After a career change, I had the privilege of beginning my teaching career this past year at St. John Paul II High School in Avondale, AZ which is run by the Sisters of St. Cecilia, better known as the “Nashville Dominicans.” I was blown away by the fidelity of the...
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How Catholic Schools Can Create A Pro-life Culture
Creating a pro-life culture is not simply putting up posters during pro-life week or sending a few students to the March for Life. Those things are good, but if that’s all you do, it’s like putting a band-aid on an issue that’s literally life or death and saying,...
3 Ways To Recover When Your Day With The Kids Has Gone Haywire
I had the best intentions for my first year of virtual schooling. I imagined us waking up early, enjoying a healthy gourmet breakfast, praying the rosary together, reflecting on the daily readings, singing a few songs, and then...
What Does A Teacher Make? This Answer May Surprise You!
Depending on where you live, it's most likely that school's out for the summer, or nearly is. Or perhaps, the students and teachers in your life are still embroiled in exam preparation and stress! Either way, this time of year reminds us of the importance of teachers...
A Hero in the Unlikeliest of Habitats: One Man Saving the World Through Love
He’s just a simple guy... a schoolteacher. A humble, bespectacled man in a humble profession in a humble city somewhere in middle America. On the other hand, you might call him broken. A broken man, with a broken kid and broken dreams of fatherhood... In a broken...