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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...

Fr. Scully Reflects on the Meaning of the Pope's Visit to a Harlem School

In an op-ed piece for the New York Post, Rev. Timothy R. Scully, C.S.C., ACE's founder and the Hackett Family Director for Notre Dame's Institute for Educational Initiatives, offers a...

September 25, 2015

Fr. Joe Corpora to Provide Commentary for Pope's Visit

Fr. Joe Corpora, C.S.C., ACE's Director of the Catholic School Advantage Campaign, will provide live commentary during Pope Francis's Friday visit to Our Lady Queen of Angels School (OLQA), an...

September 25, 2015

Career Journeys Earn Founders Prize for ACE Grads

"We don't make the invitation," Rev. Lou DelFra, C.S.C., said of ACE's mission while addressing an awards ceremony July 22 featuring the Scott C. Malpass Founders Prize. "The Holy Spirit...

August 31, 2015

For Students with Learning Differences, Catholic Schools Provide Hope

Hilary Murphy, a graduate of the SJCHS Benilde Program, recently earned a Master of Education degree in school counseling. Hilary Murphy would beg to differ with the assumption that, until...

August 20, 2015

For Students with Learning Differences, Catholic Schools Provide Hope

Hilary Murphy, a graduate of the SJCHS Benilde Program, recently earned a Master of Education degree in school counseling. Hilary Murphy would beg to differ with the assumption that, until...

August 20, 2015

Catholic Social Teaching Inspires Notre Dame ACE Academies Students to Make a Difference in their Community

Notre Dame ACE Teaching Fellow Rose Raderstorf's fifth-grade class put their Catholic Social Teaching into action to serve the poor and love thy neighbor this past school year. The students...

August 19, 2015

ACE Advocates Update from Fr. Lou DelFra, CSC

Dear ACE Advocates Community, Greetings from Notre Dame! All God's blessings on you, and all those whom God has entrusted to your care, as we prepare for the coming school...

August 17, 2015

ACE Teachers Join Communities in Dallas, Indianapolis, Peoria, and San José

Fifteen Catholic schools in four cities are welcoming new teachers from Notre Dame's Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) to their towns and their classrooms. Leaders of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis...

August 13, 2015

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Toka: The Revival of an Indigenous Sport

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