Fr. Lou DelFra: Education, Uplifted.
From Philly soft pretzels and New Year’s celebrations to the essential role of lay people as agents of spirituality in our Church
Fr. Lou DelFra, C.S.C., faculty member and Director of Pastoral Life for the Alliance for Catholic Education, reflects on ACE as a movement of the Holy Spirit and its culture of discernment, as well as middle schoolers as litmus tests for relevancy and celebrating Catholic Schools Week with a joyful and boisterous racket.
You can read more about Fr. Lou and his role at ACE, and enjoy a few bonus offerings for our ThinkND community from Fr. Lou in this article on ThinkND.
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From Philly soft pretzels and New Year’s celebrations to the essential role of lay people as agents of spirituality in our Church
Fr. Lou DelFra, C.S.C., faculty member and Director of Pastoral Life for the Alliance for Catholic Education, reflects on ACE as a movement of the Holy Spirit and its culture of discernment, as well as middle schoolers as litmus tests for relevancy and celebrating Catholic Schools Week with a joyful and boisterous racket.
You can read more about Fr. Lou and his role at ACE, and enjoy a few bonus offerings for our ThinkND community from Fr. Lou in this article on ThinkND.
MoreMeet the Faculty: Fr. Lou DelFra, C.S.C. '92, M. Div. '03
Rev. Louis A. DelFra, C.S.C. ’92, M. Div. ’03, serves as the director of pastoral life for the Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE). He writes and publishes in the fields of religion, literature, teacher education, and spirituality. Fr. DelFra resides in Keenan Hall on the Notre Dame campus. Fr. DelFra has also served as associate pastor at Holy Redeemer Parish and School in Portland, Oregon, and as a middle school and high school teacher at Malvern Preparatory School in Philadelphia. He received his undergraduate and master’s of divinity degrees from the University of Notre Dame, and he was ordained a Holy Cross priest in 2004.