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ACE Teachers posing before So-Cal Marathon 2026

Running Through Discomfort

I feel great. Granted, I’m only 3 miles into my 13.1 mile journey, but I feel better than ever. It’s hot, but I’ve run in this weather countless times. After...

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High school students from Cleveland Central Catholic sit next to their elementary school prayer partners from St. Stanislaus during our Ash Wednesday Mass.

We Are Dust: Reflections on Teaching and the Lenten Journey

“Remember you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” This Ash Wednesday anthem, spoken as our foreheads are marked with a smudgy black cross, is a reminder of our...

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One Ripple at a Time

The Program for Inclusive Education (PIE) is happy to share the following piece by Mary Desmarais, the inclusion specialist and expanded services teacher at Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington...

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The Music Moved Them

This originally appeared on magazine.nd.edu. We were a week away from moving off the island of Oahu. A three-year assignment had come to a close. That’s a “PCS” in military...

Taking the Long View - Mallory Hill, ACE Ambassador

Taking the Long View

A huge lesson I learned from both the ACE Ambassador program and my first year of teaching at Little Flower School in Mobile is that the following prayer, written in...