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Ms. Hogan serves as first time host and queries her former teacher on his takeaways from formerly teaching.

Mr. Bean discusses his evolution in lesson planning and Mr. Tremblay eventually posits a rather unanswerable question.

Ms. Hogan (soon to be Mrs. Wade) shares how retreats create the opportunity to activate free will.

Mark Bradford was appointed Fellow for Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities at the beginning of 2023. For over twenty years, he has been blessed to serve in leadership positions in various church ministries, including as the founding president of the Jerome Lejeune Foundation in the U.S. Mark and his wife Denise are parents to Thomas, their sixth of seven children (and first son), who happens to have been gifted with an extra 21st chromosome. Mark is a passionate advocate for those born with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families. He especially advocates against the threat of abortion following a prenatal diagnosis at every opportunity. He is the author of Let Us Pray: Catholic Prayers for All Abilities and the editor of Indispensable: A Catholic Guide to Welcoming Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (both published by Word on Fire). The Bradfords reside in the Philadelphia suburbs.

Julia Elkind '26 serves as the first ever student host and queries Mr. Tremblay with questions from the faculty and herself.

Jack Herrington paid a hefty price to be Headmaster for the day but at least he got to podcast!

In the first ever appearance of a student on the podcast, Julia Elkind (26') reviews her Senior Thesis and shares her journey to the Catholic faith.

Mrs. Rose-Fish is a first time guest and she recounts how teaching in a Catholic school ignited her conversion to the faith.

Mrs. Bean shares how she incorporates debate into lesson plans when studying history, and also how she helps students understand the purpose of debate.

Mr. Bean makes a case for when he knows the lesson plan made the biggest impression on students.

Mr. Bean serves as host to Mr. Tremblay to discuss why Catholic schools should observe the Triduum.

Mrs. Moorehouse overcomes Mr. Tremblay's existential questioning about the purpose of reading and liberal education to reinforce selecting wholesome stories for children.

Jacinta Hogan rejoins the podcast. It starts out with quite a lenten tangent before conversing about the stability and simplicity of the PreK-12 model in Catholic education.

Mrs. Boisvert joins the podcast for the first time! Despite the technical difficulties, the substance of the conversation surely communicates the importance of meeting the needs of all of God's children in a Catholic school.

Ms. Puksta - our most popular guest - returns to offer insights on how to build rapport with students.