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## [Thoughts on a Theology of Teaching: “You give them something to eat”](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/essays/2016/08/01/thoughts-on-a-theology-of-teaching-you-give-them-something-to-eat)
Published by [M. Joseph Pedersen, C.S.C.](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/essays/author/m-joseph-pedersen-c-s-c)
When I found out that I got a job teaching high school theology, I began to ask all of the teachers I knew what advice they had for me. I heard all kinds of things about classroom management and lesson plan preparation. However, the one piece of advice that has stayed with me came from a professor at Notre Dame.
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## [The Idea of a Catholic University](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/essays/2016/03/07/the-idea-of-a-catholic-university)
Published by [Timothy O'Malley](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/essays/author/timothy-omalley)
Those privy to conversations in Catholic higher education in the last twenty years are well aware of the contentious status of discourse regarding Catholic identity among these institutions of higher learning.[\[1\]](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/essays/topic/catholic-education#_edn1) Does the Catholic identity of such schools relate primarily to the prominence of theological and philosophical education in the curriculum? Is it ensured through an emphasis on tangible C...
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