In the Spotlight: Sarah Greene on Service, Faith, and Hope

Of Sarah Greene, Fr. Lou DelFra, CSC writes, "Sarah has given no less than most of her recent life to the ACE mission...She has served...with incredible pedagogical and pastoral insight and a ceaselessly encouraging personality...She has brought a vibrant faith in Christ as the center of her life and the ACE mission, an untiring (and contagious!) hope in the future of Catholic schools, and an ultra-generous love for all her fellow disciples with whom she shares this ministry and mission."

Sarah is a beloved member of the ACE family. Below she shares some of her history with ACE and her gratitude for the new position she has taken with ACE Advocates.

Seven years ago, I applied to teach with ACE after meeting incredible people who had dedicated two years of their lives to the mission of Catholic schools, which have shaped me profoundly. Through my time as an ACE teacher, I constantly met amazing disciples: administrators, teachers, families, fellow ACE teachers and ACE graduates, all of whom advocated for Catholic schools in their daily lives of service and prayer.

Through my five years on the ACE Teaching Fellows pastoral staff, I have been blessed to work with an amazing array of ACE communities, which has opened my eyes and heart to the common mission of diverse Catholic schools across the country – and even beyond. And I have been privileged to witness through all of these schools and teachers the person who makes our diverse efforts and hopes one – Christ the Teacher, working through all of us.

As a member and chair of the South Bend Advocates community, I've seen our regional community welcome many new faces and send forth many friends to continued and ever-deepening service in Catholic education. I feel truly blessed that my role in the South Bend region has offered opportunities to collaborate with new leaders in ACE Advocates nationally, and an ever-broadening circle of colleagues from the Remick Leadership Program, the ENL and TEC Programs, Notre Dame ACE Academies, and so many other friends and co-disciples in this mission.

I was – and remain! – amazed by the ACE community's passion for Catholic schools, for growth in faith, for increasingly effective service, for supportive and encouraging community. I am humbled and honored to serve Catholic schools and the ACE community in this new role as director of ACE Advocates.