The Meaning Of Holy Thursday For Catholic Teachers

by | Apr 1, 2021

Holy Thursday offers every Catholic teacher a deep insight into the very essence of the faith. It shows us both the centrality of service but also that our ability to serve cannot be indefinitely resourced by our own capacity. In today’s episode I share two...

Letting God Bring You Through

by | Mar 25, 2021

As a Catholic teacher there will always be seasons of fatigue and weariness. The question is how we manage these challenging times. Do we look to come through them using our own energy and capacity or do we trust God to do what we cannot? In today’s episode I...

Letting God Do The Work

by | Mar 23, 2021

Ever feel like getting through the day as a Catholic teacher is all about you and your efforts? It can be so easy to fall into the habit of relying exclusively on all our own skills and energy. In today’s episode I share a great quote from St. Jane Francis de...

Why Sacrifice Is At The Core of The Human Experience

by | Feb 16, 2021

Do you have concerns about the way that social media might be shaping the lives of the students you work with each day. An emerging culture of pure consumption and self-absorption is creating an ongoing surge of mental health and relationship problems across the...

Why You Need To Start Each Day’s Teaching Like This

by | Feb 11, 2021

In today’s episode it’s time to dig deep into some great wisdom from St. Benedict of Nursia as well as how one woman’s refusal to take no for an answer can help us in our daily teaching work. Catholic teaching is a supernatural event. Why spend...

Where Are Your Students Heading?

by | Dec 14, 2020

In today’s episode I share another great quote from Dr. Ryan Topping and then it’s time to talk about how e see the destiny of our students. Where we think our students are heading can have a big impact in how we teach and what we teach. Sadly, more than a...

The Catholic Teacher And Doing God’s Will

by | Dec 2, 2020

What is it exactly that God wants you to do in a Catholic school? In today’s episode I discuss the simple thing that God wants every single Catholic teacher to do on a daily basis. The good news is that this simply action will also have a big impact upon every...

The Catholic Teacher And the Final Judgement

by | Nov 27, 2020

Let’s be honest. Some parts of Revelation are rather….descriptive! Lakes of fire, dragons and the occasional reference to eternal torment. In today’s episode we take today’s Mass reading and blow up the heresy of ‘universal...