Finding Hope from a Distance
I've grown accustomed to a new norm as a teacher: sleeping in. Instead of my usual 6 a.m. alarm, since March 16th my alarm has gone off at 7:45, with...
ACE Teaching Fellows Blog
Zoom with a Dash of Salt: Community Dinners in the Age of Quarantine
"We had this awesome house reunion on Zoom," says Iona (née Hughan) Popa, who was a member of ACE 21 in Tampa. "Those relationships I know that ACE has deeply...
The Remaining Pages
Joe DiSipio is a member of ACE 25 in Sacramento, where he taught fifth grade for the last two years at Saint John Vianney School in Rancho Cordova, California. When...
A Time for Everything
"There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and...
What Will You Do?
When my school first shut down, my first thoughts were of all the things I could no longer do: see my kids, hang out with friends, or coach lacrosse. These...
Finding New Blessings
This was supposed to be a "victory tour." These post-spring break weeks were supposed to be a wonderful celebratory string of "lasts" at Mount St. Mary Catholic High School, a...
Choose to Delight
Kenai Fjords National Park in Alaska | Photo from Wikimedia Commons "Awe is going to rush in... Accept reality as it is and choose to delight in the present moment...
Find the Joy
Xavier University has a prayer index on their website that I stumbled upon while I was searching for religion class resources at the beginning of the school year. Throughout this...
Tips for Maintaining Your Spiritual and Mental Health
The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically altered so many parts of our lives, including the ways in which teachers traditionally educate and interact with their students. In an effort to support...
Be Thou My Vision, O Lord of My Heart
One of my favorite hymns to sing in prayer or at Mass is set to the Irish folk tune Slane. I grew up knowing this hymn as "Lord of All...