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Waiting Together: Advent in the Classroom

I have always loved Advent, but the season took on an even deeper meaning once I started sharing it with my 5th-grade students. Experiencing the hope and wonder of Christ’s...

ACE Teachers singing joyfully during Lessons and Carols at December Retreat 2025

I Can't Wait

“We wait because there’s a promise. There’s a presupposition of something more worth waiting for.” “But I want it now!” is a sentence heard throughout the country this time of...

Cup of Joe - ACE Graduation

Fr. Joe Carey, CSC, and Bridgette McDermott are back to preview one of our favorite weekends of the summer, ACE Commencement. They discuss how the ACE 27 teachers have had...

Cup of Joe - ACE Summer 2022

In this Cup of Joe, Fr. Joe Carey, CSC, and Bridgette McDermott are back to give everyone an update on ACE Summer 2022. Also, don't miss FJ's conversation with Audrey...

A Desire to Serve & a Call to Teach

When Fr. Drew Clary, CSC, returned to St. Adalbert Catholic School after his ordination to the priesthood, everything was different. Except nothing was different. “I was ordained on Saturday, I...

ACE Summer 2022 Photo Gallery

ACE Communications Intern Morgan Hale has spent early mornings, late nights, and everything in between capturing the many elements of ACE Summer 2022. Check out the photos below and follow...

Finding God in the Everyday

I was accepted by ACE Teaching Fellows in March of my senior year, just before the pandemic began. I had spent much of that year in discernment: what did I...

Defying Expectations

Recently* we sat down with ACE 27 and multi-time ACE Blog contributor Jimmy Ryan and his younger brother, Patrick. Jimmy teaches at Archbishop Shaw High School in New Orleans, and...

Letting Others Take the Wheel

I fancy myself a person in control, though I balk at the term “control freak.” Sure, I routinely sought leadership roles in undergrad; yes, my reflex is to initiate conversation...

Cup of Joe - Living a Good Life

In this edition of Cup of Joe, Fr. Joe Carey, CSC, talks about his Moreau First Year Experience class and how his students are discussing the question, "what makes a...