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Teaching Confidential: Adventures in the Pedagogical Underbelly

In 2000, chef and television star Anthony Bourdain’s first book, Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly, was published and beloved by many, topping the New York Times’ nonfiction bestseller...

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Happy Worship Wednesday!

“Happy Worship Wednesday!” the words I begin MOST Wednesdays with (barring any technical difficulties) before I play a few minutes of Gospel or worship music. As the song starts, my...

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ACE Missioning Ceremony

Irish Teaching Fellows

Recent Irish college graduates have been an important part of ACE Teaching Fellows. Once they are chosen to be part of the newest class, they are known as Irish ACErs...

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Seeds of Openness Sown in the Classroom

For many growing up in the early to mid-eighties in Ireland our first exposure to 'other', to people 'not like us', or not 'from here', came in the classroom. Every...

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Lift Off in the Twin Cities!

June 18 marked a momentous occasion for our team – the official launch of the Higher-Powered Learning Program (HPLP) in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis! After months of...

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From the Crease to the Classroom

Many ACErs appear on campus for their first week of ACE Summer fresh off of a college graduation or the completion of a fellowship or job. Few are coming straight...