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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...

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...

Encountering Children, Encountering Christ

Just as Jesus was revealed to his disciples on the Road to Emmaus through the breaking of the bread, so too did we experience Christ through the children we met...

Bus Tour Highlights Enduring Bonds and Blessings

Throughout the bus tour, doors were thrown open, welcoming ACE into schools and hearts around the country and uniting the Catholic school community in love. The music of the Notre...

The Miracle of Yes

Miracles are enabled by saying "yes." Although the heavy lifting of bringing these phenomenon into the world is clearly on God's side of the ledger, it is a bit arresting...

Celebrating the Harvest

What a tour, what an adventure, and what an amazing opportunity. The past eight months witnessed 30,000 miles, 50 cities, and over 70 schools, but most of all, the tour...

The Holy Spirit Alive in Catholic Schools

As a believer, as an advocate of the mission of Catholic schools, as a priest, my vocation has been so enlivened and enriched, stretched, encouraged and re-invigorated by the so-palpable...

The Warmth of Home: A Reflection by Our Co-founders

As we welcome the bus home, we look ahead to a bright future for Catholic schools with a series of reflections on the tour-the lessons learned, the joys perceived, and...

The focus of ACE is about transforming Catholic schools. It's about helping dioceses, educating leaders, providing choice for parents, and sustaining the thousands of sacred places serving civic purposes. At...

The Virtue of Patience

There is an adage that goes like this- patience is a virtue. My mother always told me this as a child, because I had the tendency to rush things, or...

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