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ND experts offer insight on ‘Dilexi Te’

This article was originally published by Carrie Gates on news.nd.edu on October 10, 2025. On Thursday (Oct. 9), Pope Leo XIV issued his first major document, “Dilexi Te” (“I Have...

Morgan Pulliam with St. Joseph's Indiana School Bookmobile Team

Seeds of Service: From AICSN to ACE Teaching Fellows

A time of service is often framed as a commitment with an end date. But for Farrell Moorehead, Morgan Pulliam, and Declan Ryan-Lawton—three current ACE Teaching Fellows—that time became the...

"Go to the Margins": Fr. Greg Boyle, SJ, Visits ACE

"It is a lie, when we talk of a God that doesn't comfort us," Fr. Greg Boyle, SJ, told the ACE community last week. "And so we go to the...

July 19, 2018

Flannery O'Connor Honored with Michael Pressley Award for Excellence in Catholic Education

"My parents named me Flannery O'Connor . . . knowing of the author, but probably not knowing that my life would be centered around Catholic education." Flannery O'Connor, a member...

July 13, 2018

Michael Debri Honored with Michael Pressley Award for Excellence in Catholic Education

Do you have what it takes to be a saint? At All Saints Academy in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Principal Michael Debri is heading up a vital mission to make sure...

July 13, 2018

Dr. Anna Arias Awarded the 2018 Michael Pressley Award for a Promising Scholar in the Education Field

"How do you make rainbows?" Dr. Anna Arias asked her students this question, and then she stepped back. "Watching them play with the prisms, figure it out, think it through–it's...

July 12, 2018

The Most Rev. Gerald Kicanas, to speak at ACE Commencement ceremony

The Most Rev. Gerald F. Kicanas, bishop emeritus of the Diocese of Tucson and chair of the board of directors of the National Catholic Educational Association, will serve as the...

July 12, 2018

7th Annual Latino Enrollment Institute Serves 190 School Leaders

When Jeanne von Feldt went to promote All Saints Catholic School after Mass at a local parish, she witnessed excited reactions from Latino families when they saw her t-shirt. It...

July 10, 2018

ACE Launches Superintendents' Initiative

Five superintendents of Catholic schools from across the country met recently at Notre Dame for ACE's first "Superintendents' Initiative," a program to create a network of support and provide professional...

July 9, 2018

Jim and Molly Perry Honored with the Notre Dame Award for Outstanding Contributions to Catholic Education

Photo Credit: Seamus Ronan Jim and Molly Perry were presented last night with the 2018 Notre Dame Award for Outstanding Contributions to Catholic Education by Fr. Tim Scully, C.S.C., the...

June 28, 2018

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ND experts offer insight on ‘Dilexi Te’

Seeds of Service: From AICSN to ACE Teaching Fellows