Category Archives: Leadership

As I suspect is obvious to anyone who has read the blog this year, has been a year unlike ANY other I have ever lived. Exactly nine months ago today, I posted Playlist ‘24-’25. Written prior to all of the … Continue reading →

… what I have come to understand – is that Xavier would become a place of personal healing for me, even as it called on my professional self. When it comes to luck you make your ownTonight I got dirt … Continue reading →

… I was immediately struck by a significant question: can I do this job? Had a coat of fine leather and snakeskin bootsBut that coat always had a thread hangin’ loose – Lucky Town, Bruce Springsteen Following my late summer … Continue reading →

…my time at Mullen was filled with relationships that changed me and made me a better person and a better administrator. And I had some victory that was just failure in deceitNow the joke’s comin’ up through the soles of … Continue reading →

…during those years, I served alongside colleagues who were wholly committed to the mission of Jesuit education…  And I don’t know just where I’m going tonightOut where the sky’s been cleared by a good hard rainThere’s somebody callin’ my secret … Continue reading →

It is nearly impossible to overstate how much (Regis Jesuit High School) meant to me, and, over a decade following my departure, it still does.  And I had some victory that was just failure in deceit/ Now the joke’s comin’ … Continue reading →

(Bishop McNamara) will always remain in my heart as the place that confirmed for me that I had chosen the right path for my life … When it comes to luck, you make your own/ Tonight I got dirt on … Continue reading →

…here’s to your good looks, baby, now here’s to my health. If you have been a faithful reader of this volume of Teach and Serve, you know that, in the tenth year of this blog, I find myself in a … Continue reading →

I have said their names aloud as I have written this post. As readers of this blog know, I have been an educator for over 30 years. I have had time to walk alongside a great many people. I have … Continue reading →

I have had the privilege of working with numerous extraordinary women. As we celebrate Women’s History Month, I find myself reflecting on the remarkable women who have shaped my journey as an educator. From my first-grade teacher to the incredible … Continue reading →