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ACE Baton Rouge Community 2025-26

You Only Need to Say "Yes"

When I was first told I would be living with the ACE Baton Rouge community for two years, it struck me just how unfamiliar I was with that part of...

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Louisville Community 2024-25

Making Space: Choosing Community Across Difference

When I started my time in ACE, I thought the greatest challenge would be in the classroom. And yes—lesson planning, grading, and managing a room full of teenage girls pushed...

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Cup of Joe: TiCS and TRiCS

As the summer comes to a close, Fr. Joe Carey, CSC and Maggie Cahill talk about two of their favorite first year ACE courses, Teaching in Catholic Schools (TiCS) and...

From left to right: Lydia Heinen, Emma Bradley, and Stephen Kurt

Every Ending is a New Beginning

“So raise up your glass, here’s to brand new beginnings And don’t shed a tear for the things that are ending Cuz tomorrow will bring us a new morning sun...

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Cup of Joe: ACE Graduation 2024

In this episode of Cup of Joe, Fr. Joe Carey, CSC and Maggie Cahill discuss what ACE Graduation means to them and celebrate this year's graduates.

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Cup of Joe: Extending Invitations

In this episode of Cup of Joe, Fr. Joe Carey, CSC and Maggie Cahill talk about important invitations in their lives and implore us to bring God's love to the...

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Cup of Joe: Father's Day Memories

In this episode of Cup of Joe, Fr. Joe Carey, CSC and Maggie Cahill share stories about their fathers and encourage viewers to spend this Father's Day celebrating and reminiscing...

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An Ode To...

Inspired by the poem "Ode to Broken Things" by Pablo Neruda, Camila León's (ACE 29, Tulsa) class wrote a poem about their ode to 5th grade. Please enjoy the video...