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Running Through Discomfort

I feel great. Granted, I’m only 3 miles into my 13.1 mile journey, but I feel better than ever. It’s hot, but I’ve run in this weather countless times. After...

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High school students from Cleveland Central Catholic sit next to their elementary school prayer partners from St. Stanislaus during our Ash Wednesday Mass.

We Are Dust: Reflections on Teaching and the Lenten Journey

“Remember you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” This Ash Wednesday anthem, spoken as our foreheads are marked with a smudgy black cross, is a reminder of our...

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Cup of Joe: Where Have We Been?

After a short hiatus, Fr. Joe Carey, CSC and Bridgette Groden return to share where they've been, celebrate Notre Dame Lacrosse, and encourage others to seek out Christ in their...

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The Higher-Powered Learning Program

The Alliance for Catholic Education’s (ACE’s) Higher-Powered Learning Program is a three-year program guiding teachers and Catholic school leaders through the implementation of excellent and sustainable blended-learning programs. Three to...

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Cup of Joe: Important Places

In this episode of Cup of Joe, Fr. Joe Carey, CSC and Bridgette Groden discuss the important places in their lives and how the indelible memories of where we're from...

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A Season of Uprooting and Blooming Part II

“There is an appointed time for everything, and a time for every affair under the heavens.” Ecclesiastes 3:1 As the 2022-23 school year winds down, amid the flurry of spring...

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Cup of Joe: Meaningful Meals

In this episode of Cup of Joe, Fr. Joe Carey, CSC and Bridgette Groden discuss meals that are meaningful to them and call on us to use meals as a...

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Steady on The Grind

“October and February are the toughest, longest, and most exhausting months for teachers,” they said. By “they," I mean everyone. It is well known in the community of education that...