Embracing The Unpredictable Moments
The first thing I did when I got home for December break was plan. I know the more you plan, the smoother your day goes, allowing you to be prepared...
ACE Teaching Fellows Blog
TROUBLE SLEEPING?
Warm winter greetings to my dear ACE teachers! You all know how important it is to get at least seven (7) hours of sleep per night. I know it's not...
Making a Difference
Where do I see myself making a difference? I ask myself this question on a regular basis. Some days the answer is more clear and obvious than on other day...
I've Learned the Only Answer Is to Take Action
It would be easy as an ACE teacher to go from the lush Notre Dame campus with its golden dome, its complicated sprinkler system, and its plentiful computer labs and...
Father Joe: Teachers Know and Serve God Amid the Unknowns
What does it mean to be a teacher in the Alliance for Catholic Education? This is a simple question that poses a helpful challenge for those thinking about applying to...
A Safe Haven: Big Shoulders Fund
Big Shoulders' original goal was to raise $1 million so that underprivileged Chicago children could attend Catholic schools. Today, twenty-six years after the program was founded, Big Shoulders has raised...
9 Lives
I was thinking about it last week, and I figured that I have lived four separate lives/realities in 2013. From January to April, I was an ambitious undergraduate psychological researcher...
Note From Father Joe: Mary's "Yes" is a Christmastime Call to Teachers
During Advent and Christmas, we are reminded of how Mary enters into salvation history. The Gospel of Luke 1:39-45 provides an account of the Annunciation. The angel Gabriel came to...
Seeing Christ Takes Time...But He's There
"I am not angry with you, and I am happy you are here." These are words I have found myself repeating throughout the beginning of the school year. Since those...
The St. Anthony's Miracle
At the end of the 90s, Milwaukee Catholic schools were struggling. Attendance was down, and schools were on the verge of closing. One of the schools, St. Anthony's on the...