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Toka: The Revival of an Indigenous Sport

Toka is an Indigenous sport played by the Piipaash (Maricopa) and Akimel O’odham (Pima) nations. This traditional game is experiencing a resurgence thanks to passionate athletes like April Morago. When...

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Joseph, Ofelia, and Mary Gallo Receive ACE’s Most Prestigious Award

In October, several members of the ACE and IEI team traveled to Modesto, California to present the 2025 Notre Dame Award for Outstanding Contributions to Catholic Education to Joseph, Ofelia...

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2019 Lenten Reflections - Easter Sunday

Read this Sunday's Gospel Friends, Happy Easter! Today we arrive at the tomb of Jesus, our beloved friend and savior, with the women of Galilee – Mary Magdalene, Joanna and...

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Remembering Rob Smith

Photo credit: Don Bosco Cristo Rey Rob Smith passed away on April 14 after a two-year battle with cancer. Rob was deeply committed to service, and he left a promising...

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2019 Lenten Reflections - Palm Sunday

Read this Sunday's Gospel Before Jesus enters into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, He asks his disciples to retrieve a colt tethered at the edge of town, stating only that "the...

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True Love Means Teaching Literacy Interventions

I'm taking a course called "Culturally Responsive Teaching," and it's rocking my world. People throw around the phrase "life changing" all too frequently, but this one makes the cut. I...

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Press Play: Dr. Melodie Wyttenbach

Welcome back to Press Play, ACE's new segment highlighting the latest and greatest publications coming out of the Institute for Educational Initiatives. Consider this part of the newsletter a movie...

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2019 Lenten Reflections - 5th Sunday of Lent

Read this Sunday's Gospel In this Sunday's Gospel, a woman is caught breaking the sixth commandment, and John the Evangelist offers us the rather odd detail that, in response to...

2019 Lenten Reflections - 4th Sunday of Lent

Read this Sunday's Gospel The Gospel reading for this 4th Sunday of Lent, the parable of the prodigal son, is likely familiar. A son leaves home, squanders his inheritance, and...