Week Three: Joy
Some encourage for joy during your third week of Advent.
Week Two: Peace
Some encouragement for peace in your second week of Advent.
Plan a Procession
Happy Feast of Christ the King! Last year our school got a brand new priest, Father Peter. For the first time in my life, I am older than one of…
The 1st Commandment
So this year I am embarking on what may have been a foolishly ambitious task, but I am teaching 8th grade religion with no textbook. I am building the curriculum…
I am Statements
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Finding balance in the day to day work of teaching
I have a challenging group of students this year. I think as teachers, we've all been there. In my efforts to stay positive, I have kept a lot of my…
Pier Giorgio Frassati: A Man of the Beatitudes
Here is a copy of the talk I gave to kick off our back to school retreat last week. We chose the Beatitudes as our theme and the life of…
Back to School Series: Retreats: Why? When? How?
I love retreats. I love going on retreats, although it can be a little difficult in the rural area where I live and teach. I love helping on retreats- especially…
Love. Pray. Serve
It's hard to believe that we've been in school for a month now, but as promised, here is the retreat plan from our back to school retreat and some thoughts…
5 Ways to Have a Holy Lent
So this week in class we have been talking a lot about Lenten promises and why so often we can fail at keeping them. One of my students said something…