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Educator’s Bookshelf: Why You Should Read Willa Cather’s Shadows on the Rock

Educator’s Bookshelf: Why You Should Read Willa Cather’s Shadows on the Rock

Knowing full well that there are many good books to read and that you’ve already got your own list, we risk a recommendation: Shadows on the Rock by Willa Cather.  Miss Cather, fresh off writing about the travails of missionaries in New Mexico, turned her attention to...
The Heart’s Need for Beauty: Bishop Cozzens’ Compelling Keynote at NCEA 2026

The Heart’s Need for Beauty: Bishop Cozzens’ Compelling Keynote at NCEA 2026

  April 23, 2026 — The 2026 National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) Convention took place in Minneapolis, MN April 7-9 and opened with a bustle of almost 4,000 Catholic educators, leaders, and vendors. Amidst all the hubbub, I was most deeply struck by...
Cultivating the Sacramental Imagination: Framework for the Classroom

Cultivating the Sacramental Imagination: Framework for the Classroom

Those of us whose lives have been formed by the seven Sacraments are predisposed to view the world through a sacramental lens. If the remission of our sins really occurs through the words of absolution, if a child becomes a new creation through the waters of Baptism,...