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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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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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Catholic Schools Week: Educating the Heart

As a kid growing up going to Catholic schools, I thought Catholic Schools Week was the best. There was crazy hair day, crazy sock day, and crazy dress-up-as-your-teacher day. There...

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Cup of Joe: Overcoming Injuries

In this episode of Cup of Joe, Fr. Joe Carey, CSC and Maggie Cahill discuss injuries in sports and how teammates bond together to help each other rise above adversity.

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Cup of Joe: New Year's Resolution

In this episode of Cup of Joe, Fr. Joe Carey, CSC and Maggie Cahill unveil their New Year's Resolutions and encourage viewers to find ways to bring happiness and peacefulness...

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Cup of Joe: Christmas Traditions

In this episode of Cup of Joe, Fr. Joe Carey, CSC and Maggie Cahill reflect on the end of 2023 and talk about their families' Christmas traditions.

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Reflections from Vocations Retreat

Each year, recent ACE graduates and second year ACE teachers are invited to join religious men and women for a vocations discernment retreat at the end of the summer. This...

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Teaching Liturgically

I have always appreciated the liturgical seasons of the Catholic Church, and have found that the same feast days, solemnities, and celebrations the calendar hits on each and every year...