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Image that ACE 33's Seamus Dougherty took of Notre Dame's campus from St. Joseph's Lake where you can see the Basilica and Main Building from the other side of the lake.

What Do You Seek?

"What do you seek?" Triumphant in my acceptance into ACE 33 and a growing understanding of my new community in Detroit, the question above stopped me in my tracks. For...

Note from Sophia's student

Laugh at the Little Things

Though my first semester of teaching was a blur, it is defined by a sense of fun. Dropped into a new city, school, and job with only eight weeks of...

ACE Summer 2022 Photo Gallery

ACE Communications Intern Morgan Hale has spent early mornings, late nights, and everything in between capturing the many elements of ACE Summer 2022. Check out the photos below and follow...

Finding God in the Everyday

I was accepted by ACE Teaching Fellows in March of my senior year, just before the pandemic began. I had spent much of that year in discernment: what did I...

Defying Expectations

Recently* we sat down with ACE 27 and multi-time ACE Blog contributor Jimmy Ryan and his younger brother, Patrick. Jimmy teaches at Archbishop Shaw High School in New Orleans, and...

Letting Others Take the Wheel

I fancy myself a person in control, though I balk at the term “control freak.” Sure, I routinely sought leadership roles in undergrad; yes, my reflex is to initiate conversation...

Cup of Joe - Living a Good Life

In this edition of Cup of Joe, Fr. Joe Carey, CSC, talks about his Moreau First Year Experience class and how his students are discussing the question, "what makes a...

Cup of Joe - Happy Easter

Fr. Joe Carey, CSC, and Bridgette McDermott recount their favorite parts of the Triduum here at Notre Dame and look ahead to the next 50 days of the Easter season.

Cup of Joe - April Retreat 2022

Fr. Joe Carey, CSC, and Bridgette McDermott are back to recap last weekend's April Retreat for ACE Teaching Fellows. They discuss the energy and hope that abounded as welcomed our...

PIE Blog April 2022 - Drinking from the Well

In today’s Catholic classrooms, we find academic, behavioral, executive functioning, and social emotional variability. As educators, we understand that learning is a complex endeavor and we need to tend to...