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A Day in the Life of an ACE Teacher

Ever wondered what a day looks like as an ACE Teacher? Follow along with Maddie Schlehuber (ACE 31) as she takes you along a day as a middle school social...

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Good News

I love teaching religion. When I learned I would be teaching religion in a 5th-grade classroom with a majority of non-Catholic students, I wondered what it would be like. My...

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Pi Day, Lent, and Full Circle Moments

If you know me, there's a good chance you've heard me talk about full-circle moments. Recently — overlapping with the exact day, two years ago, that I found out I...

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Cup of Joe: What We Can Become

In this Ash Wednesday episode of Cup of Joe, Fr. Joe Carey, CSC and Maggie Cahill discuss Peter's role in the Transfiguration story and how we can all strive to...

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Cup of Joe: Embracing Reconciliation

In this Ash Wednesday episode of Cup of Joe, Fr. Joe Carey, CSC and Maggie Cahill discuss how they each came around on confession and how we should embrace reconciliation...

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Get Some Rest

Life in ACE is full. Moving to a brand new place to do a brand new job, where you are responsible for planning, delivering, and assessing lessons, creating positive relationships...

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Cup of Joe: Helpful Lenten Practices

In this Ash Wednesday episode of Cup of Joe, Fr. Joe Carey, CSC and Maggie Cahill discuss ways we can use Lent as a time to become more connected to...

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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...