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Elizabeth Watters Schwartze

A Generational Legacy of Catholic Education

“In a way, ACE has always been a part of me.” Elizabeth recounts warmly, “Both my parents worked in Catholic education for more than 40 years.” Born in San Francisco...

Michael Macaluso

Mike Macaluso Named Senior Editor for the ALAN Review

Mike Macaluso, Senior Associate Director for Academic Advancement for Enrollment and Financial Aid, has been named senior editor of The ALAN Review, a peer-reviewed journal focused on the study, scholarship...

Katie Schenkel: Supporting Students to be Instruments of Change

Katie Schenkel, in her second year of teaching as an ACE Teaching Fellow at Our Lady of Prompt Succor in New Orleans, had her seventh grade class bring in objects...

February 8, 2017

"Is it Jesus now, Miss?": Katie Biddle and the Excitement of Transubstantiation

Katie (Burke) Biddle joined ACE for some of the same reasons that everyone does: she wanted to volunteer, and she wanted to teach. While her faith and working in a...

February 1, 2017

The Gifts We Didn't Know We Were Missing

The Latino Enrollment Institute (LEI), as implied by the very name of the program, began as an enrollment-based initiative. As Catholic schools around the country were seeing their numbers diminish...

February 1, 2017

In First Year at the LEI, Arkansas Catholic Schools Off to a Strong Start

As the geographic footprint of the Latino Enrollment Institute (LEI) expands, many Catholic schools in never-before-represented dioceses now serve as models of transformation and growth with regards to Latino outreach...

February 1, 2017

Phil Autrey: ACE's Marathon Man

"Running has taken me on adventures great and small, at home and around the world. It has provided me with hope and perseverance on days when I had none—and even...

January 25, 2017

ACE Partners with the American Indian Catholic Schools Network

Photo courtesy of Creighton University and the American Indian Catholic Schools Network The University of Notre Dame's Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) has embarked upon a new partnership with the...

January 19, 2017

Stephanie Becker: Creating Connections for a More Joyous World

For Stephanie Becker, no step on her journey as a Catholic educator has been alone. As she has worked to become the Academic Dean for Mt. Carmel-Holy Rosary School, a...

January 18, 2017

Danielle Gonzales and Education: It's Personal

For Danielle Gonzales, a graduate of the eighth cohort of ACE Teaching Fellows, education has always been personal. Born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Danielle worked diligently to make...

January 11, 2017

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A Generational Legacy of Catholic Education

Mike Macaluso Named Senior Editor for the ALAN Review