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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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Cup of Joe: What Would You Take?

In this episode of Cup of Joe, Fr. Joe Carey, CSC and Maggie Cahill consider the deeper meaning of an important item in each of their lives.

ACE Teachers before ACE Marathon in Atlanta

One Step at a Time

What do distance running, teaching, and discipleship have in common? Hills. Lots of hills. Energy was high going into ACE race weekend—an opportunity to race and see some of the...

Fr. Nate in classroom

Champions Culture Corner

You’re welcome to judge me, but I’m gonna be honest: I’m still fired up about Notre Dame football. You may (perhaps appropriately) quote me the invitation to detachment that Princess...

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Cup of Joe: Profiles in Courage

In this episode of Cup of Joe, Fr. Joe Carey, CSC and Maggie Cahill profile courage by sharing stories of two extraordinary people in their lives.

ACE Interns Maria Vaquero (Left) and Jackie Perez (Right) on the ND Football field in recognition for Extra Yard for Teachers

The Holy Spirit Has My Back

There were many things I didn’t know about Notre Dame before applying. Like how South is objectively the better of the two dining halls, or how the squirrels here only...