)
• The Catholic Herald (2002) (with photo)
• The Chronicle of Higher Education (1999)
• 40 page article on Fr. Foster: Living with a Dead Language (The American Scholar 1995)
• The Independent: Last rites for a dying language (1995)


• A Blog on Fr. Foster's famous Ides of March tour of Rome in honor of Julius Caesar
• Another Blog reflects on Fr. Foster's classes.
• Fr. Foster was fired from Gregorian University and Jesuits Sack Foster but Classes have resumed!
• Fr. Reginald Foster: "Tridentine" Indult not going to happen
• Papal Latinist makes new push to save "dying" language - CNA
• Fr. Foster has a chapter in Appreciating the Collect: An Irenic Methodology (Purchase here) - perhaps the first time his pedagogy was published.
• Articles on Wikipedia in English and Vicipaedia in Latinam

• More summer class
• Aestiva Romae Latinitas at Vicipaedia
• Ad Reginaldum

Fr. Foster on YouTube

Pictures of Fr. Foster (Click on image to see full size.)

Go here to see Our class trip to Formia - Home of Cicero, "Father of Latinity"

	I forgot who sent me this picture, sorry.
This is the picture I borrowed from the New York Times article above.
	Three of my pictures of Fr. Foster in action in the classroom. (The one below is the sharpest.)

Some more picture collected from various websites