May the Good news of Christ's birth Fill your heart with peace, joy and gladness Throughout this season of Christmas and Every day of the coming New Year.

When I was 13 years old and in the 8th grade at the Rosary, a Catholic priest asked me to teach a class in religious education to a group of “20 or so” first-graders on Saturday mornings. There were no desks, no classroom, no instructional materials, and no supplies: Just me, and them — and a few church pews and a concrete yard. Total chaos in the beginning led me to an immediate self-revelation: I did not know what or how to teach! I turned for guidance to Tootsie Torian, RSCJ, who had an incredible Christ-like way with children that [...]