The Catholic Teacher Podcast

The modern Catholic school is often inundated with demands for new plans, strategies, programs and initiatives. The pressure to be constantly innovating and improving outcomes can feel relentless.

However, there is a special superpower available to every Catholic teacher that can create remarkable results. In this episode I share an insight from St. Jane Frances de Chantal that can reconnect us to something that can create real and lasting change.

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In today's message I share a great insight from Saint Augustine about how every Catholic teacher can cooperate more deeply with God and become a deeper and richer channel of grace.

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Yesterday was the feast day of Edith Stein and her wisdom has so much to offer Catholic teachers. In this episode I talk about her remarkable life and the two daily practices she offers us that can truly help our vocation to flourish.

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In the busyness and challenge of each day it's understandable that we can come to see difficult students or colleagues as a source of our suffering or unhappiness.

However, what if, all this time, we may have been fighting the wrong enemy?

In this episode I want to suggest that your challenging students or colleagues are not the ones we need to overcome. There is a much greater enemy you need to be aware of.

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Satan simply wants Catholic teachers to shut up. The last thing he wants is for any child to hear the truth about Christ or human identity or relationships or our eternal destiny. Satan just wants every Catholic teacher to stare at the floor and never resist the wickedness that can so easily permeate a curriculum. In today's episode I want to share the story of Blessed Titus Brandsma who was given the grace of courage to stand against the evil of his time. His witness will encourage us all.

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Welcome back my friend. It has been a little while. Today is the feast of St. Mary Magdalen and I want to share some important insights about what she has to teach us as Catholic educators. No matter what our background, it's unlikely we have a past as shady as Mary Magdalen and yet Christ radically transformed her life.

I also talk about the way that Mary Magdalen can help us think about our most difficult students.

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In today's episode I explore an interesting question raised by a Catholic teacher about the difference between the concept of being a 'hardline' Catholic as opposed to the concept of being orthodox. These are important distinctions that really matter in the daily life of a Catholic school community.

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In today's episode I explore a powerful article about the role of moral confidence from the Substack files of Angela Nagle. She reminds us that the most powerful force in human affairs is that of moral confidence. It is a deep internal knowing that what you are doing with your life is worthwhile and worth sharing.

Angela Nagle Full Article is here:

https://angelanagle.substack.com/p/the-magic-spell-of-moral-confidence?s=r

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Our modern world places a significant focus on the pursuit of happiness and success but usually defines it in a rather narrow sense. The truth is that every human person was created with truly unique gifts and abilities and the heart of God the Father delights in seeing us use them? So what is the secret to actualising all the incredible gifts you possess? In today's ewe hear from one of the greatest Catholic saints in history who shows us the way forward.

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So much of the ideological insanity that pervades the modern world is rooted in a rejection of the 'givenness' of nature as a gift of God and a rejection of the truth about the value and dignity and destiny of every human person. In today's episode we explore a beautiful quote that reminds us that every human person holds a place in the hierarchy of creation that cannot be understated. The truth about the human person is the central issue of our moment in history.

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