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Hear Fr. Foster on Vatican Radio: The Latin Lover

They call him the Pope's Latinist - I've collected a few articles and photos to help you understand this colorful man.

Please note: I am not Fr. Foster, and I am not in contact with him. To reach him, look at the last four (summer class) links for his address and write him yourself.

The Roman Forum (2007)
The Economist (2003)
The New York Times (2004)
Reuters (2004)
USA Today (2005) (I'm quoted!)
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (2005)
40 page article on Fr. Foster: Living with a Dead Language (The American Scholar 1995)
The Catholic Herald (2002) (with photo)
The Chronicle of Higher Education (1999)
The American Magazine (2004)
Fr. Foster spoke at Notre Dame on 8/24/06
A Blog on Fr. Foster's famous Ides of March tour of Rome in honor of Julius Caesar
Fr. Foster was fired from Gregorian University and Jesuits Sack Foster but Classes have resumed!
Fr. Reginald Foster: "Tridentine" Indult not going to happen
Pope's Latinist pronounces death of a language - Telegraph or similar Latinist laments 'dying language' - BBC News, Papal Latinist makes new push to save "dying" language - CNA
Articles on Wikipedia in English and Vicipaedia in Latinam

Some other websites about Fr. Foster's famous summer class (most include info on how to contact Fr. Foster):

Fr. Foster on YouTube

Reggie Foster's Caesar Song

Sing Along

Ecce Caesar nunc triumphat qui subegit Galliam,
Civiumque multitudo celebrat victoriam.

Gaius Iulius Caesar noster, imperator, pontifex,
Primum praetor, deinde consul, nunc dictator, moxque rex.

En victores procedentes, laeti floribus novis,
Magna praeda sunt potiti et captivis plurimis.

Exsultantes magna voce Io triumphe! concinunt,
Dum auratum ante currum victa oppida ferunt.

Legiones viam sacram totam complent strepitu,
Capitolinumquc collem scandit Caesar in curru.

O sol pulcher, o laudande! Caesarem recepimus,
Et corona triumphali honoratum vidimus.

Patre Reginald Foster (experto de Latino in Vatican)

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

As of Jan. 2007, Fr. Foster's yearly class (Oct.-May) is held just behind the Pantheon: via dell'Arco della Ciambella n. 19, Roma 00186. Drop in any afternoon to see him in action. I believe the location is associated with The American Institute for Roman Culture
His summer class is still held at/near the Teresianum on the Janiculum hill. Taking the summer class requires a written application. Read more about that in the articles listed just above.

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