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Mary Margaret Schroeder with her students

Waiting Courageously

As an ACE Ambassador, you commit to ACE a full year before you ever step into a classroom as a Teaching Fellow. During that year, friends accept post-graduate jobs, professors...

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Students and sister (left) holding up a sign that reads, "Thank You for the Gift of Catholic Education."

The Beauty of Catholic Schools Week

When I saw that I would be writing a blog post for Catholic Schools Week, I knew right away that I wanted to write about community. Community is the second...

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ACE Teachers singing joyfully during Lessons and Carols at December Retreat 2025

I Can't Wait

“We wait because there’s a promise. There’s a presupposition of something more worth waiting for.” “But I want it now!” is a sentence heard throughout the country this time of...

Sarah Perkins teaching

Forms Disciples: Give Comfort

"Give comfort to my people, says your God.” Isaiah 40:1 When I think about the book of the prophet Isaiah, my memory often conjures up powerful proclamations, calls for conversion...

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Engineers Improvement: Entering with Humility

One of the highlights of my time as an elementary school principal was the opportunity to visit other Catholic elementary schools, most often during accreditation visits. These experiences were always...

Greg instructing

Engineers Improvement: "Say More"

I found myself recently re-reading Doris Kearns Goodwin’s Team of Rivals. The historical biography tells the story of Abraham Lincoln’s presidency, exploring how he formed and led his cabinet through...

From left to right: Kristen, Ashley, Marcello, Grace, Clayton, and Catherine in front of the Cleveland sign at Lake Eerie

Swimming with Gratitude

“Come on in, the water’s great!” I shout as I splash around in the choppy lake quite conveniently located only two minutes from our convent. “No really, it’s way warmer...

Jack Hutter (left) and Kate Chiappetta (right) outside ready to run the 2025 NYC Marathon

We Can Do Hard Things

“We can do hard things.” This statement can be found on the walls of each classroom at St. Charles Borromeo in Harlem, New York. Not only is it a great...